Sweet Potato and Bean Burritos
You will love the flavors of the two different beans, blended with roasted sweet potatoes, the sauteed onions and peppers.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 lbs. Sweet Potato or Yam
- 1/2 tsp Onion Powder
- 1/2 tsp Smoked Paprika
- Salt and Pepper To taste.
- Oil I used avocado or olive oil. The oil is used to coat the sweet potatoes and to saute the peppers and onion.
- 1 Tbsp Minced Garlic If using 3 fresh cloves, bake with the sweet potatoes.
- 1 Medium Sweet Onion
- 1 Bell Pepper Red, Yellow, Orange, or green. What a little heat, also add your favorite hot pepper.
- 1 15 oz. Can Black Beans
- 1 15 oz. Can Pinto Beans
- Tortillas or Taco Shells
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425° F.
- Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Clean and dice the sweet potatoes into bite size pieces and add to a small mixing bowl.
- Drizzle oil over the sweet potatoes with the smoked paprika, onion powder, salt, pepper, and combine.
- If using a fresh garlic, clean the cloves and toss in the bowl with the sweet potatoes.
- Toss everything in the bowl until evenly coated.
- Spread the sweet potatoes onto the parchment lined baking sheet and slide into the oven.
- Bake the sweet potatoes for 12 minutes, remove to stir, return, and bake for an additional 12 minutes or until soft.
- Once the sweet potatoes are soft, remove from the oven and set aside.
- While the sweet potatoes are baking, clean and slice the onion and peppers.
- In a medium sized skillet, on a medium heat, add oil, onion, peppers, and minced garlic (if not using fresh garlic).
- Saute until everything is soft and slightly browned, remove from heat when done.
- Next open a can of pinto and black beans, drain, and rinse the beans.
- Pour the beans onto the skillet of vegetables.
- Continue by adding the sweet potatoes to the skillet of peppers and stir well to combine.
- Heat everything until warm, then remove from heat for serving.
- Serve the beans and vegetables on a tortilla shell, taco shell, or in a bowl with lettuce, salsa, shredded vegan cheese, fresh avocado, and a vegan sour cream.
- ENJOY!