Braised Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Plantains - Rick Bayless

Ingredients

• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1/4 cup adobo sauce (from the canned chipotles)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 chicken breasts on the bone (approximately 3 1/2 pounds)
• 4 leg and thigh quarters on the bone (approximately 2 pounds)
• Salt
• 1 very large (1 pound) white onion, sliced 1/4-inch thick
• 1 package banana leaves, defrosted
• 2 large (about 1 1/2 pounds) sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
• 2 large (approximately 1 1/4 pounds) plantains, (it should be noticeably soft and yellow splotched with black), peeled and cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
• 4 to 5 canned chipotle chiles en adobo, seeded and thinly sliced