How To Make Black Bean Sweet Potato Enchiladas
Loaded with sweet potatoes, black beans, cheeses, and a handful of spices, this scrumptious enchilada is vegetarian friendly!
Serves:
Ingredients
For Filling:
- 1¼lbsweet potatoes
- 15ozblack beans,rinsed and drained, or 1½ cups cooked black beans
- 1cupMonterey Jack cheese,grated
- ½cupfeta cheese,crumbled
- 8ozgreen chiles,2 small cans, diced
- 1medium jalapeño,seeded and minced
- 2garlic cloves,pressed or minced
- 2tbsplime juice
- ½tspground cumin
- ½tspchili powder
- ¼tspcayenne pepper,optional
- ¼tspsalt,more to taste
- freshly ground black pepper
For Remaining Ingredients:
- 2cupsmild salsa verde
- 10corn tortillas
- 1cupMonterey Jack cheese,grated
- 2tbspsour cream
- 1tbspwater
- ¼cupred onion,chopped
- ¼cupfresh cilantro,chopped
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper for easy cleanup.
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Slice the sweet potatoes in half lengthwise and coat the flat sides lightly with olive oil. Place the sweet potatoes flat-side down on the baking sheet.
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Bake until they’re tender and cooked through for about 30 to 35 minutes. Leave the oven on to bake the assembled enchiladas next (no temperature adjustments necessary).
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Meanwhile, pour enough salsa verde into a 9×13-inch baking dish to lightly cover the bottom (about 1/2 cup).
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In a medium mixing bowl, combine all of the remaining filling ingredients.
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Once the sweet potatoes are cooked through and cool enough to handle, scoop out the insides with a spoon. Discard the potato skins, and lightly mash the sweet potatoes with a fork or the back of a spoon.
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Stir the mashed sweet potato into the bowl of filling, and season to taste with additional salt and pepper.
To Assemble:
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Warm up the tortillas, one by one in a skillet, or all at once in a microwave to keep them from breaking. Wrap them in a clean tea towel to keep warm.
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Working with one tortilla at a time, spread about ½ cup filling down the center each tortilla, then wrap both sides over the filling and place it in the baking dish. Repeat for all of the tortillas.
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Top with the remaining salsa verde and cheese. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, until sauce is bubbling and the cheese is lightly golden.
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Let the enchiladas cool for about 5 minutes. Whisk the sour cream and water together to make a drizzly sour cream sauce. Drizzle it back and forth over the enchiladas, then top them with cilantro and red onion. Serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 805.61kcal
- Fat: 23.89g
- Saturated Fat: 13.46g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 6.06g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.93g
- Carbohydrates: 111.87g
- Fiber: 22.91g
- Sugar: 14.27g
- Protein: 40.50g
- Cholesterol: 62.84mg
- Sodium: 1133.63mg
- Calcium: 682.67mg
- Potassium: 2259.31mg
- Iron: 7.60mg
- Vitamin A: 983.79µg
- Vitamin C: 131.01mg
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