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Easy, yet so delicious, Sheet Pan Lemon Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Avocado Goddess Sauce. Middle eastern inspired seasoned chicken roasted together with sweet potatoes and served bowl style with creamy avocado goddess sauce. This easy sheet pan dinner comes together in just about an hour. It’s colorful and delicious…and that avocado goddess sauce – well it really steals the show!
Happy Monday! Such a cheesy way to start the post, but it is a happy Monday, so whatever, I’m rolling with it. This is the perfect Monday recipe. It might seem complicated and long, but it’s actually relatively simple to throw together. It’s so delish, made with real food ingredients, and lots of color, which we really love.
As usual, the inspiration for this dish was really drawn from my oldest brother, Creighton. He loves any kind of Middle Eastern dish, especially if you can make it a little spicy. Serve it with fresh naan and the whole family will be on board, especially my mom.
So that’s exactly what I did. I drew inspiration from chicken shawarma, a Middle Eastern chicken. It’s usually seasoned with paprika, garlic, and lemon, plus a few other spices. Shawarma seasoning is a little different, so I just made up my own combination, and geez, it turned out so delicious.
But what I really have to say about this dish – it’s the goddess sauce that really steals the show. It’s seriously one of the best.
Judging from the ingredients, this recipe kind of looks like a lot. But it’s really not bad, a lot of the ingredients are just dry spices. I start with the chicken to give the seasonings time to really marinate. The spice mix is key, garlic, smoked paprika, cumin, chili powder, chili flakes, and sea salt. It’s not too spicy by any means. But if you’re sensitive to heat, simply reduce the chili flakes, or even omit them.
Let the chicken just hang out while you prep and pre-cook the sweet potatoes. I cut the potatoes into thicker matchsticks, kind of like fries. Then toss with seasoned salt (I do a homemade blend) and pepper.
Bake the potatoes for a few minutes to get them cooking. Then slide them to one side of the pan and add the chicken plus lemon wedges to the other side. Then just throw everything back into the oven to finish cooking.
To me, this is the most special part of the recipe. We LOVE this sauce. I’ve used it on salmon, lamb meatballs, as a spread on sandwiches, and even as a dip with some naan on the side. It really is delicious.
I simply blend avocados, jalapeños, fresh herbs, and lemon juice into a blender and purée until smooth, then season with sea salt.
To complete each bowl, I loaded them with goddess sauce and hummus. Then I put the chicken and potatoes on top with some cucumber, fresh herbs, basil, and dill.
And then, since we just love our sauces over here, I also added some garlic tahini, which is also delicious. Never enough sauce as we always say around here. But honestly, it’s not needed with the goddess sauce. So do what you think you’ll love most! For anyone wanting the tahini, I included it in the notes.
My family really enjoyed this sheet pan chicken, the brothers, my mom, and dad all approved. It’s not always easy to please them all, so that should say something about the deliciousness of this recipe!
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Delicious combination of flavors! This is my five year olds favorite chicken! (I do leave out the jalapeños)
Hey Ginny,
Wonderful!! I appreciate you making this recipe and sharing your feedback, so glad to hear it was a winner! Have a great Wednesday! xx
Made this for dinner last night. The flavors were great…..Avocado Goddess Sauce – amazing! But it didn’t really feel like a dish to me….more like a bunch of very yummy but disparate ingredients on my plate. I think next time I would use a soft naan or pita bread and make it more of a handheld. I did add some olive oil and extra lemon juice to thin out the sauce. And note… there’s no way a sweet potato becomes “crispy” in a regular oven (or even a convection oven, for that matter). I don’t have an air fryer, which maybe would be the tool to create crispy sweet potato sticks (outside of actually frying them). I’ll try it again and figure out how to make the ingredients hold together in a more cohesive way.
Hey Julie,
Fantastic!! Thanks a bunch for trying this recipe out, I’m thrilled to hear that it turned out well for you:)
My tahini separated? Was it the fresh lemon juice?
Hey Patty,
Thanks for giving this recipe a try, yes it definitely could have been! Just give it a really good shake! Let me know if there is anything else that I can help with! xx
Delicious!! But, What do you suggest to thin out the avocado goddess sauce?
Hey Lauren,
Happy Valentine’s Day! 💌 I appreciate you giving this recipe a try and sharing your feedback, so glad to hear it was tasty! Just add a little water or olive oil:) xT
This dinner garnered the most enthusiasm from my husband I’ve seen for a home cooked dinner in nearly 10 years of marriage! It’s outstanding!
Hey Julianna,
Wow, that’s pretty awesome!! So glad to hear that this recipe was a hit, thanks for making it! xT
This was really quite delicious. I did make two small changes: I grilled the chicken breast’s whole and cut into pieces. And I used sweet potatoes fries in the air fryer.
I really liked the sweetness of the potatoes combined with the silky green goddess sauce. I made this into naan sandwiches with hummus on one side, green sauce on the other, chicken and potatoes in the middle and drizzled the tahini sauce on top.
Hey Jess,
Happy Monday!! I appreciate you making this recipe and sharing your feedback, so glad it turned out well for you:)
How on EARTH is the green goddess blended with that little liquid? Not a fan of Paprika l holding this dish up. It needs more salt/flavor 🙂
Hi there,
Thanks for giving this recipe a try and sharing your feedback, so sorry to hear it was not enjoyed. Please let me know if there is anything that I can help with! xx
This a great chicken recipe! I agree with other reviewers that the chicken is better cut in bigger pieces and I cooked the sweet potatoes separately since we prefer them crispy. Also, I could not get the green goddess to thin out enough to be blended properly in the blender, even adding more lemon juice and some water (and my avocados were ripe!). Not sure how to fix that for next time. Thanks!
Hey Liz,
Happy Monday!! I appreciate you giving this recipe a try and sharing your review, so glad to hear it turned out well! xT
This was another winner! Absolutely incredible. Followed recipe exactly, and made the lemon tahini! It was so nice to have one of your recipes fall into my Whole 30 this month so thank you for making a W30 compliant recipe!!
Hey Samantha,
Amazing!! So glad to hear that this recipe was tasty and thanks a lot for trying it out! xT
Pretty upset that the chicken juices made the sweet potato fries soaked….highly recommend using separate pans.
Hi Dawn,
So sorry to hear this! Thanks for giving the recipe a try and sharing your feedback:) xx
Great sheet pan dish! I put it all over a bed of salad greens and it was delish. I had to improvise with what I had for the goddess sauce( premade guac, dried basil and lemon juice) … still good but I’ll try the full green goddess sauce recipe another time!
Hey Tracy,
Happy Wednesday!! Thanks a bunch for making this recipe and sharing your comment, I love to hear that it turned out well for you! xx
So amazing!! I didn’t have any cilantro or basil on hand but it was still so delicious! Obviously I will get both of those things next time. It was so flavorful and the combination of the cool cucumbers and warm chicken and sweet potatoes and the smooth, bright hummus and avocado was such a pleasure on my palate. The lemon really took it up a notch! Can’t wait to make it again. Thank you!!
Hey Pamela,
Happy Friday!! I appreciate you making this recipe and your comment, so glad to hear it was delish! xx
So delicious!! Will make this a regular meal in our home. The garlic tahini is a must.
Like many others, my potatoes were mushy (and yummy). Will try using an air fryer next time.
Hey Nicole,
Happy Wednesday! ❄️ I appreciate you making this recipe and sharing your feedback, so glad to hear it turned out well for you! xT
As a foodie, I often lament over what to cook that will inspire me as well as being eaten by my family, who prefer “plain and simple” – they really are quite unadventurous when it comes to food. This dish was divine! They all loved it as it had two of their favourites (chicken and sweet potato) and two of my favourites (avocado and basil). And who doesn’t love lemon?! Easy to cook, full of flavour and everyone was happy.
One bit of advice – when cubing the chicken don’t cut it too small (or cook it for as long). First time I cooked this, the chicken was dry (but saved by the sauce – it really is goddess goodness). I’ve now perfected the size and cooking length for my oven; it’s definitely worth persisting. This is our favourite family meal.
Hey Jo,
Happy Friday!! I appreciate you making this recipe and sharing your feedback, so glad to hear this was enjoyed! xT
Tieghan never misses and this meal is certainly no exception. Every part of it was amazing and I’m sitting here weeks later thinking especially about the green goddess sauce, trying not to drool. It was easy to make, filling, makes enough for a week of dinners while tasting fresh throughout (for fellow single meal preppers), and was so delicious! It’s a recipe I’ll be revisiting many times (:
Hey Robyn,
Happy Monday!! 🍁 Love to hear that this recipe turned out well for you, thanks a bunch for making it! Thanks so much for your kind message! xT