Name: Baked sweet potatoes with easy chilli & soured cream
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Cajun & Creole
Ingredients: 8 sweet potatoes; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 large onion chopped; 2 red or green chillies deseeded and chopped; 1kg lean minced beef; 2 tbsp Cajun seasoning; 2 x can chopped tomatoes; 400g can kidney beans drained; 300ml tub soured cream; sweet chilli sauce to serve

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Baked sweet potatoes with easy chilli & soured cream

Baked sweet potatoes with easy chilli & soured cream

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Serves 8

Easy

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 45 mins

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Warm those winter nights with a sweet potato jacket and a quick chilli, perfect for feeding a crowd

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Ingredients

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8 sweet potatoes
2 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion

chopped
2 red or green chillies

deseeded and chopped
1kg lean minced beef
2 tbsp Cajun seasoning
2 x can chopped tomatoes
400g can kidney beans

drained
300ml tub soured cream
sweet chilli sauce

to serve

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal559
fat24g
saturates11g
carbs55g
sugars18g
fibre8g
protein35g
salt1.05g

low

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Prick the potatoes in several places and bake for 45 mins until soft.
step 2

Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large pan, then cook the onion and chillies for 3-4 mins until softened. Add the beef and seasoning and cook for 5 mins, stirring often. Add the tomatoes and kidney beans, bring to the boil, partially cover and gently simmer for 30 mins.
step 3

Season the chilli. Cut the sweet potatoes open, spoon in some chilli and top with soured cream. Pass around the sweet chilli sauce.

RECIPE TIPS

MAKE IT INTO A PIE

Put the chilli into an ovenproof dish. Peel the baked sweet potatoes and mash with half the soured cream and 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce. Spoon over the chilli and bake at 200C/180C fan/ gas 6 until bubbling and golden.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2010

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