Garlic-Ginger Chicken With Sweet Potatoes

Photo: flickr user FotoosVanRobin

Ingredients

2 pounds sweet potatoes peeled and cut into ½-Inch medallions

3 1/2 pounds frying chicken cut into cubes

1 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup dry sherry

3 tablespoons brown sugar

1 teaspoon ground ginger

4 garlic cloves crushed

2 green onion finely diced

steamed white rice optional

Preparation

Thoroughly combine soy sauce, sherry, brown sugar, and ginger. Pour over potatoes and chicken in baking dish. Cover and marinate 1 hour. Turn over chicken and potatoes and marinate additional hour.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Bake 25 minutes. Turn over potatoes and chicken; baste. Bake 30 minutes more. When no pink shows when chicken is poked with fork, remove dish from oven. Arrange potatoes around chicken on Serving dish. If desired, serve over rice. Sprinkle green onion for garnish.