Description
Quinoa Sweet Potato Tacos make for a quick, healthful and satisfying veggie taco!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup organic quinoa
- 1 cup water
- pinch kosher salt
- 1 cup loosely packed, fresh cilantro
- 1/2 cup creme fraiche or sour cream
- juice of 1/2 lime (about 2 tablespoons)
- 1 clove fresh garlic
- pinch kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 medium sweet potato, peeled & cut into a 1/4-inch dice (about 3 cups)
- 1 small onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- fresh spinach
- corn tortillas
Instructions
- Start by cooking the quinoa: in a small sauce pan, add water, quinoa and salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and then turn down to low and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes until all water is absorbed and quinoa is cooked. Set aside until ready to serve.
- To prepare the crema, place cilantro, creme fraiche or sour cream, lime juice, fresh garlic and pinch of kosher salt into a blender and pulse until fully blended and smooth; set aside until ready to serve.
- In a large cast iron or other heavy bottomed skillet, heat coconut oil over medium heat. Add onions and sweet potato and sauté until soft about 20-25 minutes- the sweet potatoes take a long time! Add the cumin, chili powder, garlic powder and kosher salt. Cook 2 minutes more until the spices start to caramelize around the sweet potatoes.
- Since a cast iron retains so much heat, I like to push the sweet potatoes and onions to the side and add the quinoa to the skillet so that it will dry out a little and crisp up.
- To assemble tacos, heat tortillas up on either the grill or in a hot pan for 1-2 minutes each side. Put a healthy scoop of spinach in the middle followed by a few tablespoons of quinoa followed by a handful of sweet potatoes. Drizzle with Cilantro crema and serve.