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Tex-Mex Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

URL: https://www.joyfulhealthyeats.com/stuffed-tex-mex-sweet-potatoes/

Ingredients

The sweet potatoes

  • 4 pieces sweet potatoes

The filling

  • 2 ears corn
  • 1 15 oz can low sodium black beans
  • 1 piece tomato
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 piece lime
  • 2 tablespoons cilantro
  • to taste salt
  • to taste pepper
  • 2 pieces avocados

Cooking essentials

  • to taste cooking spray

Instructions

  1. Pierce each sweet potato with a fork and wrap in a damp paper towel. Microwave for 8-10 minutes until tender.
  2. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and spray with cooking spray.
  3. Add diced onion and minced garlic to the skillet and sauté until onions are translucent.
  4. Stir in cumin and chili powder, sauté for an additional 2 minutes.
  5. Cook corn in the microwave for 3 minutes, then cut kernels off the cob.
  6. Add black beans, diced tomato, and corn to the skillet, sauté for 2 minutes.
  7. Stir in lime juice, paprika, cilantro, salt, and pepper, and sauté for another 2 minutes.
  8. Remove from heat and slice each sweet potato in half lengthwise.
  9. Fill each sweet potato with 3-4 tablespoons of the black bean and corn mixture and half a diced avocado.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
4
Calories
300
Total fat
15g
Total carbohydrates
40g
Total protein
10g
Sodium
300mg
Cholesterol
0mg

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