Sheet Pan Supper
- 1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes (2 medium potatoes)
- 2 teaspoons chopped thyme leaves, plus a small bunch of thyme sprigs
- 1/4 cup whole-grain mustard
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 3 pounds bone-in chicken thighs or drumsticks (or a mixture), patted dry
- 2 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 23 cup plain dried bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, more for drizzling
- 1 pound broccoli rabe, trimmed
- Pinch red pepper flakes
- 13 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
- Prepare the sweet potatoes: Heat oven to 425 degrees.
- Cut the potatoes into 1-inch-thick slices.
- Reassemble the slices so they look like intact potatoes.
- Insert a sprig of thyme between each of the slices.
- Wrap each potato in 2 layers of foil and place on a pie tin or directly on oven rack (seam side up).
- Bake until very tender, 60 to 75 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the mustard butter for the chicken: In a small bowl, combine the whole-grain mustard and chopped thyme leaves.
- Mince 2 garlic cloves and stir into the bowl.
- Take out 1 tablespoon of the mixture; reserve.
- Add butter and Dijon to remaining mixture in bowl and stir to combine.
- Prepare the chicken: Season chicken with 2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon black pepper.
- Rub mustard butter all over chicken.
- Place bread crumbs in a wide, shallow bowl.
- Coat the chicken evenly with bread crumbs.
- Transfer to a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil.
- Once the sweet potatoes have baked for a half-hour, add the pan with chicken to the oven and bake until chicken is golden and no longer pink, 35 to 40 minutes.
- As the chicken cooks, prepare the broccoli rabe: Toss rabe with olive oil, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and the red pepper flakes.
- Smash remaining 2 garlic cloves and toss into rabe.
- Spread on another sheet pan.
- Add to the oven with potatoes and chicken for the last 10 minutes of cooking time.
- The broccoli rabe is done when the stems are tender and the leaves are crisp at the edges.
- (The chicken, sweet potatoes and broccoli rabe should all come out of the oven at more or less the same time.)
- To serve, combine the reserved 1 tablespoon of mustard mixture with sour cream or yogurt in a small bowl.
- Serve chicken with broccoli rabe and sweet potatoes on the side, dolloping the potatoes with the sour cream-mustard sauce.
sweet potatoes, thyme, wholegrain mustard, garlic, unsalted butter, mustard, chicken, kosher salt, black pepper, bread crumbs, extravirgin olive oil, broccoli rabe, red pepper, sour cream
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016020 (may not work)