Prep & Bake Chicken with Avocado Crema
Includes recyclable aluminum tray
- Milk
This dish comes together with minimal prep and cleanup, thanks to our oven-ready trays. You’ll season chicken with a blend of Mexican-style spices and set atop saucy black beans. In a second tray, sweet potato bakes alongside. Serve slices of juicy chicken over cheesy beans and sweet potato, dollop with a lime-kissed avocado crema, then toss (or recycle) the trays!
Ingredients
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
2 unit
Oven-Ready Tray
1 unit
Sweet Potato
1 unit
Black Beans
¼ cup
Monterey Jack Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
12 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
1 unit
Lime
4 tablespoon
Guacamole
1 tablespoon
Mexican Spice Blend
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Cooking Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
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Adjust rack to top position (top and middle positions for 4 servings) and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce.
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Dice sweet potato into ¼-inch pieces. Drain and rinse beans. Quarter lime.
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Reserve half the Mexican Spice Blend in a small bowl (you’ll use this on the chicken later).
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In one oven-ready tray, toss sweet potato with a drizzle of oil, half the remaining Mexican Spice Blend (you’ll use the rest in the next step), salt, and pepper. Bake on top rack (be sure your oven has preheated!) until sweet potato is tender, 18-22 minutes. (For 4 servings, divide ingredients between two trays, using a drizzle of oil in each tray; bake side by side on top rack.)
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While sweet potato bakes, in remaining oven-ready tray, combine beans, remaining Mexican Spice Blend, a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper. (For 4 servings, divide ingredients between two remaining trays, using a drizzle of oil in each tray.)
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Pat chicken* dry with paper towels. Drizzle with oil and season all over with reserved Mexican Spice Blend, salt, and pepper. Arrange chicken over beans. Roast on top rack until chicken is browned and cooked through, 15-20 minutes. (For 4, divide chicken between two trays; roast side by side on middle rack.)
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While chicken and beans roast, in a second small bowl, combine sour cream, guacamole, juice from half the lime, salt, and pepper.
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Once chicken and beans are done, transfer chicken to a cutting board to rest.
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Transfer sweet potato to tray with beans; toss to combine. Evenly sprinkle sweet potato and black bean jumble with Monterey Jack. (For 4 servings, divide everything between two trays with beans.)
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Return jumble to top rack and bake until cheese melts, 1-2 minutes more.
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Slice chicken crosswise.
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Divide sweet potato and black bean jumble between plates. Arrange chicken over jumble. Top chicken with a dollop of avocado crema. Serve with remaining lime wedges on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the delicious taste, with one calling it an "amazing flavor explosion!" 🎉
- Ease of prep: Most found it quick and easy, though some felt the seasoning instructions were confusing.
- Suggestions: Consider not draining beans before baking for more moisture; adjust seasoning to taste for bolder flavor.
- Portions: Several noted the sweet potatoes were too small; consider supplementing with extra vegetables.
- Texture: Some found the chicken rubbery; ensure even cooking by adjusting for different cutlet sizes.
Reviews from our home cooks
Tasted amazing. The beans did seem a little dry. Next time I think I wouldn't drain and rinse them before baking. Also the directions for saving half of the seasoning then using half of the seasoning and then using the last of the seasonings was confusing. It's like you say half of it and then you're using half of what was left which is a quarter of it. It would have made much more sense if there were just measurements of how much to use for each part.
Love the prep and bake!! This was easy, quick and delicious! I don't like sweet potato, so I just didn't use it. But it was delicious without the sweet potato. I would definitely get this one again.
This recipe was very easy and tasted delicious; however, the sweet potatoes were so small we had to supplement with other vegetables to make up the portion size.
Chicken breasts were different sizes so difficult to cook together. Beans dried out with some too hard to eat. Not enough sweet potato. But overall easy and tasty.
Not as easy to put together as I hoped. Avocado crema was good with meal.
