Chili Cheese Stuffed Sweet Potato
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Chili Cheese Stuffed Sweet Potato combines the sweetness of baked sweet potatoes with the savory depth of chili & more.
- Author: Anne Carter
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
- 4 small sweet potatoes, scrubbed and washed
- 2 medium carrots, roughly chopped
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 plum tomato, chopped
- 1/2 medium onion, roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound ground beef
- Sour cream and shredded cheddar, for serving
- 3 scallions, sliced
- Poke sweet potatoes, microwave until tender, about 10 minutes, rotating halfway.
- Set aside sweet potatoes, keeping them warm for later use.
- Put carrots, garlic, tomato, and onion in a food processor.
- Add vinegar, cumin, oregano, cayenne, salt, and black pepper.
- Pulse until ingredients are coarsely chopped and well-mixed.
- Heat oil, add vegetable mix, cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes.
- Add water, cook until evaporated, scraping brown bits constantly.
- Cook beef, breaking it up, until browned, about 4 minutes.
- Cut potatoes in half, mix some flesh with beef mixture.
- Fill potato halves with beef mixture. Top with sour cream, cheese, scallions.