This Mexican inspired meal is so bright and colorful, stuffed with every flavor and texture you could want. It manages to turn a few humble sweet potatoes into a feast. Your family won’t suspect for a second that this is actually a money-saving meal.
I love a meal that can stretch your dollar and no one’s the wiser. You know that look on your husband’s face when he can tell the dinner you made was a last ditch effort to scrounge something from the cupboards without having to go grocery shopping? Poor hubby. He never complains about it, but his secret disappointment kills me!
These Mexican stuffed sweet potatoes require very little effort (the oven does most of the work), and very low cost ingredients. If you want to further lower the cost, just skip the chicken.
You might think me a fool, but I often bake my sweet potatoes while I run to the store. A 350º oven buys me at least an hour, and depending on the size of your potatoes, quite possibly longer. Multi-tasking makes me feel so accomplished. The crock-pot is another great way to bake them.
This is a fun, healthy twist on Mexican food and on a potato bar! It’s fiesta time.
Mexican Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 3 large sweet potatoes baked, then halved
- 1 large chicken breast cooked, and shredded
- 2 tablespoons adobo sauce (from a can of chipotle chiles)
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1 jalepeno seeded, ribs removed, and minced
- 1 mango diced
- 1/4 cup cilantro chopped
- 1 tomato diced (optional)
- 1/2 red onion* minced and rinsed under cold water
- 1 avocado diced
- 1 14.5 oz can black beans drained and rinsed
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wrap whole sweet potatoes individually in foil. Place on a baking sheet and roast in the oven for 50-75 minutes, until you press on the foil and the potato feels soft. Remove the potatoes and allow them to cool (They will stay hot for up to an hour in the foil).
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Dice or shred the chicken. In a small bowl stir together the adobo sauce, sour cream and a pinch of salt. Add chicken and stir to combine. Taste and adjust if needed, adding more sour cream if it is too spicy or more adobo if you want more kick. Place chicken mixture in the refrigerator while you prepare the salsa.
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Add the drained and rinsed black beans to a medium sized bowl, along with the diced mango, avocado, tomato (optional), jalapeno, red onion and cilantro. Squeeze the juice of 2 limes over the mixture and add a pinch of salt. Stir to combine.
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Unwrap the sweet potatoes from the foil and slice each one in half lengthwise. Spoon a little of the adobo chicken on each potato, and then the salsa. If you want a pretty presentation, remove a wedge of potato from the center of each half before spooning on the toppings, to create a nook for toppings to settle into.
Recipe Notes
*I totally forgot to buy a red onion when I made this but it is a nice addition to the salsa, so I recommend it.
Another tasty salsa ingredient to add (maybe in place of the tomato) would be some roasted corn kernels!
7 comments
There is a meal similar to this one I like to make. I love this idea though, with the sweet potato. I enjoy your site very much, thank you.
Thank you so much for reading and taking the time to comment Ramona! It blesses me so much to know the specific women I am connecting with! I hope you enjoy the sweet potato rendition 😀
This looks so yummy! This looks like a great lunch option for my husband and I.
Yummmm! We can easily adapt this to our diet! Great idea! Thank you for sharing!
Oh good! YES- super easy to make this paleo or vegan!
This looks so amazing! Mexican food is some of my favorites, and lately, I have been loving using sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes. Pinned this! Can’t wait to give it a try! 🙂
That’s awesome Kate! Would love to hear how you like it! Thanks for reading!