Buffalo Chicken and Sweet Potatoes

My oldest has always been such a picky eater.  To help him get over this, he's been doing a lot of cooking with me and helping me come up with things to cook that he would like to try.  I was SO EXCITED when he came to me the other night and actually asked to help me cook!!  I mean, he will be an official teenager in a month so most of his time is spent in his room.  I adore any time I get to spend one on one time with him.  Plus, I really enjoy cooking so its great that we can enjoy it together.

His favorite food is chicken wings and he likes them with a bit of spice so this recipe was right up his alley.  He's never been a fan of sweet potatoes but has started making them himself and eating them a little more so again, a good combination for us to cook together.  Before I give you the recipe, I will say this, while we enjoyed this recipe, my cooking was not perfect and I will need to adjust it the next time to make it even better.  I will give you the actual recipe but tell you what I am going to do differently next time.
*So, the only problem with cooking this all together in the oven was that my chicken got done before the sweet potatoes.  I ended up taking the chicken out of the mix and putting the sweet potatoes back in for longer.  When I served it, some of the sweet potatoes were still not done yet.  :(  But the ones that were,were delicious!  So, next time I think I will try cooking the sweet potatoes a bit before mixing all the ingredients together.  If you have another suggestion, please let me know!  Because, this really is a tasty and healthy meal.  :)  Oh yea, I also cut this recipe in half.

Buffalo Chicken and Sweet Potato

• 2 lb chicken breast cut into cubes
• 5 whole sweet potatoes peeled and cut into cubes
• 1 tbsp paprika
• 2 tbsp garlic powder
• 6 tbsp hot sauce (I actually used wing sauce)
  
  
• 12 slices turkey bacon cooked and cut into pieces
• 1 cup green onions sliced
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, combine together the olive oil, paprika, garlic powder, hot sauce, and season with pepper to taste.
3. Add the sweet potatoes and chicken and stir to coat.
4. Empty the bowl into a casserole dish.
5. Bake in the oven for 40 to 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
6. Add the green onions and bacon to the dish and place back in the oven for another 5 minutes to let all the flavors combine. Makes around 8 servings (1 cup each).

Fix Portions (per 1 serving): 1 red, 1.5 yellow, tsp oil