Mexican Pineapple Black Bean Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes

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Stuffed baked sweet potatoes with Mexican flair! This healthy gluten-free meal is easy to make any night of the week, and it’s a great gluten-free Cinco de Mayo food option, too! For Meatless Monday or a new twist on Taco Tuesday, make Mexican Pineapple Black Bean Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes.

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Mexican Pineapple Black Bean Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes - a healthy, meatless, gluten-free dinner, perfect for Cinco de Mayo! {vegan option}

Originally published on March 19, 2012. Updated on April 3, 2017.

Wow, it’s crazy looking back on this recipe over five years later. Here’s some of what I originally wrote when I was entering a recipe contest…

This recipe exists because I have lots of dreams. Strange Weird Crazy Stupid Lame Awesome as it sounds, many of those dreams have to do with food. Things like open a bed & breakfast, become a sommelier, own a cafe/wine bar/bakery, be a waitress at a really fancy restaurant, meet Giada or Tyler or Michael or Tom or Mario (DiLaurentiis, Florence, Symon, Collicchio, and Batali for those of you who aren’t on a first name basis with them, as I am), write a cookbook.

One of those dreams is to win a recipe contest. I made a stuffed baked sweet potatoes recipe a couple of weeks ago that I thought would be perfect for this contest.

I still haven’t written a cookbook, I did actually meet Giada, I’m not really interested in owning a bed and breakfast, but being a sommelier would still be pretty darn cool.

But you know what’s also pretty darn cool? That five years later I am still blogging, and now it’s my job. I am my own boss. I have flexibility to get my kids to and from school and activities. I can take care of my hubby after his shoulder surgery. I may have more dreams, but I’m living the dream.

However, part of the dream is making a recipe, posting it, and then not making it again for another five years…

Mexican Pineapple Black Bean Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes - a healthy, meatless, gluten-free dinner, perfect for Cinco de Mayo! {vegan option}

It was time to make Mexican Pineapple Black Bean Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes again!

The black bean filling for my spin on baked stuffed sweet potatoes is a super simple sweet and spicy meatless mixture. It is not only perfect loaded into baked sweet potatoes, it would also make great tacos or even piled on top of a salad.

Mexican Pineapple Black Bean Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes - a healthy, meatless, gluten-free dinner, perfect for Cinco de Mayo! {vegan option}

So give these stuffed baked sweet potatoes a try for your Meatless Monday, Lent Friday, or any day, really.

It’s that good. No need to reserve it for your vegetarian days (unless all of your days are vegetarian days). We like out taters topped with cheese and sour cream or Greek yogurt, but you can always leave that off for a vegan option. And it would probably also be good with my kid-friendly guacamole recipe or this mango avocado salsa recipe.

Or you can load it up with yummy toppings from my friends. A Family Feast has classic Guacamole. The Chipotle Crema on these Panela Cheese Fries from Foodness Gracious would add a little more spice. And you can never go wrong with Homemade Restaurant Style Salsa from Brown Eyed Baker.

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The Mexican Pineapple Black Bean Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes recipe serves 4 people.

4 from 2 votes

Mexican Pineapple Black Bean Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes

baked sweet potatoes stuffed with delicious Mexican spiced black beans, pineapple, shredded cheese and tomatoes.
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 55 minutes
Total: 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

For Sweet Potatoes:

For Monterey Jack Creamy Swiss Chard (optional):

  • 16 cups Swiss chard or other dark, leafy green of your choice - I know this sounds like a lot, but it really cooks down
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/2 cup milk any kind will do, I used 1%
  • 4 oz shredded Monterey Jack cheese

For Pineapple Black Beans:

  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/2 large sweet onion chopped
  • 1/4 t salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 red bell pepper chopped
  • 1 clove garlic chopped
  • 13.5 oz. canned black beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 lime
  • 2 Tablespoons chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 cup chopped fresh or canned pineapple
  • 2 Tablespoon chopped cilantro

For garnish (optional):

  • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
  • 1 lime cut into wedges
  • 1 avocado chopped
  • cilantro

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 400°F.
  • Squeeze half of a lime into a bowl and add the salt.  Toss the sweet potatoes in the lime-salt mixture.
  • Wrap each potato individually in aluminum foil, and bake for 45 minutes-1 hour, or until soft (alternatively, you could cook them in the microwave for about 10-15 minutes, but NOT with the aluminum foil)
  • While the sweet potatoes are baking, prepare the fillings.  Start by spraying a large pan with olive oil or cooking spray, and putting over medium heat.
  • Add the Swiss chard, salt and pepper, and cover with a lid.  Cook for about 5 minutes, or until wilted, stirring every couple of minutes.
  • Remove the lid and add the milk and cheese.  Cook until thickened slightly and cream.  Set aside.
  • In the same pan or in a clean pan, heat the olive and add the onions, salt, and pepper.  Cook until starting to turn translucent.
  • Add the red pepper and cook until the onions and peppers are soft.
  • Add the garlic and cook for another minute.  Add the black beans, juice of a lime, chili powder, cumin, and water, and simmer for 8-10 minutes, or until heated through.  You can keep covered over a low heat until the sweet potatoes are ready.
  • Stir the pineapple and cilantro into the black bean mixture.
  • Combine the Greek yogurt or sour cream and lime juice, and chop the avocado and cilantro, if using.
  • Slice open the baked sweet potatoes, and fill with the Swiss chard and black bean mixture.  Top with the desired garnishes.
Nutrition Facts
Mexican Pineapple Black Bean Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes
Amount Per Serving (1 potato)
Calories 560 Calories from Fat 225
% Daily Value*
Fat 25g38%
Saturated Fat 8g40%
Cholesterol 28mg9%
Sodium 1576mg66%
Potassium 1850mg53%
Carbohydrates 68g23%
Fiber 19g76%
Sugar 16g18%
Protein 23g46%
Vitamin A 29725IU595%
Vitamin C 124.1mg150%
Calcium 463mg46%
Iron 7.2mg40%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Enjoy!

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28 Comments
  1. […] I’ve spent years trying to find the perfect sweet potato recipe for Thanksgiving. When I am making sweet potatoes during the week, they are usually simply baked or made into baked sweet potato fries. And occasionally I’ll even turn those sweet taters into a meal by stuffing them or topping them like these Mexican Pineapple Black Bean Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes. […]

  2. Brianne,
    This looks so good–I bet the flavors are amazing. Thanks for giving me the link to include in my upcoming Band Fruit Fundraiser Recipe Round Up! It will be published on 12/4/2013!

  3. Friday Fun! April 5, 2012

    […] After seeing this Sweet Potato French Toast Cups with Vanilla Cardamom Creme Anglaise from The Type A Housewife, I know I a totally NOT going to win the No More Mallows contest with my entry. […]

  4. And a glass of red wine

    Wow, I feel like your recipes are MADE for me! Spaghetti squash and now a delish sweet potato recipe! Love! Definitely going to give this one a try when I can get back to my kitchen!

  5. Lisa

    This sounds delish!
    I have never entered a recipe contest—I make a lot of things in the kitchen, but I’ve never considered entering a contest!

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