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Sweet potato and black bean tacos

Tacos featuring sweet potato, black beans and coriander salsa

Sweet potato and black bean tacos

Name: Sweet potato and black bean tacos
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 large sweet potatoes peeled and cut into bite-sized chunks; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1⁄2 tsp smoked paprika; 1⁄2 tsp dried chilli flakes; 1⁄2 tsp cumin seeds; 400g tin black beans rinsed and drained; 8 corn tortillas warmed; 100ml natural yogurt; to serve chilli sauce; a small bunch coriander chopped; 1 jalapeño or green chilli finely chopped; 4 spring onions chopped; 1 avocado diced; 1 lime juiced

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: October 7, 2019 at 4:15 PM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 45 mins

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Turn your tacos meat-free with spiced sweet potato and black beans, topped with a zingy coriander salsa

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Ingredients

Nutrition

2 large sweet potatoes

peeled and cut into bite-sized chunks
2 tbsp olive oil
1⁄2 tsp smoked paprika
1⁄2 tsp dried chilli flakes
1⁄2 tsp cumin seeds
400g tin black beans

rinsed and drained
8 corn tortillas

warmed
100ml natural yogurt
to serve chilli sauce

CORIANDER SALSA

a small bunch coriander

chopped
1 jalapeño or green chilli

finely chopped
4 spring onions

chopped
1 avocado

diced
1 lime

juiced

Nutrition: per serving

kcal570
fat19g
saturates3.6g
carbs78.5g
sugars19.7g
fibre12.3g
protein15.1g
salt1.3g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the sweet potatoes on a non-stick baking tray, drizzle over the oil then sprinkle with the spices, lots of seasoning and toss. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the potatoes are tender, then tip in the beans and cook for another 5 minutes to heat through.
step 2

To make the salsa, toss together the ingredients with a pinch of salt.
step 3

Divide the sweet potato mixture between the tortillas, top with salsa, a little yogurt and some chilli sauce, then roll up and eat.

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