Taco meat and sweet potato are one of those combinations that you wouldn’t think sound good together but they are! These have a mexican food flavor with the taco meat and all the topping like you would put on a taco. Pickled red onions, cheese, salsa, avocado. You can customize these anyway you want! Make this healthy meal with sweet potatoes for dinner this week.
An easy and healthy dinner that comes together so fast, with simple whole food ingredients. Sweet potatoes are a healthy vegetable, they are packed with nutrients. They are high in vitamin A, vitamin C, potassium and magnesium. They are rich in fiber, lower in glycemic index, support immune health, and very satiating with the good for you carbs.
Reasons you should make this recipe
- It’s incredibly easy to make. All you need is to let the sweet potatoes cook in the oven, brown some ground meat, add your toppings and it’s done!
- Healthy!!
- Filling. This won’t leave you wanting for more
- Customizable to your taste preferences
Ingredients:
Sweet Potatoes – The key ingredient. I like to get really big ones from a local farm store
Ground meat – I use ground venison because my husband is a deer hunter, but of course ground beef or even ground turkey will work.
Toppings – Some toppings I like to put on these are sauteed peppers, pickled red onions, pickled peppers, cheese, avocado, salsa, greek yogurt or sour cream.
How to make Sweet Potato Taco Boats
Step 1 – Roast your whole sweet potatoes in the oven. Prick them with a fork all over to let steam escape. You can also coat them with oil, but I’ve found this really isn’t that necessary.
Step 2 – As your sweet potatoes are coming out of the oven, brown your ground meat until done and add in taco seasoning.
Step 3 – Arrange your potato boats. Cut the sweet potato lengthwise and mash the inside with a fork to break it up. Add your taco meat on top then add your desired toppings.
Tips:
- Use parchment paper on your sheet pan. The sweet potatoes will ooze a goo and it is hard to get off of a pan.
- Cook the sweet potatoes long enough. They take a long time but you don’t want hard sweet potatoes.
Sweet Potato Taco Boats
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 400º
- while oven is preheating prepare the sweet potatoes. Wash them. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper, poke holes in the sweet potatoes with a fork to allow the steam to escape.
- Bake the sweet potatoes for 1 hour or until you can stick a knife through them with ease.
- Take the sweet potatoes out of the oven and brown your meat in a skillet while they are cooling.
- Once meat is cooked through add your taco seasoning
- Cut sweet potatoes lengthwise. Mash the insides with a fork to break up the potatoes.
- Top the potatoes with your taco meat and add any desired toppings