TWICE BAKED CHICKEN FAJITA SWEET POTATOES

Healthy and filling comfort food in the form of sweet potatoes stuffed with a chicken fajita filling. I cannot begin to tell you how amazing these are. Or were, as the case may be. Especially being 206 calories each (or 6sp if you’re following the Weight Watchers program).

Merging two favourites into one delectable parcel, these Chicken Fajita Sweet Potatoes are a deliciously creamy way to change a meal from boring to fiesta! Okay, so that sounded as cheesy as these are in cheese, but it’s the only way to best describe the flavour in these Chicken Fajita stuffed Sweet Potatoes.

Simple to make; no chef skills required. Just good-sized sweet potatoes and an oven. This recipe is so versatile, it’s a no fail situation using raw or cooked chicken breast, peppers (capsicums) of all colours, some red onion, and tex-mex inspired flavours.

With a quicker 20-minute version,  a slower ‘hour and 15 minutes’ version, these taters will fast become a family favourite!

Fry up your chicken fajita filling…

Roast (or microwave) your sweet potatoes. Scoop out the flesh, mix it up with your fajita filling, and stuff em back the way they were. Or, sort of how they were.

Top with a little extra fajita mix for extra flavour. Sprinkle with cheese…

And back into your oven to melt that cheese.

All of the ingredients and the flavours start a party in your mouth, the kind with pistols firing in the air.

Top these Chicken Fajita Sweet Potatoes with cubed Avocado and some chopped cilantro (coriander) and drizzle with lime juice!

And finally, serve with your favourite salsa dip.

e cheese pull.

Ah yes. Cheesy cheese pull.

And when you’re done with these Chicken Fajita Sweet Potatoes, try these Cheesy Bacon Bolognese Stuffed Sweet Potatoes. Or have the ultimate breakfast in tex-mex style with a Huevos Rancheros Tortizza!

TWICE BAKED CHICKEN FAJITA SWEET POTATOES

 

Chicken Fajita Sweet Potatoes | Healthy and filling comfort food and a deliciously creamy way to change a meal from boring to fiesta!
Weight Watchers: 6 sp per chicken fajita stuffed sweet potato

Author: Karina - Cafe Delites

Serves: 6

INGREDIENTS

• 3 whole medium-sized sweet potatoes, washed and scrubbed
• Olive oil
• ½ a red onion, thinly slice
• 1x 250 g | 9 oz cooked chicken breast, sliced into 1-inch strips
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small red capsicum/bell pepper, sliced
• 1 small orange/yellow capsicum/bell pepper, sliced
• 1 small green capsicum/bell pepper, sliced
• ¼ cup tinned black beans, washed and rinsed
• ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon sweet (or smoked) paprika
• 1 cup shredded Mexican cheese (or cheddar or mozzarella cheese)
• 1 lime, juiced
• ¼ cup coriander/cilantro leaves
• Extra lime wedges to serve
• 1 Avocado, diced (to serve - OPTIONAL)
• Salsa to serve