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Mexican Chicken, Sweet Potato and Black Bean Skillet

A simple supper all made in one skillet-Mexican Chicken, Sweet Potato and Dark Bean Skillet. Top this sound supper with destroyed cheddar and cilantro for a quick and flavorful Mexican propelled feast!

This Mexican Chicken, Sweet Potato and Dark Bean Skillet is one of those dinners that I truly didn't have an arrangement for when I was making it, yet it turned out so great that I needed to share the formula.

Frequently I don't have an arrangement when I'm making supper as I'm certain is the situation with a large number of you. It's the sort of feast where you open the refrigerator and experience the wash room seeing what you can rummage up and set up to make something mostly OK for supper.

Now and again the final product is terrible, different occasions it's palatable, yet nothing to get amped up for and afterward there's occasions when it's completely delightful which was the situation with this Mexican Chicken, Sweet Potato and Dark Bean Skillet.


A simple supper all made in one skillet-Mexican Chicken, Sweet Potato and Dark Bean Skillet. Top this sound supper with destroyed cheddar and cilantro for a quick and delightful Mexican propelled dinner! At the point when I don't know what I'm in the state of mind to eat skillet suppers and Mexican or Southwest flavors consistently appear to wind up on the table. The hankering for Mexican and Southwest nourishment unmistakably originates from being raised in Arizona and now living in Colorado. Green chiles are in my DNA and I'm essentially unequipped for making a Mexican enlivened feast without them.

Skillet meals are my most loved in light of the fact that you can include everything into it and don't need to waste time with numerous pots and dish. Since I can't stand doing dishes, the one skillet technique works ideal for me.

A simple supper all made in one skillet-Mexican Chicken, Sweet Potato and Dark Bean Skillet. Top this solid supper with destroyed cheddar and cilantro for a quick and scrumptious Mexican motivated dinner! This Mexican Chicken, Sweet Potato and Dark Bean Skillet not just makes an extraordinary supper the day it's made, yet the extras are similarly acceptable as well. You can even hold up them!

The principal night I made this we ate it with no guarantees, directly out of the skillet. The following day I utilized the extras and made my significant other a Mexican flatbread pizza and made myself a few tacos. You could likewise utilize it as a filling for enchiladas.

A simple supper all made in one skillet-Mexican Chicken, Sweet Potato and Dark Bean Skillet. Top this sound supper with destroyed cheddar and cilantro for a quick and heavenly Mexican motivated dinner!

On the off chance that you overlooked as I upped until this previous end of the week, Cinco de Mayo is about here and this skillet formula would make an incredible sound alternative for supper to help balance out all the chips and margaritas!


Fixings

2 teaspoons olive oil

1 pound boneless skinless chicken bosoms, cut into scaled down pieces

1/2 cup diced yellow onion

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon stew powder

1 teaspoon dried oregano

3/4 teaspoon legitimate salt or to taste

1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic

1/4 teaspoon new ground dark pepper

1 sweet potato, stripped, standard cooked and diced (see note on par-cooking)

1 cup cherry tomatoes, split

15 ounces canned dark beans, washed and depleted

4 ounces diced green chiles (canned)

1/3 cup salsa or red enchilada sauce

1/2 cup destroyed cheddar or Colby Jack cheddar

1/2 lime, squeezed

1 tablespoon hacked cilantro (discretionary)


Directions

Warmth the olive oil in a huge (10-12 inch) cast iron or non-stick skillet over medium-high warmth.

In a little bowl consolidate the entirety of the flavors.

At the point when the skillet is hot include the chicken and spread into an even layer, at that point sprinkle with half of the flavor mix.

Sauté the chicken for around 3 minutes at that point include the onion.

Keep on cooking for a few additional minutes or until the onion has mellowed and the chicken is cooked through.

Lower the warmth to medium and include the rest of the flavor mix, sweet potato, cherry tomatoes, dark beans, green chiles and salsa or enchilada sauce.

Mix together and cook until the blend is warmed through, roughly 2-3 minutes.

Press the lime squeeze over everything at that point top with the destroyed cheddar.

Spread with a cover or lay a bit of foil on the skillet until the cheddar has softened.

Embellishment with cilantro and serve.

NOTES

To standard cook a sweet potato, cut it down the middle the long way and spot it in a shallow microwave safe dish or bowl chop side down. Pour a 1/4 cup of water in the dish, spread the dish with a bit of cling wrap and jab a few openings in the highest point of the plastic to permit the steam to get away. Microwave for 3-5 minutes relying upon the size or until the sweet potato is delicate, however not completely cooked.