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Beefy Stuffed Sweet Potato

Beefy Stuffed Sweet Potato

Cuisine:Mexican

Course:Dinner

15m prep 20m cook 35m ready

Sweet potatoes are stuffed with a savory beef and vegetable mixture, then topped with a fresh carrot slaw for a balanced and flavorful meal.

Ingredients

Servings:
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  • 4 small sweet potatoes, scrubbed and washed
  • 4 medium carrots, 2 roughly chopped and 2 shredded
  • 1/2 medium onion, roughly chopped
  • 1 plum tomato, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • Kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3/4 pound lean ground beef
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Let's Cook

  1. Step 1.

    Poke each sweet potato a few times and microwave until fork tender, about 10 minutes, rotating about halfway through. Set aside and keep warm.

  2. Step 2.

    Combine the chopped carrots, onions, tomatoes, garlic, 2 tablespoons of the vinegar, cumin, 1 teaspoon salt, oregano, cayenne and a few grinds of black pepper in a food processor; pulse until coarsely chopped. Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, add the vegetable mixture and cook, stirring constantly, until dry, 3 to 4 minutes. Add 1/4 cup water and cook, scraping up any brown bits with a wooden spoon, until the water evaporates, about 1 minute. Add the ground beef and cook, stirring and breaking it up into smaller chunks, until browned and cooked through, about 4 minutes. Remove from the heat.

  3. Step 3.

    Split the potatoes in half, scoop out some of the warm flesh and add it to the beef mixture; stir to combine. Divide the potato halves among four plates and generously fill each half with the beef-potato mixture. Toss the shredded carrots with the cilantro, the remaining 1 teaspoon vinegar and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Divide the carrot slaw among the four plates.

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