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One Pan BBQ Chicken, Potatoes, and Green Beans

July 17, 2019 by Sharon Rigsby, Updated October 20, 2019 Leave a Comment

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One Pan BBQ Chicken, Potatoes, and Green Beans is an easy, kid-friendly, sheet pan chicken dinner recipe, which will quickly become a family favorite.

One Pan BBQ Chicken, Potatoes, and Green Beans on a sheet pan right out of the oven.

This is such an easy, no-fuss recipe with tender chicken breasts, covered with sweet and spicy barbecue sauce, oven-roasted potatoes and green beans. It’s delicious, nutritious, and oh so flavorful. One Pan BBQ Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans is the ultimate sheet pan dinner recipe. And, a bonus, no firing up the grill, and only one pan to wash!

Versatile Chicken Dinner Recipe:

Did I mention this recipe is versatile? You can mix it up and use both dark and white meat or only white or only dark. As far as potatoes, I used sweet potatoes, because my husband loves them, but you can use any kind you have on hand or your family likes. You can also substitute asparagus, broccoli, carrots, etc., for the green beans. Easy peasy! 

No matter what you decide, with this simple recipe, you throw everything in one pan and then relax while it bakes. And, if you line your baking pan with foil before adding everything, when you are done, clean-up will be a breeze too!

More Easy Chicken Recipes:

We eat chicken at least two times a week at the Rigsby house. Here are some of our other favorite chicken recipes I hope you will enjoy as well!

Easy Chicken Parmesan

Grilled Teriyaki Chicken with Marinade

Bacon and Mushroom Skillet Chicken

Easy Southern Crispy Oven-Fried Chicken, and

Easy Southern Chicken and Dumplings

More sweet potato recipes:

If you like sweet potatoes as much as we do, be sure to check out these other scrumptious sweet potato recipes on my blog: 

Southern Sweet Potato Casserole with Bourbon

Easy Southern Sweet Potato Hash

Southern Candied Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecans

Terry’s Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Casserole

Easy Creamy Sweet Potato Soup

Healthy Roasted Sweet Potato Stacks

Easy Southern Sweet Potato Pie

Sweet Potato Biscuits with Cranberry Aioli

Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

You might also want to check out my roundup post: 33 Best and Easiest Sweet Potato Recipes for Thanksgiving.

One Pan BBQ Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans Ingredients:

There are only a few ingredients in this recipe: boneless, skinless chicken breasts, sweet potatoes, green beans, barbecue sauce (we like Sweet Baby Ray’s), olive oil, and kosher salt and pepper.

Chicken breasts, sweet potatoes, olive oil, BBQ sauce and salt, and pepper; ingredients for a chicken sheet pan dinner.

How to make One Pan BBQ Chicken, Potatoes, and Green Beans:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Put about a cup of barbecue sauce in a plastic storage bag along with the chicken. Mash the bag, and chicken, around to make sure the chicken is covered in sauce. Set aside and allow the flavors to blend while you prepare your potatoes.

Chicken breasts in a plastic storage bag with BBQ sauce marinating.

Peel and cube your potatoes. I peel sweet potatoes but prefer leaving the peel on the white potatoes. Also, the potatoes will cook more evenly if you make sure that the cubes are approximately the same size.

Place the potatoes in a bowl and drizzle on the olive oil. Add kosher salt and pepper and toss. 

A bowl of cut up sweet potatoes.

Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and spray lightly with non-stick cooking spray. Spread out the potatoes in an even layer. 

A layer of cubed sweet potatoes on a sheet pan ready for the oven.

Place the potatoes in the oven and roast for 10 minutes. The potatoes take a little more time than the chicken or green beans, so roasting them before adding the chicken ensures that everything is perfectly cooked.

While the potatoes are cooking, snap or cut off the ends of the green beans and cut into bite-size pieces. Place the green beans in a bowl and toss with the olive oil and salt and pepper.

A bowl of cut up fresh green beans. 

Remove the potatoes from the oven.  Place the chicken pieces on the sheet pan, and spoon on additional barbecue sauce. Make sure to coat them with a thick layer of sauce. Add the green beans and spread out in an even layer. 

A sheet pan with sweet potato cubes, chicken breasts covered with BBQ sauce and green beans.

Bake for 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are fork-tender, and your chicken registers 165 degrees with a meat thermometer.

Serve immediately and enjoy!

Sharon’s Expert Tips:

  • This recipe calls for skinless, boneless chicken breast and cut-up sweet potatoes. But, if you are like me and prefer chicken thighs or regular white potatoes, feel free to switch things up. You can also swap out other vegetables such as asparagus, broccoli, mushrooms, or carrots for the green beans. 
  • Chicken breasts are so large these days, I usually buy 2, and slice them horizontally, to end up with four thinner pieces.
  • The cooking times in this recipe are for boneless, skinless chicken breasts which are about a quarter of an inch thick. If your chicken is thicker than this or if you are using chicken thighs, you will need to increase your cook time. Use your meat thermometer to ensure that your chicken is the proper temperature. 

**This post updated on July 14, 2019, and reposted on July 17, 2019, to add green beans, change the title, update the recipe and the photos. 

One Pan BBQ Chicken, Potatoes, and Green Beans on a sheet pan right out of the oven.
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One-Pan BBQ Chicken, Potatoes, and Green Beans

Are you looking for a quick and easy, healthy, one-pan dinner for tonight? Well, look no further, delicious One Pan BBQ Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans is a perfect choice.
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Keyword easy sheet pan recipes, easy chicken one pan recipes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 343kcal
Author Sharon Rigsby

Ingredients

  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts 1/4 inch thick
  • 1-1/2 cups barbecue sauce I like Sweet Baby Ray's, but use whatever you like
  • 2 large sweet potatoes peeled and cubed
  • 1 lb green beans fresh, tips removed and cut into bite-size pieces
  • 2-3 Tbsp olive oil divided
  • kosher salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  • Put about a cup of barbecue sauce in a plastic storage bag along with the chicken and make sure the chicken is covered in sauce. Set this aside and allow the flavors to blend while you prepare your potatoes.
  • Peel and cube the potatoes. The potatoes will cook more evenly if you make sure that the cubes are approximately the same size.
  • Place the potatoes in a bowl and drizzle with about a tablespoon of olive oil. Sprinkle on some kosher salt and pepper and toss to coat the potatoes.
  • Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and spray lightly with non-stick cooking spray. Spread out the potatoes in an even layer. 
  • Place the potatoes in the oven and roast for 10 minutes. The potatoes take a little more time than the chicken; so roasting them before adding the chicken ensures that everything is perfectly cooked.
  • While the potatoes are cooking, snap or cut off the ends of the green beans and cut into bite-size pieces. Place the green beans in a bowl and toss with one tablespoon of olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  • Remove the potatoes from the oven.  Place the chicken pieces on the sheet pan, and spoon on additional barbecue sauce. Make sure to coat them with a thick layer of sauce. Add the green beans and spread out in an even layer. 
  • Bake for 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are fork tender, and your chicken registers 165 degrees with a meat thermometer.
  • Serve immediately and enjoy!

Notes

Sharon's Expert Tips:
  • This recipe calls for skinless, boneless chicken breast and cut-up sweet potatoes. But, if you are like me and prefer chicken thighs or regular white potatoes, feel free to switch things up. You can also swap out other vegetables such as asparagus, broccoli, mushrooms, or carrots for the green beans. 
  • Chicken breasts are so large these days, I usually buy 2, and slice them horizontally, to end up with 4 thinner pieces.
  • The cooking times in this recipe are for boneless, skinless chicken breasts which are about a quarter of an inch thick. If your chicken is thicker than this or if you are using chicken thighs, you will need to increase your cook time. Use your meat thermometer to ensure that your chicken is the proper temperature. 

Nutrition

Calories: 343kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 541mg | Potassium: 959mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 10120IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 2.2mg
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