Recipe
Sweet Potato Salsa Verde "Enchiladas"
We're all about mixing things up here at CollabKitchen. So we thought we'd throw caution to the wind and abandon the confines of a traditional corn or flour tortilla for an enchilada. Here enchilada ingredients are embraced by a sweet potato. (Come on, give me a hug deliciousness...!) We went with a green sauce for this version, but we're willing to bet a traditional red sauce would be an excellent addition. Here's our new take on a Latin American classic.
The recipe
Sweet Potato Salsa Verde "Enchiladas"
Ingredients
Instructions
- MAKE SALSA VERDE -- Put the tomatillos, onion, serrano, yellow chiles and 3 cups water in a medium, heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cover and boil until the tomatillos turn olive-green color, about 10 minutes. Drain and transfer the tomatillos, onion and chiles to a blender or food processor (discard drained water). Add the garlic, cilantro, zest and juice of lime and blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside to cool.
- Preheat oven to BROIL setting.
- BAKE SWEET POTATOES using your favorite baking method (oven, microwave, etc). <a href="http://bit.ly/1NBaE6l">Here's a link with baking options.</a> Allow the potatoes to cool until you can handle them. Then cut a slit into the skin of each potato (top to bottom longways) leaving a 1/4" at the top/bottom uncut. Use a spoon to carefully scoop out the baked potato while keeping the skins intact. Reserve both scooped sweet potato and the empty skins.
- COOK THE CHICKEN SAUSAGE by first sautéing the onion and garlic in 1 tsp olive oil for a few minutes on medium heat in a medium pan, until softened. Add the cumin, chili and oregano along with the breakfast chicken sausage and cook meat entirely through. Add a bit of water or chicken broth if beginning to stick to bottom before fully cooking. Drain and set aside.
- PREPARE THE ENCHILADA STUFFING by mixing together in a large bowl the scooped sweet potato, cooked chicken sausage and 1/2 C - 3/4 C (or to taste) of the green salsa. Divide the mix into 4 equal parts (just make a cross in the mix using the handle of a wooden spoon) and evenly distribute portions, carefully scooping the mix back into the sweet potato skins. Place on a baking sheet.
- Top sweet potatoes with a bit of cheese, if using (goat cheese, queso blanco, monterey jack... you decide or simply omit). Otherwise broil sweet potato enchiladas until cheese or potato mixture has slightly browned, about 5 minutes (continue to visually check during broiling as every oven is different).
- TOP sweet potato enchiladas with more green sauce, olives, cilantro, chopped green onion, sour cream, and any other "enchilada" type topping you like. Enjoy!