Healthy Taco Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Healthy Taco Stuffed Sweet Potatoes. Tender sweet potatoes topped with homemade taco meat, peppers, onions, black beans, and optional toppings: cheese, cilantro, sour cream, greek yogurt, tortilla chips, pico de gallo, salsa, etc!
Servings: 8 - 12 sweet potato halves
Calories: 438kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 batch instant pot sweet potatoes
- 1 batch taco meat ground beef, ground turkey, or ground chicken
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small yellow onion diced
- 1 large green bell pepper diced
- 1 large red bell pepper diced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 (15 oz) can black beans drained and rinsed
Optional toppings:
- Shredded Cheese
- Cilantro
- Green onion
- Lime juice
- Greek yogurt or sour cream
- Shredded lettuce
- Salsa or pico de gallo
- Guacamole
- Crushed tortilla chips
Instructions
- Make instant pot sweet potatoes.
- Make taco meat.
- Heat a large non stick pan over medium heat.
- Add in oil, onion, green pepper, red pepper, salt, and pepper.
- Cook until veggies are tender, about 5-10 minutes.
- Stir in black beans and cooked taco meat.
- Taste and re-season, if necessary.
- Cut sweet potatoes in half. Season with salt and pepper.
- Optional: place halved sweet potatoes onto a silicone mat lined baking sheet, top each half with shredded cheese, and bake at 350 degrees for 5-10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
- Place sweet potatoes in a bowl (easier to eat) and pile on the taco mixture!
- Pile on the toppings!
- Enjoy!
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Nutrition
Serving: 0.5sweet potatoes | Calories: 438kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 96mg | Potassium: 1361mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 14550IU | Vitamin C: 45.6mg | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 1.9mg