The humble sweet potato. Don’t get me wrong, I love sweet potatoes and we eat them regularly at home. I like to add them to stews and curries to help pack them out and for added flavour, but also they make a great easy lunch option when baked with a fried egg on top. The problem that I often run into is how to make sweet potatoes the star attraction of a meal, sweet potato fries and eating them baked is great, but after eating them this way for the millionth time I was on the lookout for something more exciting.
Sweet potato skins are something that I’ve always wanted to try but was under the impression that they would only work with white potatoes. After having a creative cooking session in the kitchen, I decided to give my bag of sweet potatoes a change-up and this recipe came about that I’m sharing with you all today. There is no other exciting and vibrant cuisine then all of those Mexican flavours and they work perfectly with the taste of the potato. Add black beans, sweet corn, red pepper and melted grated cheese and you are just about knocking on sweet potato heavens door.
- 3 large sweet potatoes
- 1 tsp taco seasoning
- 1 tbsp of butter or spread
- 1/4 cup sweet corn
- 1/4 cup black beans
- 1/4 cup diced red pepper
- 1/3 cup grated cheese
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Preheat the oven to 190 degrees and line a tray with greaseproof paper.
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Wash and slice the sweet potatoes in half, laying them skin side down.
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Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes until the potato is cooked through and fluffy.
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Once the potatoes are cool, scoop out the insides and transfer to a bowl.
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Stir in the taco seasoning, butter or spread, sweet corn, black beans and pepper and stuff the filling into the empty sweet potato skins.
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Top with the grated cheese and return to the oven for a further 5 minutes until the cheese has melted.
Adding the butter or spread adds a lovely creaminess to the fluffy potato and for this recipe I used Clover. It has half the fat of butter and is made with buttermilk. Nothing artificial is added to their secret recipe making it a nice healthy spread option for family meals and baking.
These would be great as a main or a side loaded with all the trimmings like salsa, jalapenos, sour cream, refried beans at any Mexican themed dinner party or a wonderful family meal at home. Just 3 sweet potatoes makes 6 servings, depending on your portion sizes of course. If you’re anything like me I couldn’t stop at just one serving and somehow another portion managed to work itself on my plate…it would have been rude not to have eaten it, right?
How do you prefer to eat your sweet potatoes? Do you have a favourite potato skin recipe?
*Commissioned recipe by Clover, but all content and opinions are my own
Hey I was looking for some sweet potato recipe. This looks great. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you and you’re very welcome 🙂
These look and sound delicious. I never know what to do with sweet potatoes other than chip and roast. Will definitely be trying this recipe. Going to pin it so I don’t forget x
Same here Jenni, I thought this was something a bit different.
Gawd they look good! You’ve just inspired my lunch too thank you!
Janie x
I hope you had a very tasty lunch Janie!
Oh wow, these look amazing especially at 10am ha! Will definitely have to give them a go sometime. Thank you for sharing.
Ha! I hope you like them Kerry!
Oh my goodness, these look awesome! Will definitely have to give them a try
Thank you! Hope you like them!
Gorgeous! Lovely photography too xx
Thank you Emily!
What a great idea! These look absolutely delicious and I bet the mexican flavours would help with the fact that I sometimes find sweet potatoes TOO sweet
The taco seasoning really gives a lovely twist on the sweetness of the sweet potato. 🙂
Oh this looks incredible!!! I’m newly vegetarian and I’m looking for recipes that tickle my tastebuds and also a way to use sweet potatoes and this is just that! I can’t wait to try this!
Well, these are just perfect for you then. I hope you enjoy them. 🙂
That does sound good, I love a potato skin, but like you have never tried them with sweet potatoes. I can see I’m going to have to give it a go, lovely flavours.
Please let me know what you think Janice!
These look good, I’m definitely putting them on the to-cook list 😀
Thanks Gavin! 🙂
These sound DELICIOUS!!! We normally do jacket sweet potatoes, but I’m definitely going to be giving this version a try. xx #lovetoblog
Thanks Chloe! They are a lovely twist on a jacket sweet potato.
They look delicious – and healthy too! I’m going to add them to our meals for next week I think!
Oh do let me know if you try them Colette. Would love to hear your thoughts.
Oh wow, these sound just fabulous! I usually mash sweet potatoes with other vegetables actually. I get a bit fed up of just mashed potato and I find that a mixed veg mash is a great way to get the children eating vegetables without any fuss. I’ll definitely be giving these a try though.x
That looks like heaven on a plate. OMG
Thanks so much Lakisha!
Oh, these look yummy! I am often looking for different ways of cooking sweet potatoes as I know that they are healthier than white potatoes. This sounds like a perfect and quite simple week day meal. Hugs Mrs H xxxx
These look amazing, I’m always looking for a way to jazz up sweet potatoes. I can’t wait to try them!x
Yum! I saved this to pinterest to try it later.