Spicy Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
- 4 medium-sized sweet potatoes
- 2 large bell peppers (1 red and 1 yellow or orange)
- 4 Tbs. unsalted butter or margarine
- 18 tsp. ground cumin, or more to taste
- Salt to taste
- 1 1/2 cups (6 oz.) Pepper Jack cheese
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 Tbs. freshly squeezed lime juice, or more to taste
- 2 Tbs. minced white onions
- 2 Tbs. minced fresh coriander
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Line large baking pan with aluminum foil.
- Prick sweet potatoes and place in prepared pan.
- Bake for about 11/2 hours or until soft in center.
- Remove from oven, but leave oven on.
- Meanwhile, seed and dice peppers and set aside.
- Cut potatoes in half lengthwise; alternatively, make slit down center but not through skin, leaving thin wall of flesh to retain shape.
- Scoop out flesh from potato, either half or whole.
- Place jackets back on baking sheet
- Using fork, mash potato flesh, leaving it chunky, with butter, cumin and salt to taste.
- Scoop mixture back into potato jackets, distributing mixture evenly.
- Sprinkle stuffed potatoes with cheese and peppers, reserving some peppers for final garnish.
- Bake in oven until cheese melts.
- Meanwhile, mix sour cream with lime juice and set aside.
- Garnish with remaining peppers, onions, fresh coriander and lime-flavored sour cream.
- Serve hot.
potatoes, bell peppers, butter, ground cumin, salt, pepper, sour cream, freshly squeezed lime juice, white onions, fresh coriander
Taken from www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/spicy-stuffed-sweet-potatoes/ (may not work)