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Tex-Mex Sweet Potatoes

February 6, 2014 / Beef

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These aren’t your mama’s loaded baked potatoes.

Tex-Mex Sweet Potatoes - These aren't your mama's loaded baked potatoes.

When I was a kid, there was a fast-food chain that featured a baked potato bar. Back then I thought it was really weird — I mean, who wants to eat a baked potato when there are French fries, cheeseburgers, and nuggets to be had?

Of course, these days I’ve realized that baked potatoes? Pretty awesome. And baked sweet potatoes are even better. Throw a bunch of stuff on top of them, and you have a meal that is perfect for these cold days.

Now, I’m not going to knock you if you decide to use white potatoes for this recipe, but sweet potatoes are filled with lots of good-for-you vitamins and taste great plain. (My baby agrees.) Sweet potatoes are also usually quite large, so you only need two for this recipe to feed four people. And don’t forget that leftover baked potatoes can be used in a lot of different recipes, from quick mashed taters to an easy hash for your breakfast eggs.

These Tex-Mex Sweet Potatoes are filled with ground beef seasoned with cumin, chili pepper, and Mexican oregano. If you don’t have Mexican oregano, you can swap in the Mediterranean version (jars just labeled “oregano” are this), but use a bit less. Top the potatoes with salsa, guacamole, or cheese — or all three — and you’re set to dig in!

Depending on the size of your appetites, you might have leftover filling. You can easily use it for a taco lunch the next day, or add it to a pot of macaroni and cheese.

This filling recipe for Tex-Mex Sweet Potatoes aren't your mama's boring baked potato.

We were lucky and had some way-early-season tomatoes from the market, but just swap in a can of low-sodium diced tomatoes if tomatoes aren’t in season where you are.

This can easily be turned vegetarian with a swap of beans for the meat, or add beans to the original recipe (plus another sweet potato) to bulk up the dish and feed a larger family.

Tex-Mex Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes filled with your favorite taco flavors.
Author: Megan
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Course: Dinner
Servings: 4
Tex-Mex Sweet Potatoes
5 from 1 vote
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Ingredients

  • 2 large sweet potatoes
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1/2 cup diced onion
  • 1/2 cup diced red pepper
  • 2 cups diced tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 jalapeño , seeded and diced (optional)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • Shredded cheese , salsa, and guacamole (optional)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Mexican oregano

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with foil.
  2. Prick potatoes all over and bake for 45 minutes to an hour, depending on size, until easily pierced with a fork. Keep warm in the microwave.
  3. Brown ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat.
  4. Add onion and red pepper and saute until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
  5. Add remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
  6. Cover and let simmer over medium-low for about 15 minutes, until tomatoes have broken down and the meat is saucy (but not talking back).
  7. Slice cooked potatoes lengthwise, then make cuts across the flesh to "open up" the potato.
  8. Take each potato half and fill it with a few spoonfuls of the meat mixture, then add your favorite toppings.

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  1. Amber | Bluebonnets & Brownies says

    February 6, 2014 at 1:38 pm

    When I moved to England, I thought it was weird that Brits have “jacket potatoes” available everywhere – food carts especially. And they cover them with everything, from tuna salad to chili, to sweet corn and cheese. But the longer I lived there? The more genius I found it to be. There’s not much more comforting than a baked potato covered in yummy stuff on a rainy cold day. I’ve also recently become obsessed with sweet potatoes – I want to try an “Italian” version of this. I’ve been roasting them with oregano and basil. Add a little meat sauce and mozz? Oh yeah.

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  2. Lea @GourmetMommy says

    February 7, 2014 at 4:58 am

    I am so jealous that you have access to fresh tomatoes right now! We are still totally iced over!
    This will be a great recipe to try with my kids. They’re really into making their own food, and with this one they can top it anyway they like.
    When the kids were babies, I’d puree this sort of thing into stage 3 baby food too; is your little one into solids yet?

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    • Megan says

      February 7, 2014 at 8:43 am

      @Lea I swear the tomatoes were a fluke! It has been back and forth with the temperatures here, but overall much colder than usual!
      My baby has started solid food but he’s not very into it yet. He’s definitely against spoon feeding and purees, so we’ve been trying to follow the baby-led weaning method of offering larger chunks of soft food. So far he really likes apples, broccoli, and carrots – we did give him some of the plain sweet potato from this dinner, but it’s hard to tell how much of it ends up in his belly after you view the mess 😉

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