These crispy tacos are baked in the oven and stuffed with refried beans, sweet potato and cheese for an easy and delicious dinner!
Guys, I just realized it has been far too long since I’ve shared a Mexican recipe with you! I have no idea how that happened, but I’m here to make up for it today. I bet you didn’t think it was possible for me to do another recipe combining sweet potato, black beans and avocado, but I did it! š
This recipe is insanely easy. There’s only 3 ingredients in the tacos and since it’s the first Thursday of the month, that means it’s 30 Minute Thursday so these Crispy Black Bean & Sweet Potato Tacos only take 30 minutes to make! Don’t forget to scroll down to the bottom of the page for more delicious 30 minute meals from some other awesome bloggers!
I’ve recently discovered that I’m kinda obsessed with refried beans. I usually just cook with whole beans, but I bought some refried ones a while ago and couldn’t stop eating them. I dipped chips in them, put them on burritos and even ate them with a spoon. And, it turns out that Eli loves them too, which makes me pretty happy!
Crispy Baked Black Bean & Sweet Potato Tacos
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup refried black beans
- 1 cup sweet potato puree, homemade or canned*
- 1 cup grated cheese
- 8 corn tortillas
- Olive oil
Avocado Salsa: (optional)
- 1 large avocado, diced
- 1 tomato, small diced
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
- Juice of 1 lime
- Salt, to taste
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 450 F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and brush with a small amount of olive oil. If corn tortillas aren’t very pliable you may need to warm on the stove or microwave for about 5 seconds each before assembling tacos.
- Spread about 1 tablespoon of refried beans on half of the tortilla and top with 1 tablespoon sweet potato and a sprinkling of cheese. Fold tortilla over and repeat with remaining ingredients. Brush the top of each taco with a small amount of olive oil and bake for about 10 minutes, flipping once.
- Make the avocado salsa while tacos are baking. Add all ingredients to a medium sized bowl and mix until combined.
- Let tacos cool for a few minutes before eating and top with avocado salsa, if desired. Recipe serves 2-3 people but can easily be adapted to make more.
Notes
*I make my sweet potato puree by peeling and dicing a medium sized sweet potato and steaming until fork tender, 15-20 mins. I tend mash the cooked sweet potato with a fork.
*If you want to freeze these, freeze separately on a cookie sheet before baking and then combine into a freezer friendly container. Ā Or, wrap each in plastic wrap and store in a freezer friendly container. Ā Can be frozen for up to 3 months. Ā To bake from frozen: heat oven to 400 degrees F and bake 15-20 minutes, flipping once.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Category: Dinner, Gluten Free, Vegetarian
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Amazing, amazing, amazing!!! My wife is pescatarian, I am a meat-eater…this is delicious to both of us. We are having dinner together again!
That is so wonderful to hear!
I loved this recipe! It really just depends on the person’s taste though. I am used to plant-based meals, so I loved them! But, my mother wanted some meat and I added ground turkey to hers. Either way- delicious! I did some with mozzarella cheese and Mexican blend cheese, and added spinach.
I’ll be adding this to my monthly rotation, with a few variations of course š
So glad you enjoyed it!
So good! Loved the crispy. Used diced roasted sweet potatoes and traditional refried beans and still amazing! The guac on top really sealed the deal!
Yes! Agreed š
Can you use refried pinto beans instead of black beans?
Of course!
Great recipe!! All of my kids loved them. For some reason all of mine split while baking but they still tasted wonderful. Next time I might try making a vegan queso to go inside instead of the cheese. But tonight I just needed easy. Thanks so much!
I love the idea of using a vegan queso inside! So glad the whole family enjoyed them! š
DELISH! Just made these for dinner and loved them.
Awesome!! So glad to hear that! š
These are amazing! I want to take them lunch tomorrow but don’t have way to reheat.. Have you eaten them cold before?
Hi! Sorry for the delay, I think they would be great cold! I hope you enjoyed them š
What pairs well with the tacos?? I am trying to think of something yummy to make alongside them! Maybe some rice?
Rice would be great!
A cabbage slaw simply dressed with salt, avocado oil and lemon.
I made this for dinner tonight and it was amazing! I used vegetarian refried beans and vegan cheese and it was amazing. I couldn’t be happier with this recipe!
Awesome!! I’m so glad to hear you liked it! š
Just made these and they are awesome! Next time I will add a lil spice to my sweet potatoes just to try those flavors. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Awesome! So glad you liked them! š
Making this tonight and really looking forward to devouring it! I was wondering, could the avocado salsa be frozen as well?
Hi Chelsea, I hope you enjoy them! Unfortunately, I wouldn’t recommend freezing the avocado salsa, I don’t think avocado would hold up too well in the freezer and would probably get pretty brown and mushy. I have seem people freeze avocado baby food before though, so it might be doable, I’ve just never done it myself š