Fall Jamaican Jerk Sheet Pan Chicken Recipe
One pan – so no mess, no trying to make 3 dishes at the same time, and its fairly brainless because you really don’t have to expend that much mental energy when all you are doing is chopping thing into bite sized pieces. It’s a complete meal, all on one pan, and in about 30 minutes.
Other great sheet pan meals you try to try this fall include Sheet Pan Herb Roasted Steak, Cranberry Balsamic Sheet Pan Chicken with Brussels Sprouts, Classic Roast Beef Sheet Pan, and Sheet Pan Bratwurst Bake.
How to make this sheet pan meal
This is such an easy meal to make, you can have it cooking in no time! Its great for busy nights where you don’t need to spend a bunch of mental energy on what you are doing.
Make sure you scroll down to the recipe card below for the full set of directions, but here is a brief overview of how to make this:
- Preheat the oven.
- While the oven is preheating, chop up all the ingredients into bite sized pieces, and place them all on a large rimmed baking sheet.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the marinade ingredients.
- Drizzle the marinade over the ingredients on the baking pan and toss to coat everything evenly.
- Spread the ingredients out into a single layer.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Enjoy!
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Fall Jamaican Jerk Chicken Sheet Pan
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1 large sweet potato
- 1 large honey crisp apple
- 1 medium red onion
- 5 slices applewood smoked bacon
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 1 TBSP Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 TBSP Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- 2 TBSP Jamaican Jerk Seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Peel and dice the sweet potato into bite sized pieces.
- Core and chop the apple into large bite sized pieces (you can peel it if you want to, but you don’t have to).
- Slice the red onion into medium sized wedges.
- Chop the chicken into bite sized pieces.
- Chop the bacon into 1" pieces.
- Place all the ingredients on a large rimmed baking sheet.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the minced garlic, ginger, apple cider vinegar, soy sauce and jamaican jerk seasoning (affiliate link).
- Drizzle the seasoning sauce over the items on the baking sheet and toss to coat well.
- Spread the pieces into an even single layer.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
I made this tonight for dinner and it is so so good! I looked up how to make my own Jamaican jerk seasoning blend. The flavors go so well with the chicken and veggies in this dinner. I’ll be making it again soon.
I made this last night for dinner. It was SOOOO good, easy and definitely, a keeper!
Delicious! My hubby asked me to add it to the “frequent rotation” list. It’s very easy to put together, which is particularly appreciated if you have a limited kitchen like I do. (I don’t have an oven, so I cooked this on a pellet smoker/grill.)
A few observations:
– Like others, my sweet potatoes were still a little firm after 25 minutes. I didn’t want to dry out the chicken, so I pulled the food. They were done, but a little more cooked would have been better. I like the idea of par-cooking the sweet potatoes first.
– I increased the amount of seasoning by about 50%, just for a bit more coverage.
– It’s easy to adjust the amount heat. I made my own jerk seasoning and tweaked the flavor to my liking.
Very good but WAY too spicy, and I only used one TBSP of the Jerk seasoning instead of two. Next time I’m going with 1/2 TBSP. The sweet potato pieces were not softened after the recommended 20 minute cook time. We had to bake 15 minutes longer which was as almost too long for the other ingredients. It might help to precook the sweet potato for a short time in the microwave first. Otherwise, it was a very tasty recipe. Thanks!
I had an issue with the sweet potatoes not cooking all the way. I did use two medium because I couldn’t find a large one. Other than that the flavors were good. I’ll try less potatoes next time to see if that helps.
What do we do with the bacon?
Cut it up and add it to the pan with the rest of the ingredients!
What do you do with the Bacon ? Not in the cooking instructions.
Add it to the pan with the rest of the ingredients.
Delicious! I LOVE the apple/sweet potato combination, I never think to mix those two flavors. And talk about easy! 🙂
This sheet pan dinner was so easy to make that I couldn’t believe how easy it was! Going into our regular dinner rotation for sure!!
I love sheet pan meals and this lovely recipe has made it’s way to the top of my recipe box. The flavors are perfect and it’s such an easy meal to make. I’ll be making this one year-round for sure!
Loving the flavour profiles here. The ease of this recipe is perfect for busy weeknights. Even the novice cook will have no problem making this for the family dinner.