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Baked Sweet Potato Skins

These cheesy baked sweet potato skins are loaded with fat free black re-fried beans, salsa and cheddar cheese. Just a few ingredients but they taste SO good!

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 1505 kcal
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 6 small sweet potatoes (about 2 ¼ pounds*)
  • olive oil cooking spray
  • 1/2 tablespoon taco seasoning
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
  • 1 cup fat free refried black beans
  • 3/4 cup salsa
  • 3/4 cup shredded reduced fat cheddar
  • 2 scallions (thinly sliced)
  • 1 tablespoons chopped cilantro

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Adjust oven rack to center of oven.
  2. Place whole sweet potatoes on a sheet pan covered in foil or parchment, poke each a few times with a fork. Bake until fork tender, 40-45 minutes.
  3. Allow to cool for 10 minutes. Switch oven from bake to broil.
  4. Meanwhile in a small bowl combine black beans with taco seasoning.
  5. Cut sweet potatoes in half and carefully scoop out flesh with a metal spoon, leaving about ¼-inch of flesh intact.*
  6. Place potatoes, skin side up back on the sheet pan, spray with olive oil, top with pinch salt and pepper, and broil for 2 to 3 minutes.
  7. Remove skins from oven, turn over and fill each with black beans, 1 tbsp salsa and 1 tbsp cheese then return to oven to broil 2 minutes more.
  8. Top with each skin with scallions and cilantro and eat right away.

Notes

  • * Weight of each skin after the potato is scooped out is about 1 1/2 ounces each.

Nutrition Information

Serving 2loaded skins Calories 150.5kcal (8%) Carbohydrates 25g (8%) Protein 8g (16%) Fat 6g (9%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Cholesterol 6mg (2%) Sodium 445mg (19%) Fiber 5g (20%) Sugar 6g (12%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 1505

% Daily Value*

Serving 2loaded skins
Calories 150.5kcal 8%
Carbohydrates 25g 8%
Protein 8g 16%
Fat 6g 9%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Cholesterol 6mg 2%
Sodium 445mg 19%
Fiber 5g 20%
Sugar 6g 12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.