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sweet potato and black bean tacos

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
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 3 servings
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

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

Equipment

  • pressure cooker/instapot optional
  • pan

Method
 

If you are cooking the beans:
  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. Drain most of the excess water but keep enough for mashing
If using canned beans:
  1. Drain the water from the beans, rinse them, and cook them until warmed. Mash the black beans
The rest of the recipe:
  1. 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.
  2. Let the cooked sweet potato cool and then peel off the skin. If cooked properly, the skin should come off really easily.
  3. While the sweet potato is cooling, mash your black beans with a fork or potato masher.
  4. Cube up the sweet potato to your liking and add to a pan with minced garlic, salt, and taco seasoning.
  5. Cook until the flavorings and sweet potato are combined.
  6. 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.
  7. Add on the mashed black beans and seasoned sweet potato
  8. Top with your favorite Mexican cheese, toppings, salsa, and guac
  9. 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