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Sheet-pan chicken legs with sweet potatoes and red onion

Name: Sheet-pan chicken legs with sweet potatoes and red onion
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 Chicken legs (whole, skin-on); 700 g Sweet potatoes; 2 Red onions; 4 Garlic cloves; 3 tbsp Olive oil; 2 tsp Ground paprika (sweet); 1 tsp Dried thyme; 1 tsp Salt; 1/2 tsp Ground black pepper

Chicken legs roasted on a sheet pan with cubed sweet potatoes, red onion, garlic, sweet paprika, and thyme. Makes 4 servings.

Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 hr 5 min
Temperature: 200 °C (400 °F)
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy

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Chicken legs with sweet potatoes make a one-pan dinner: the chicken roasts until the skin is crisp alongside cubed sweet potatoes and red onion wedges. Season with sweet paprika, thyme, and garlic; the sweet potatoes soften as they roast and caramelize around the edges.

Ingredients

4 servings

Chicken legs (whole, skin-on) 4
Sweet potatoes 700 g
Red onions 2
Garlic cloves 4
Olive oil 3 tbsp
Ground paprika (sweet) 2 tsp
Dried thyme 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Ground black pepper 1/2 tsp

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Instructions

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Season the chicken
10 min
Preheat the oven to 200 °C (400 °F). Pat the chicken legs dry with paper towels. In a bowl, mix 2 tbsp of the oil with the paprika, thyme, half the salt, and the pepper. Rub the mixture all over the chicken legs.
Prepare the sweet potatoes
5 min
Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into cubes about 3 cm across. Cut the onions into wedges. In a roasting pan or on a sheet pan, toss the sweet potatoes and onions with the remaining oil and salt and the unpeeled garlic cloves. Spread in a single layer.
Roast
50 min
Nestle the chicken legs among the sweet potatoes, skin-side up, and roast for 45–50 minutes at 200 °C (400 °F). Stir the sweet potatoes once halfway through. The chicken legs are done when the skin is crisp and the juices run clear when the thickest part near the bone is pierced.
Serve
Serve immediately, straight from the roasting pan. Squeeze the roasted garlic out of its skin and spread it over the sweet potatoes if desired.

Tip: Take the chicken legs out of the refrigerator at least 20 minutes before roasting and pat them thoroughly dry before seasoning—the dry skin will crisp up in the oven.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 700 kcal
Protein: 37 g
Carbohydrates: 43 g
of which sugars: 9.6 g
Fat: 42 g
of which saturates: 10 g
Fiber: 6.8 g
Salt: 2.1 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Kuracie stehná s batatmi a červenou cibuľou z rúry