These sweet potato tacos are filled with chili-spiced sweet potatoes, black beans, and a creamy avocado lime sauce. A delicious vegetarian dinner!
These sweet potato tacos are one of my favorite weeknight dinners. Filled with chili-spiced roasted sweet potatoes, black beans, and a bright, creamy avocado lime sauce, they’re delicious, satisfying, and so simple to make. I first shared the recipe years ago, and it’s been a staple in my rotation ever since.
Before we get to the recipe, I wanted to mention how flexible these sweet potato tacos are. I roast the sweet potatoes with chili powder, but you could use other spices like cumin, coriander, and/or smoked paprika. I call for black beans, but pinto beans are equally tasty. And I’m sharing a few different sauce options below because I’ve tried quite a few in this recipe and love them all.
I hope this recipe becomes one of your favorites too, and leave a comment below to let me know what variations you try!
How to Make Sweet Potato Tacos
This sweet potato taco recipe has three simple steps:
1. Make the avocado yogurt sauce: Simply blend together Greek yogurt, avocado, garlic, lime juice, salt, and pepper. If you’re vegan, I’ve listed a cashew cream option in the recipe below. Vegan mayo would also be a great substitute for the yogurt. For a more herbaceous sauce, blend in a handful of cilantro. If you like things spicy, consider adding a chunk of jalapeño, to taste.
2. Roast the sweet potatoes with olive oil, salt, pepper, and chili powder until puffed and browned.
3. Assemble the tacos with the sauce, sweet potatoes, and black beans. This time, I topped mine with a few pickled red onions and microgreens too. They’re both optional, but delicious!
Lastly, I always, always, always finish my sweet potato tacos with a big squeeze of lime for extra pop!
Other Sauce Options
I love the avocado yogurt sauce on these tacos, but I like to change things up from time to time. If you do too, try any of these bright, creamy sauces on these tacos instead:
- Creamy Chipotle Sauce
- Cilantro Lime Dressing (try the creamy avocado or Greek yogurt options)
- Cilantro Lime Crema
- Avocado Sauce
- Guacamole
What to Serve with Sweet Potato Tacos
We often enjoy these sweet potato black bean tacos as a weeknight dinner on their own. The beans, roasted potatoes, and avocado yogurt sauce make a satisfying plant-based filling!
But if you’re hungry for something on the side, you can’t go wrong with any of these Mexican-inspired recipes:
Round out the menu with margaritas to drink!
Looking for more veggie taco ideas? Check out these 10 Best Vegetarian Taco Recipes next!
Sweet Potato Tacos
Ingredients
- 1 medium sweet potato, cubed
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 6 tortillas, I like these white corn & wheat tortillas, or homemade tortillas
- 1 cup cooked black beans, drained and rinsed
- Lime wedges, for serving
Avocado yogurt sauce
- ½ cup whole milk Greek yogurt
- 1 small avocado
- ½ garlic clove
- Juice of 1 lime
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Optional toppings
- 1 small avocado, diced
- 2 scallions, diced
- Crumbled feta or Cotija cheese
- Pickled red onions
- Microgreens or fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400° F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the sweet potatoes on the baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and toss with the chili powder and pinches of salt and pepper. Spread in a single layer on the baking sheet. Roast for 20 minutes, or until puffed, fragrant, and golden brown.
- Make the avocado yogurt sauce: In a small food processor, combine the yogurt, avocado, garlic, lime juice, and a few generous pinches of salt and pepper. Pulse until smooth. Taste and adjust seasonings. Chill until ready to use.
- Assemble the tacos in the tortillas with a scoop of the sauce, the roasted sweet potatoes, black beans, and desired toppings. Season to taste and serve with lime wedges for squeezing.
Notes
“Put it in a tortilla” is basically how I get away with feeding my husband all of the random leftovers in our fridge without him catching on. I think I have made almost exactly this recipe (minus the avocado sauce, which will be a welcome addition next time!). Thanks (again and again) for the inspiration!
I just made these for our Super Bowl dinner!! So VERY GOOD! Loved the yogurt sauce!
Hi Tiffany! SO glad you liked them – thanks for coming back to let me know! xo
Avocado with sweet potatoes… great combo!
Looks appetizing and healthy too.
This is definitely a combination of all of my favorite things! I can’t wait to try this recipe!
these look delicious!!
http://trulyaddia.wordpress.com
Yum, I love tacos. What a great combination. I love anything that involves sweet potatoes 🙂
Looks incredible. I think I could basically eat these tacos everyday for the rest of my life. YUM!
Thanks Liz, me too 🙂
I just made this and yummy!!! This is so good! I love your website good food! After I finished eating, I am going to make your chocolate cupcakes with avocado icing! I can’t wait!
Beautiful! Thank you for inspiring my lunch today!
thanks Lindsey 🙂
Yummy! I love love love sweet potaotes!
These sound delicious! I’m loving that yogurt avocado cream sauce!
I’ve never wanted tacos more in my life!
What a fab idea! Really really fab idea.
Love this taco idea and your pictures are always incredible. Congrats on your Target partnership, looking forward to more great recipes to come!
Ooo, looks fantastic! I love the avocado too. Congrats on your new cooking demo’s. I would absolutely LOVE to come down and see you guys. Sadly, we are trapped under 2 feet of snow 🙁 Good luck and big hugs to you both! xo
I’m seeing so many yummy sweet potato things on the Internet today — YUM. I love it when a meat-free meal looks totally satisfying. This totally does. Your pictures are gorgeous, btw.
Yes, please! These tacos sound so good — sweet potato and black bean are definitely a perfect match, and the avocado just takes it over the top. I think the “filling veg meal” question comes up in part because people don’t understand how to incorporate non-meat forms of protein into their meals (not to mention healthy fats!). Beans and avocado are a perfect solution!
This avo yogurt dip looks great. And yes, I use sweet potatoes a lot to bulk up veg meals as well. They are starchy enough and fiber filled to really do the trick for me and my husband in a number of different meals. Have fun at the Target demo!
What a great combination! I never would’ve thought of putting sweet potatoes inside a taco, but I’m super excited to try it out now!
pink tacos?
very very tasty. even my meat loving husband thought it was delicious! I had to use hard taco shells. all the flavors just melled together beautifully.