Bean and Sweet Potato Nachos

Name: Bean and Sweet Potato Nachos
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb sweet potato, peeled and diced; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 2 teaspoons cumin seeds; 2 teaspoons coriander seeds; 1 medium onion, sliced thinly; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 small red chili, de-seeded and finely chopped; 1 teaspoon paprika; 400 g tinned chopped tomatoes; 1/2 medium red pepper, diced; 1/2 medium green pepper, diced; 280 g tinned red kidney beans, rinsed and drained; 225 g tortilla chips (corn); 225 g cheddar cheese; 2 tablespoons chopped coriander, leaf; 1 medium avocado, peeled, stoned and sliced; 125 ml sour cream; 1 fresh tomato, peeled and chopped; 3 drops hot pepper sauce; 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Submitted by Karen Elizabeth

"A good twist on traditional nachos, these come from Linda McCartneys World Of Vegetarian Cooking. In fact, I did not make the sweet potato part, but I did make the rest of the recipe, and really loved the tomato/bean sauce. Omitting the sweet potatoes decreases cooking time by approx 60 minutes. I used only one whole green pepper, since I had no red pepper. I also made a spicy avocado guacamole, (see notes at end of recipe), and whipped some sour cream to accompany this, we loved it. Hope you enjoy them too!"

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Ready In:: 1hr 25mins
Ingredients:: 20
Serves:: 4

ingredients

1 lb sweet potato, peeled and diced
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons cumin seeds
2 teaspoons coriander seeds
1 medium onion, sliced thinly
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 small red chili, de-seeded and finely chopped
1 teaspoon paprika
400 g tinned chopped tomatoes
¹⁄₂ medium red pepper, diced
¹⁄₂ medium green pepper, diced
280 g tinned red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
225 g tortilla chips (corn)
225 g cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons chopped coriander, leaf
1 medium avocado, peeled, stoned and sliced
125 ml sour cream
Optional
If you make guacamole you will need
1 fresh tomato, peeled and chopped
3 drops hot pepper sauce
1 tablespoon lemon juice

directions

In a large baking dish, mix the sweet potato, 2 tblsp of oil, cumin and coriander seeds, and bake, uncovered, at 180C/350F/gas mark 4, for 50-60 minutes until tender. (NB I did not make this part of the recipe)(If you also choose to omit this step, preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4 now.).
Heat the remaining oil gently in a pan and add the onion, garlic, chilli and paprika.
Cover and cook until the onion is soft, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the tomatoes with their juice, and the peppers, and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
Stir in the beans.
Divide the corn chips between four individual ovenproof dishes, top with the bean mixture, then the sweet potato, and finish with the cheese.
Bake for 10 minutes until the nachos are well heated through, and the cheese has melted.
Serve sprinkled with coriander, with avocado and soured cream served separately.
NOTE: I made a simple guacamole with the avocado.
I mashed it with a tblsp lemon juice, then I added a chopped fresh tomato, a few drops of hot pepper sauce, and some ground salt and pepper.
I beat some lemon juice into a cup of cream.(I used more than recipe states, I like sour cream!).
I then served these separately, they were delicious with the nachos!

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Reviews

Well, I did skip the avocado, and did make this with the guacamole, and added some miniature jalapenos. We did enjoy the sweet potato in this, a very nice twist. The spices were right on as well as the guacamole. Made for a midday / dinner for us. No leftovers here. Made for 4 your consideration.

weekend cooker
What a treat! Love sweet potatoes seasoned this way. Used black beans instead of kidney. And for some odd reason grocery did not have a red chile pepper so used jalapeño and that was too mild in heat. Would not change a thing. Roasted the sweet potatoes, made salsa, and guacamole earlier in day then assembled. For the two of us, this made three lunches. Made for my Spring PAC 2014 baby.

WiGal
This is ridiculous. Ridiculously GOOD, that is! Just loved the spicy chili (kept some seeds) with the sweet potatoes and all the flavor from the cumin and coriander. This was gone in a flash! Thanks for sharing!

Starrynews
5 stars, even more !! I have made this to take to a Cup Day thing tomorrow and I cannot stop tasting it. I used leftover mashed sweet potato adding the cumin and coriander to it and used 1 great big green pepper as I had no red. Mine is mixed all together and will not be served in the layers but will still have the cheese on top and fresh coriander from the garden. I can't thank you enough Karen for this !!

katew
These are wonderful. Made using baked corn chips, fat free cheddar cheese, skipped the sour cream and used chopped avocado in place of guacamole. The cumin and coriander is great on the sweet potato, which is great with the chips and cheese. Thanks so much for the post.

Debbwl

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Tweaks

What a treat! Love sweet potatoes seasoned this way. Used black beans instead of kidney. And for some odd reason grocery did not have a red chile pepper so used jalapeño and that was too mild in heat. Would not change a thing. Roasted the sweet potatoes, made salsa, and guacamole earlier in day then assembled. For the two of us, this made three lunches. Made for my Spring PAC 2014 baby.

WiGal

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

Karen Elizabeth

Born in Scotland, brought up travelling, settled in RSA and brought up my family here, an IT son and 2 horsey daughters! Assorted animals, currently two dogs, a cat, a Bearded dragon, two corn snakes, multiple fish, and two Bengal finches. Oh, and a horse :D Work fulltime; in my spare time (if I'm not running around with youngsters) love to cook, often use the weekends to cook for the week. Love to entertain. my husband is a sports fanatic, enjoys helping in the kitchen and absolutely loves to eat the results!! I was a late starter, in my 30's when I started cooking, so I have brought my children up to Cook from an early age! And they all cook very well :D Also love to read, garden, browse fleamarkets, esp. antique markets, love to sit in the sun with a cappucino and a good book! 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