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Stuffed Sweet Potatoes With Beans and Guacamole

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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Mariana Velasquez
  • Active Time

    35 minutes

  • Total Time

    35 minutes

This easy vegetarian dinner uses a spice-rubbedbaked sweet potatoin place of rice as a canvas for all your favorite burrito toppings. Serve the leftover zesty guacamole with crisp tortilla chips on the side.

Ingredients

2 servings

2 medium sweet potatoes (about 9 ounces each)
2 tablespoons melted virgin coconut or vegetable oil, divided
1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, divided
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin, divided
1 red onion, coarsely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped, divided
1 (15.5-ounce) can black beans, rinsed, drained
3/4 cup vegetable broth
1 ripe avocado
3 tablespoons chopped cilantro, divided
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, divided
2 cups baby spinach (about 2 ounces)
1 ounce crumbled queso fresco (about 1/4 cup)
Tortilla chips (optional; for serving)
  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 450°F. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise. Toss with 1 Tbsp. oil, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. cayenne, and 1/4 tsp. cumin on a rimmed baking sheet. Arrange cut side up and roast until fork-tender, about 25 minutes.

    Step 2

    与此同时,热剩余1汤匙。石油在一个中等skillet over medium. Add onion and half of garlic and cook, stirring, until onion starts to release moisture and turns translucent, 2–3 minutes. Add beans, broth, 1/4 tsp. salt, and remaining 1/4 tsp. cayenne and 1/4 tsp. cumin and cook until liquid is reduced and beans soften, about 10 minutes.

    Step 3

    Meanwhile, mash avocado and remaining garlic in a medium bowl with a fork until smooth. Stir in 2 Tbsp. cilantro, 1 Tbsp. lime juice, and remaining 1/4 tsp. salt.

    Step 4

    Add spinach and remaining 1 Tbsp. lime juice to bean mixture. Continue to cook until spinach wilts, about 30 seconds.

    Step 5

    Using the back of a spoon, gently push down in center of potato halves to create a divot. Spoon bean mixture into potato halves, then top evenly with 2 Tbsp. avocado mixture, quesco fresco, and remaining 1 Tbsp. cilantro. Serve with tortilla chips, if using, and remaining avocado dip alongside.

  2. Do Ahead

    Step 6

    Potatoes and beans can be made 3 days ahead; store separately, cover, and chill. Reheat potatoes in oven and beans in skillet before serving.

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  • Delicious combination of flavours!

    • Loridp

    • Vancouver BC

    • 3/15/2022

  • Delicious and Easy

    • Anonymous

    • Orinda

    • 1/8/2022

  • The combination of black beans and sweet potatoes is delicious and makes for a filling and satisfying dinner. This is part of my family's regular rotation. Also love how everyone can customize their own dinner with different toppings(cheese, jalapenos, cilantro, avacado)

    • shrushanti

    • Eagan, Mn

    • 4/30/2021

  • Delicious and makes great lunch leftovers! I have made this many, many times and have passed the recipe to my vegetarian coworkers. I used Panela cheese when my grocery store was out of queso fresco and it was even better!

    • mvittone

    • Richmond, VA

    • 10/30/2020

  • So good! I added a red pepper and jalapeño pepper and subbed arugula for the spinach because it’s all I had. It was delicious! I will definitely make it again.

    • samiclayton4

    • Boston, MA

    • 10/12/2020

  • I.Love.This.Recipe. I don't know why. I don't know why I even tried it, it doesn't sound good. But it is SO good!! And I'm not vegetarian. The only thing I substituted was the queso fresco for something I had in my 'frig and it was just splendid.

    • nmj517

    • Montana

    • 6/18/2020

  • Delicious recipe! Added some yellow bell pepper to the spinach/bean mix and topped with feta. Kept the potatoes in the oven for at least 35min. Flavors were great and I cannot wait to do this again. Very satisfying meal for a vegetarian dish!

    • karola

    • Warsaw, Poland

    • 4/23/2020

  • 我离开了菠菜和queso壁画和许多others because I didn't have any at home and I increased the amount of spices (I eyeballed it so can't tell you how much of an increase). I also just dusted the cut surfaces of the potatoes with the cumin and cayenne instead of tossing them in the spices -when you press the cut surface to add the toppings, you can mash the spices into the potatoes nicely. These turned out fantastic. I wish I had the queso fresco, but we used sour cream and it was still nice.

    • Anonymous

    • utah

    • 3/31/2020

  • I left out the spinach and queso fresco (and cilantro, because I didn't have any) and topped with a bit of sour cream. I think cilantro would have been nice to have, but otherwise it was good! Simple and very filling vegetarian dinner.

    • Anonymous

    • 3/30/2020

  • Delicious!

    • Anonymous

    • Stockholm, Sweden

    • 8/11/2019

  • Really excellent and a nice change to the routine sweet potato presentations.

    • cjhallberg

    • 8/1/2019

  • Sadly, I had to throw away my potatoes, as they were ruined in the roasting process. The sautéed spinach with beans ( I substituted garbanzo beans) mix was good, and I was thankful my hungry guests were able to eat that as a side. I recommend an alternate method for prepping the potatoes and perhaps goat cheese crumbles instead of queso fresco. Overall, a 2 fork rating is a generous one.

    • karapossum

    • Charlotte, NC

    • 7/12/2019

  • NCM—very weird because I pull up recipes constantly from Epicurious that have no reviews.

    • loriltx

    • Houston

    • 4/29/2019

  • Delish!

    • sheri2

    • New Jersey

    • 2/14/2019

  • This recipe is great! I doubled it and it did take more like 40 minutes for the sweet potatoes to be done. Also, I think different areas refer to sweet potatoes and yams interchangeably. The photo looks like a yam (or what I consider a yam) but I used lighter-skinned sweet potatoes. I'm sure both would be delicious! This recipe isn't too time-intensive and the flavors are great. I got full on half a potato! Perfect weeknight dinner that holds well for lunch leftovers. Will definitely be making again.

    • lnhalverson

    • Seattle, WA

    • 11/13/2018

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