Easy & Quick Sweet Potato and Black Bean Vegetarian Tacos

Who else loves tacos? This recipe is hearty, nutritious, and so easy to make. It’s the perfect weekday lunch or dinner that’s easy to meal prep. Scroll below for the best sweet potato and black bean vegetarian tacos!

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Kitchen Equipment

• pan: for cooking your sweet potato
• pot/pressure cooker/instapot: if you feel like cooking the beans

Ingredients

• some olive oil
• a bit of minced garlic
• a medium sweet potato
• 1 cup of black beans (canned or 1/2 cup if dry)
• taco seasoning
• mexican cheese
• corn tortillas
• toppings (scallions, tomatoes, cilantro, whatever you prefer)
• salsa (optional but check out this recipe!)
• guacamole (optional)

Substitutions

• feel free to use your favorite refried beans to make this even quicker
• the sweet potato can be cooked in the airfryer or in the oven

The Quick Steps

Yield: 2-3 servings

1. pressure cook the black beans if you’re going this route (otherwise rinse the canned beans)
2. warm/cook the beans with taco seasoning and salt
3. microwave the sweet potato until cooked
4. peel and cut the sweet potato and add it to a pan
5. cook with taco seasoning, garlic, and salt
6. mash the black beans
7. heat up your tortilla, add on the black beans and sweet potato
8. top with cheese and your favorite toppings

Easy & Quick Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos

an easy vegetarian weekday recipe that takes less than 30 minutes if you take the shortcuts 🙂

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 3 servings

Equipment

• pressure cooker/instapot optional
• pan

Ingredients

  

• some olive oil
• a bit of minced garlic
• a medium sweet potato
• 1 cup of black beans canned or 1/2 cup if dry
• taco seasoning
• mexican cheese
• corn tortillas
• toppings scallions, tomatoes, cilantro, whatever you prefer
• salsa optional but check out this recipe!
• guacamole optional

Instructions

 

If you are cooking the beans:

• Pressure cook 1/2 cup of black beans with about 1 cup of water on high for 30 minutes (add in salt and taco seasoning to your taste)
• On the stove top: simmer 1 cup of black beans with about 2 cups of water for about 2 hours covered, until softened. You may need to add more water throughout. (add in salt and taco seasoning to your taste)
• Drain most of the excess water but keep enough for mashing

If using canned beans:

• Drain the water from the beans, rinse them, and cook them until warmed. Mash the black beans

The rest of the recipe:

• In the meantime, poke holes into the sweet potato, put in on a plate with a bit of water, and microwave for about 3 minutes. The sweet potato is cooked when the skin comes off easily.
• Let the cooked sweet potato cool and then peel off the skin. If cooked properly, the skin should come off really easily.
• While the sweet potato is cooling, mash your black beans with a fork or potato masher.
• Cube up the sweet potato to your liking and add to a pan with minced garlic, salt, and taco seasoning.
• Cook until the flavorings and sweet potato are combined.
• Lightly drizzle water on your tortilla. This will help it from breaking. Warm up your corn tortilla on a pan with a little bit of oil.
• Add on the mashed black beans and seasoned sweet potato
• Top with your favorite Mexican cheese, toppings, salsa, and guac
• Enjoy!

Notes

Substitutions

• feel free to use your favorite refried beans to make this even quicker
• the sweet potato can be cooked in the airfryer or in the oven

With love,
Aditi <3
Aditi Rani – Figuring Out Life in Your Twenties

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