Sweet Potato + Black Bean Bowl
Roasted sweet potato, cumin black beans, lime crema and brown rice.
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Ingredients
Everything below makes 4 servings.
- 2 largesweet potatoscrubbed, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
- 2 canscanned black beansdrained and rinsed
- 1 cupbrown rice (uncooked)
- ½ cupraw cashewssoaked 30 min if not using a high-power blender
- 3lime2 juiced, 1 for wedges
- 2avocadosliced
- ½ mediumyellow onionfinely diced
- 2garlic clovesminced
- 1½ tspground cumin
- 1 tspsmoked paprika
- 1 tspchili powder
- 3 tbspolive oil
- ¼ cupfresh cilantrochopped
- 1½ tspkosher salt
- 2 cupswater
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 800calories
- 30gprotein
- 100gcarbs
- 31gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Scrub sweet potatoes; cut into 3/4-inch cubes.
- Drain and rinse black beans. Finely dice ½ medium onion. Mince 2 garlic cloves.
- Soak cashews in hot water 10 min (skip if you have a Vitamix-style blender).
- Slice avocados. Chop cilantro. Juice 2 limes; cut the third into wedges.
Rice
Combine 1 cup brown rice with water and 1/2 tsp salt in a saucepan. Bring to boil, cover, reduce to low, simmer 40 min. Off heat, rest 10 min.
50 min · hands offRoast
Heat oven to 425°F. Toss sweet potato cubes with olive oil, cumin, smoked paprika, chili powder, salt. Spread on sheet pan, roast 25-30 min, flipping halfway, until edges are caramelized.
28 min · hands offSpice beans
In a small skillet, heat olive oil over medium. Add diced onion, cook 4 min. Add garlic and cumin, cook 30 sec. Add beans and 1/4 cup water and a pinch of salt, simmer 5 min.
9 min · hands onCashew crema
Blend drained cashews with 1/3 cup water, juice of lime, and salt until smooth and pourable. Add more water if needed.
2 min · hands onPlate
Build bowls: brown rice, beans, roasted sweet potato, avocado, cilantro, lime wedge, and a generous drizzle of cashew crema.
3 min · hands onMake it yours
Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.
Toss cubed tofu with sweet potato seasoning; roast on the same sheet pan. Adds about 5 minutes.
White rice cooks in 18 min instead of 40. Saves about 20 minutes.
Sauté cauliflower rice 4 min in olive oil with salt. Saves about 35 minutes.
Whisk Mexican crema with lime juice and salt; skip the cashew step.
What keeps
All three components hold 5 days in the fridge - meal-prep gold. Build bowls cold or microwave-warm; reserve avocado and crema for serving.
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