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Sweet Potatoes with toppings on top

Sweet Potato Taco Boats

An easy and healthy dinner that you can customize with toppings of your choice
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Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 50 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 Large Sweet Potatoes
  • 1 lb Ground meat beef, turkey, or venison
  • 3 tbsp Taco Seasoning
Toppings
  • cheese
  • greek yogurt or sour cream
  • avocado
  • sauteed peppers
  • salsa
  • pickled red onions
  • Hot Sauce

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 400º
  2. 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.
  3. Bake the sweet potatoes for 1 hour or until you can stick a knife through them with ease.
  4. Take the sweet potatoes out of the oven and brown your meat in a skillet while they are cooling.
  5. Once meat is cooked through add your taco seasoning
  6. Cut sweet potatoes lengthwise. Mash the insides with a fork to break up the potatoes.
  7. Top the potatoes with your taco meat and add any desired toppings

Notes

You can bake the potatoes ahead of time for an even faster meal