Name: Baked Sweet Potato Skins Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 6 small sweet potatoes; Olive oil cooking spray; ½ tbsp taco seasoning; ¼ tsp kosher salt; freshly ground black pepper; 1 cup Refried black beans; ¾ cup salsa; ¾ cup cheddar; 2 Scallions; 1 tbsp cilantro

Baked Sweet Potato Skins Recipe

How To Make Baked Sweet Potato Skins

These low-fat sweet potato skins is packed with cheddar, filling refried beans, and taco seasoning! A truly rich appetizer made in just under one hour.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 50 minutes

Total: 1 hour

Serves:

Ingredients

6small sweet potatoes,(about 2¼ lbs)
olive oil cooking spray
½tbsptaco seasoning
¼tspkosher salt
freshly ground black pepper,to taste
1cuprefried black beans,fat free
¾cupsalsa
¾cupcheddar,reduced fat, shredded
2scallions,thinly sliced
1tbspcilantro,chopped

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Adjust the oven rack to center of oven.
Place whole sweet potatoes on a sheet pan covered in foil or parchment, poke each a few times with a fork.
Bake until fork-tender for 40 to 45 minutes. Allow cooling for 10 minutes. Switch oven from bake to broil.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the black beans with taco seasoning.
Cut the sweet potatoes in half and carefully scoop out the flesh with a metal spoon, leaving about ¼-inch of flesh intact.
Place the potatoes, skin side up back on the sheet pan, spray with olive oil, top with pinch salt and pepper, and broil for 2 to 3 minutes.
Remove skins from oven, turn over and fill each with black beans, 1 tablespoon of salsa, and 1 tablespoon of cheese.
Return to oven to broil for 2 minutes more.
Top with each skin with scallions and cilantro, serve, and enjoy!