Maple Pecan Chicken

Lightly brown pecans in skillet. Remove. In same pan, cook onions with butter, about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. While the onions are cooking, peel and slice yams into 1/2" slices. Sprinkle chicken with salt, arrange with yams in large roasting pan. Stir Maple syrup into onions, then spoon the mixture over the chicken. Bake at 400 for 1 1/4 hours, basting occasionally. Serve, spooning sauce over, then sprinkling with the pecans Makes 8 servings, about 485 calories per. Note: you can use margarine instead of butter if you wish, also I double the onions and butter, and then cover the pan, because the original recipe seemed a bit dry for my tastes.