By Sportsglutton
There are times when you don’t feel like going to the store to pick up additional items for dinner and simply have to get creative with the meager ingredients residing in the kitchen. I found myself in this predicament about a week ago, with two humongous sweet potatoes staring me in the face and daring me to make something out of nothing with them.
Taking the challenge head on I turned those damn “sweet” and innocent potatoes into smoked paprika fries, topping them off with some chipotle black beans drowned in beer, shredded cheese, sour cream, and a few other fresh nacho items. The result was a heaping platter of goodness which Liz described as having all the deliciousness of nachos with only half the guilt. I had to concur and as a lover of dip fried tortilla chips, I have to say that I didn’t even miss them in this alternative nacho dish.
One piece of advice…the smoked paprika on the sweet potatoes is the key ingredient for this dish. Excluding the smoked paprika or another type of paprika will result in a rather mundane sweet potato nacho experience and who would want that?
Enjoy!
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 2 cans of black beans (drained and rinsed)
- 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (finely chopped)
- 2 roma tomatoes
- 1-2 fresh jalapenos
- Shredded cheese
- Sour cream
- 1 avocado
- Fresh cilantro (finely diced)
- Salt and pepper
- Smoked paprika
- Olive oil
- 1 light or lager beer of choice (1/2 for the recipe and 1/2 for consumption)
- Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
- Clean the potatoes (or peel them) and slice into the desired fry size.
- Toss the potatoes into a large bowl and dress with olive oil.
- Generously season with salt, pepper, and smoke paprika. Mix together using your hands.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and place the potatoes on the sheet so that each fry is separated.
- Bake the potatoes for around 25 minutes in the oven, rotating every so often to ensure an even cooking
- While the potatoes are cooking, toss the beans, 1/2 beer, a splash of olive oil, and chipotle peppers in medium pot. Cok over medium heat on a stove, stirring continuously. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Dice the tomatoes and jalapeno(s).
- Remove the fries when crisp and browned. Arrange on a platter and top with the chipotle beans, shredded cheese, jalapenos, tomatoes, and a healthy dollup of sour cream. Garnish with cilantro, grab a fork and enjoy with the remainder of your beer(s).
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This looks like my kinda nachos! I will have to give this a go!
-Jen
Beer food!! good stuff! and making something out of nothing!.. i know all about that too! c
Beer food is always good food.
Healthy nachos! What a concept! Love how you go into your pantry and come out with this. I’d come out with a delivery menu. Well done!
Haha. somehow I think you would create some pretty tasty stuff too.
Amazing – my kind of food for when you´re in a fix. The kind of food you need to sit in front of the tv eating with a good movie/match!
Wow! There’s a lot of ingredients residing in your kitchen…
That dish looks amazing; and if Liz is right and only has half the guilt, then is perfection
Thanks for sharing!
She enjoyed ti so much I had to make it again during same week.
If I only had sweet potatoes I would make these nachos straight away. I have cooked sweet potatoes twice and while I wasn’t very happy with the first mushy result, the second spicy, hot and grilled was delicious, so your fries sound like my cup of tea! Thanks for the wonderful idea!
Cooking beans with beer sounds so unusual. I must test it one day.
Beans and beer is a natural pairing (for me) and I too have found more enjoyment from sweet potatoes after some experimentation.
Like this hugely! Especially the advice to have a large beer on hand, very important to leave enough for the cook!
or beers.
Brilliant! While we are all focusing on the traditional corn chips and refried beans, you bring out this plate of goodness! I love black beans and I am sure they compliment the fried sweet potatoes nicely. Saved the recipe for this winning appetizer so I can enjoy-yum!
Thanks and hope you enjoy!
You can’t go wrong with nachos and I love the lovely twist to your recipe! I’m on the hunt for a couple new appetizers…and yours is definitely a contender!
That’s fantastic! I’m a huge fan of smoked paprika and agree that it’s the way to go. I wonder how the sweet potatoes would have held up if they were sliced into chips instead of fries. Hmmmm. Now you’ve got me thinking. This is an awesome dish.
Thanks and I’m liking that idea of turning them into chips.
I’m so glad that you didn’t run to the store and created this dish instead. I have all the ingredients. Yea!
Sure thing is that It doesn’t look like you used “meager ingredients residing in the kitchen” ! It looks great!
Ya never know what you’ll find in our gluttonous kitchen.
Best. Nachos. Ever. I want a whole big mess of nachos, like a nacho fountain.
Nacho fountain??? Goodness gracious that sounds phenomenal.
Oooh…my son will be all over this!! and who am I kidding…so will I! Definitely will follow your tip on the smoked paprika!!
This looks fantastic. We’ve been eating a lot of sweet potatoes lately and this is definitely a must try. I agree with you on the smoked paprika. It makes a world of difference in the flavor of many dishes.
These look delightfully yummy! We visit a Cuban restaurant that has the best sweet potato fries! I believe yours could give them a run for their money!
do you realize just how obsessed my husband is with nachos of any kind. He is going to love this recipe
Wow this is a good dish to serve while watching a good movie or games at home.
Came here looking for some football food. I knew you would not disappoint. Yum.
This looks delicious and very innovative. I hate trying to use up stuff in the back of the pantry/fridge that’s getting ready to go bad, but I guess it’s a necessity!
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Can you substitute something for the beer and cheese? I can’t do dairy or alcohol.
Absolutely. Sub in chicken or veggie broth for beer and non dairy substitute for cheese, or soy based.
Hope that helps!