Mexican Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
A unique a delicious take on the twice baked potato.
Ingredients
- 8 large Japanese sweet potatoes
- 1 package cheese
- 1 container sour cream
- 1.5 cups chicken sausage
- 3 Tbsp chipotle pepper in adobo
- Salt to taste
- Cilantro
- Fresh jalapeño
Instructions
- Use a fork to poke holes on the surface of the sweet potatoes(this helps them cook faster).
- Bake Potatoes for 45 minutes at 400 degrees.
- While the potatoes are cooking, cook the chicken sausage on the stove top.
- When the sausage is finished cooking, add in the spinach and lightly cook it until it is just wilted.
- After the Potatoes are removed from the oven and cool, slice them in half, the long way on the potato.
- Scoop out the inside of the potato into a large bowl. Mash the potatoes.
- Add the liquid adobo sauce from the canned chipotle peppers to the potato. Add the cheese, sour cream, spinach, chicken sausage, and large pinch of salt to taste. Mix everything together.
- Use a large spoon to fill the potato skins with the filling mixture.
- To twice bake the potatoes, bake for 10 minutes on 400 degrees F.
- Garnish with chopped cilantro and fresh cut jalapeños slices.
- Optional: drizzle with chipotle mayo sauce and/or Mikes hot honey.
Notes
-Chicken sausage: I recommend using a ground sausage as it is less work since you don’t have to cut it up and it integrates better. If you are able to find a chipotle chicken sausage at your store, opt for this.
-If you use frozen spinach, thaw it ahead of time and then squeeze all of the water out of it.
FAQ:
-What is the easiest method for mashing the potatoes?
I mashed these potatoes very quickly by hand just using a metal whisk. I didn’t have a potato masher tool readily available this worked equally as well. If you have a mixer it will do a great job but for the time of set up and clean up it is just as quick to do it by hand with a simple tool.
Alternatives:
-I am using Japanese sweet potatoes in this recipe because I think it makes it special and I enjoy the flavor for this particular recipe. If you cannot find Japanese sweet potatoes or don’t enjoy them, you can use any regular potato or typical sweet potato (garnet yam).
-The ground chicken chorizo sausage that I use in this recipe is a specialty item and may not be able to be found. You could easily make your own by buying ground chicken and adding the spices. Or you could choose another meat altogether. I think sausage (I usually choose chicken to make it a bit healthier) is great in this recipe but you could certainly use any meat that you prefer.
-As I stated above in the introduction, I choose to use dairy-free options in this recipe such as vegan plant-based cheese and sour cream. If you prefer to use animal dairy this recipe will come out just as good and needs no alternations for preparation or cooking.
-Alternative for toppings could be green onions or crushed red pepper flakes.
-Optional: drizzle of chipotle mayo or Mikes hot honey. I think both of these options are cohesive with the flavors of this dish being sweet and spicy. You could use a crema or sour cream on top or melt cheese on top.