Get the best of both worlds with these Taco Stuffed Sweet Potatoes. Savory spiced meat perfectly complements the naturally sweet potatoes. Shredded Mexican cheese blend, cilantro, and avocado finish the dish off. Make this recipe for dinner tonight!For the best flavor use a ground turkey mixture of breast and thigh meat.
1red pepperseeded and cut into about a ½ inch dice
1lbground turkey meatpreferably a mix of white and dark meat
3clovesof garlicdiced
½cupfrozen or fresh corncut off the cob if fresh
1 ½teaspoonchili powder
½teaspoonoregano
pinchcayenne pepper
1teaspoonground cumin
¾teaspoonsalt
½lemonjuiced
2cupslightly packed baby spinach
Baked Sweet Potato Toppings
¾cupshredded mexican cheese blend
1avocadopitted and cut into 1 inch cubes
⅓cupcilantrodiced
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cut four approximately 12 inch squares of aluminum foil. Place the sweet potatoes on the foil and wrap them up tightly. Bake for 55-70 minutes, or until the potatoes are cooked through and pierce easily with a knife.
Towards the last 10-15 minutes or so of the sweet potatoes baking, heat up 1 ½ tablespoons light olive oil in a large non-stick saute pan over medium heat.
Once the oil sizzles when flicked with water, add the peppers and onions and saute, stirring frequently, for about 4 minutes or until the onions start to turn translucent.
Add the turkey breast and cook, crumbling the meat as you stir, for 4.5-5.5 minutes, or until the turkey is no longer pink.
Add the corn, garlic, chili powder, oregano, cayenne, cumin, and salt and saute for 1-2 more minutes, continuing to stir, or until the corn is heated through and the garlic is fragrant, but not burning.
Turn the heat to medium low. Stir in the lemon juice and baby spinach and cook for 1-2 more minutes, or until the juice is mainly evaporated and the greens are half-way wilted (they will wilt the rest of the way as the mixture cools).
Remove the turkey mixture from the heat. Slice open the sweet potatoes vertically, squeeze them open, scoop in turkey meat and then top with the cheese, cilantro, avocado, and any of your other favorite taco toppings. Serve hot!
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Notes
1. You can usually find the turkey breast and thigh meat mixture in the grocery stores.2. Leftovers of this store well in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-5 days.