Avocado Salsa Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
- PREP 20min
- COOK 1hrs
- TOTAL 1hrs 20min
Our family loves these stuffed sweet potatoes. The sweet potatoes are soft and sweet, and the salsa is fresh, bright, and flavorful. I love this as a light meal or on the side to other dishes. Check our tips below for roasting sweet potatoes in advance and adding protein with beans.
You Will Need
4 medium sweet potatoes
3 unpeeled garlic cloves
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 medium avocado, diced
2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
1 jalapeño
Salt
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400°F (204°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.
Scrub sweet potatoes and pierce in several places with a fork. Place them onto the baking sheet.
Toss unpeeled garlic cloves with olive oil and place them around the potatoes on the baking sheet.
Bake for 45 minutes to an hour, depending on the size of the potatoes, until very soft and beginning to ooze.
While the sweet potatoes are roasting, you can prepare the salsa. Add the chopped avocado, tomato, and cilantro to a medium bowl.
Cut the jalapeño in half, lengthwise, and use a spoon to scrape out the white membrane and seeds. The membrane and seeds can be very spicy, so we remove them. Depending on how spicy you like things, you can leave some or all of the membrane and seeds.
Finely mince the jalapeño and add to the bowl.
When the garlic is cool enough to handle, squeeze the soft, sticky flesh inside the roasted garlic cloves onto your work surface, chop it, and add to the bowl.
Squeeze over the juice of one lime wedge, or about 1 to 2 tablespoons, and add a pinch of salt. Gently toss.
To serve, cut a slit down the middle of each sweet potato and fill with the tomato avocado salsa.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- Make ahead: Roast the sweet potatoes, allow them to cool, and store them in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Reheat, make the salsa, stuff them and enjoy. The salsa is best made the day you plan to eat it.
- Add protein: Add 1 ½ cups drained canned or cooked black beans to the salsa to bump up the protein a bit. Here’s our recipe for how to cook black beans if you need it. Or, stir 2 cups of cooked quinoa into the salsa.
- The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. We included 1/4 teaspoon of salt.