Cajun Chicken with Sweet Potato Stacks & Wilted Veg

in #steemitbloggers6 years ago

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A few years ago, I made the transition from eating normal potato to eating sweet potato and as much as I missed traditional potato in the beginning - I must admit that sweet potato has really grown on me and although I do cheat every now and then haha - the majority of the time I will opt for sweet potato. Jude always used to moan at me and ask me to PLEASE make some "real potato" and there was a long stretch where I didn't cave, I thought I would give in the other day and I made him some "real potato" - and well... he then admitted that he no longer likes it and would rather I stick to making sweet potato. haha - typical!

So when deciding what to make for dinner the other night, I decided to try something a little less "ordinary" with the sweet potato... and I must say... I was VERY pleased with the result, and so was my little man.

Cajun Chicken with Sweet Potato Stacks & Wilted Veg

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As you most likely know already, sweet potatoes are seldom perfect in shape... so cutting thins is something that takes a little more time than when slicing a traditional potato - as you have to move with the curve of the potato... unless of course you have a mandolin, in which case you can make very light work of it. Although, having said that - I was pretty pleased with the end result, if I may say so myself hahaha!!! Many people peel the sweet potatoes before slicing...I am not one of those people lol - I seldom peel ANYTHING anymore at all... I just don't see the point, and personally I prefer the more "rustic" finish of unpeeled veg.

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When you are busy slicing the potato - get your oven ready by placing the tray in the middle and turning the oven on to 180 degrees Celsius. While that is heating and once you are done slicing... you can pop the slices into a bowl to coat and season them. I coated them in a little olive oil and some melted butter and seasoned them with some local potato and vegetable spice. Once that's done, you can stack them on a greased oven tray and just for extra measure - I stuck a toothpick through the centre of each stack... as I was a little concerned that they may dismantle during the roasting process.

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Once done with that I popped them into the pre-heated oven for approx. 45min (when the edges begin to get wonderfully golden. While the potatoes were cooking I seasoned the chicken drumsticks - which I did with a mix of mild curry powder, cajun chicken spice, salt, pepper and a little olive oil.

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Then I heated a pan with some olive oil and a little butter and chopped up the veg in the interim. The veg consisted of some green and purple cabbage, a red and yellow bell peppers, julienne celery sticks, a few rounds of red onion and a little garlic.

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Once the pan was heated, I began by sauteing the onion, garlic and celery for about 5 minutes. Then I added the sliced bell peppers and then lastly the cabbage. It really is a vividly colourful combination! I continued to cook that for about ten minutes, then turned the heat off and closed the lid to keep all the juices in. The only seasoning I added to the veg was a little salt and ground black pepper - (oh, and the garlic - obviously lol)

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When the veg were done, the potato stacks were ready to come out the oven and the chicken drumsticks were ready to go in! I do have to say that the visual result of the stacks was nothing short of mouth watering... very moreish indeed!

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The chicken cooked for about 40 minutes on the same temp as the potato stacks. Once they were done, I was ready to serve. When plating, I removed the toothpicks from the stacks and topped them each with a little bit of feta cheese... just for extra nomness!

This really was a tasty plate of food and I was thrilled at how much my little man enjoyed it!! In fact, the plate photographed for this post was his, and he finished every morsel... including the crunchy veg... which REALLY impressed me! haha!


Well, that's a wrap and voila - the finished product!

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Until next time...
Much Love from Cape Town, South Africa xxx

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Those sweet potatoes look really good... one of my favorite foods to cook with, but I've never tried it that way. Will have to give that a shot!

Excellent photography too, by the way :)

They were SUPER tasty, thanks!!! Also very easy too!

And thanks :)

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Thanks for this potato stack idea, it looks delicious! I'd say one could make similar stack from other veggies as well.

yes definitely! Aubergine and beetroot come to mind... and also, since doing this... I have spotted something else I want to try... am considering it for dinner tomorrow night... perhaps adding aubergine, maybe some bacon and one or two other things hehe....


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...and maybe add a cream style sauce, so its like a sweet potato bake! Ok, I am officially drooling haha...

Glad you like the idea :)

And I am drooling too !!!! This looks amazing! I agree, some bacon or cream style sauce would definitely elevate this dish to the next level of fantastic, whatever it's called :DDD

Will have to give it a "whole new level" name then haha... will be sure to tag you when I make it :D

I'll be looking forward to that new name and your post!
Have a 'next level of fantastic' dinner :DDD !

hahaha cool beans! Backatya :) Lovely to "meet" you too :)

Guess what I am making tonight @vliet lol...
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Ahhh! You are really organised - said you'd do it and are doing it, I'm really impressed!
It's gonna be a delicious dinner in you house tonight :DDD Enjoy!

I sure hope so hon ;) because there is enough for two dinners LOL hahaha!!!

How delicious!! Watch this post when there is little food at home-a real test ))

I quite enjoy it when I am challenged like that! It forces you to get EXTRA creative and think outside of the box :)

OK. This looks amazingly delicious.
I am a potato lover and I don't really like the sweet potato, but this looks amazing and I will definitely try this out and I think my boys will also love this.
Thanks for this great recipe.

I must be honest... I was a DIE HARD potato fan (and still am secretly haha), so I was not keen to move over to sweet potato... but my tummy WAS! haha - and they have REALLY grown on me. Most days I will choose sweet potato over traditional now... but that took a good few years haha ;)

Looks very yummy. Resteemed :-)

It was SUPER tasty (even if I do say so myself lol) Thanks for the compliment... and also for the resteem... much appreciated xxx

I will eat all of it except the chicken.
You must be a great cook. :)

I do like to "dabble" ;) Thanks sweetie xxx

you are welcome :)

Wondercious food 😉 @jaynie .. the looks of that potatoes stacks really mouth watering, love all the pictures and this is inspuring too.. well I think I know what to do with my sweet potatoes next week😉 Thanks

haha thanks :) Glad you found some inspiration from it!

Very creative and healthy too. I love sweet potatoes and I also replaced the regular ones five years ago. 🥔

It was the BEST decision!!! :)

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