Dave's Mexican Veggie Tacos

Even the meat-eaters in your household will like these sweet potato vegetarian tacos with avocado, cilantro, salsa, and queso fresco.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 334 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 4 carrots, chopped
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 2 leeks, chopped
• 1 tablespoon oil, or as needed
• 16 (6 inch) corn tortillas
• 1 potato, chopped
• 1 sweet potato, shredded
• 1 avocados - peeled, pitted, and mashed
• 0.5 cup salsa
• 0.25 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
• 0.5 cup crumbled queso fresco
• 0.5 teaspoon lime juice, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir carrots until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add potato; cook and stir until lightly browned and mostly tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Add leeks and onion; cook and stir until onion is lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes.

Step 2

Mix shredded sweet potato, black beans, cumin, oregano, chili powder, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper into carrot-potato mixture; cook and stir until sweet potato is tender, about 10 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and transfer sweet potato mixture to a bowl, scraping skillet clean with a rubber spatula.

Step 3

Heat each tortilla in the same skillet over medium heat until warmed, about 30 seconds per side. Spread mashed avocado onto each warmed tortilla and top with sweet potato mixture, queso fresco, salsa, cilantro, and lime juice.