Avocado Tomato Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Baked sweet potatoes stuffed with roasted garlic, avocado and tomato salsa. This recipe is delicious, vegetarian, and vegan. If you love sweet potatoes, this recipe is for you! Jump to the Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes or read on to see how we make it.

Baked Sweet Potato with Tomato Avocado Salsa

Making Perfect Baked Potatoes with Avocado and Tomato Salsa

Sweet potatoes are a regular sight in our kitchen — we’ve already shared our method for making sweet potato fries, these creamy mashed sweet potatoes, and our coconut oil roasted sweet potatoes. These vegetarian stuffed sweet potatoes are perfect for when you need something healthy and satisfying on the table fast. The potatoes can be baked in advance and the avocado tomato salsa can be made a day or two ahead of time.

Baked sweet potatoes stuffed with roasted garlic, avocado and tomato salsa (delicious, vegetarian and vegan).

Let’s start with a quick “How to Bake a Sweet Potato” tutorial. It’s easy, you can do it ahead of time and it’s practically hands off.

How to Bake Sweet Potatoes

You’ve surely noticed that there can be a few different varieties to choose from when it comes to sweet potatoes. Whether they are pale gold or darker orange you can use them interchangeably. By the way, the darker orange varieties are often labeled as yams, which is wrong! Weird, I know.

So we don’t really care about the color, but we do care about how they feel. Choose potatoes that are firm and have smooth skin.

If you’re baking all the sweet potatoes at the same time, it’s also a good idea to choose potatoes that are similar in size. This way, they’ll all bake within the same amount of time.

Just before baking, you’ll want to scrub them — a vegetable scrubbing brush is helpful, although I’ll usually use my hands.

Roasted garlic salsa with sweet potatoes

Next, grab a fork or pairing knife and pierce the potatoes in several places. Place them onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or foil and then bake in a 400 degree Fahrenheit oven until the potatoes are very soft and are beginning to ooze. Depending on the size, you are looking at 45 minutes to an hour.

You’ll notice the garlic cloves scattered next to the sweet potatoes (in the photo above), those are for the salsa (I explain below).

Baked sweet potatoes stuffed with roasted garlic, avocado and tomato salsa (delicious, vegetarian and vegan).

Baking Sweet Potatoes in Advance

Sweet Potatoes can be baked in advance! Bake the potatoes just as I explained above then let them cool completely (the potatoes will soften and ooze even more as they cool).

Cover the potatoes and refrigerate up to 5 days. You can enjoy them at room temperature or simply reheat for 20 to 30 minutes in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven.

Making the Roasted Garlic, Tomato, and Avocado Salsa

Now we’ve got that out of the way, let’s talk about this insanely delicious salsa.

Remember how we bake the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet? Well, we also throw a few unpeeled garlic cloves on there, too. This way, as the potatoes bake, so does the garlic. It gets sticky, soft and a little chewy.

When it’s roasted, squeeze the roasted garlic into a bowl with tomatoes, avocado, jalapeño, cilantro, and lime juice. Everything is tossed with salt and pepper and then is ready to top our perfectly baked sweet potatoes!

A+J’s Tip: Add a little healthy protein to the salsa with beans — black beans or chickpeas would be great. See how we cook dried chickpeas, here

Roasted Garlic, Tomato and Avocado Salsa

The potatoes are soft and sweet and the salsa is fresh, bright, and full of flavor.

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Avocado Tomato Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

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Baked sweet potatoes stuffed with roasted garlic, avocado and tomato salsa. When choosing sweet potatoes, look for potatoes that are firm, have smooth skin, and are similar in size.

Makes 4 Servings

You Will Need

4 medium sweet potatoes

3 unpeeled garlic cloves

1 teaspoon olive oil

Tomato-Avocado Salsa

2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved

1 jalapeño

1 medium avocado, diced

1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves

1 lime wedge

Salt and fresh ground black pepper

Directions

  • Bake Sweet Potatoes
  • 1Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Scrub sweet potatoes and pierce in several places with a fork. Link a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil and place the potatoes on top.

    2Toss unpeeled garlic cloves with olive oil and place on the baking sheet with potatoes.

    3Bake for 45 minutes to an hour, depending on the size of the potatoes, until very soft and beginning to ooze.

  • Make Salsa
  • 1Once baked, remove roasted garlic cloves then peel. The flesh inside should be sticky, chewy and soft. Roughly chop them into small pieces and add to a medium bowl.

    2Cut the jalapeño pepper in half, lengthwise, and use a spoon to scrape out the white membrane and seeds. Since the membrane and seeds can be very spicy, we prefer removing them. You can leave some or all of the membrane and seeds depending on how spicy you like things.

    3Finely chop the jalapeño and add to bowl with garlic. Stir in the tomatoes, avocado, and cilantro. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and a squeeze of fresh lime juice.

  • To Finish
  • 1Cut a slit down the middle of each sweet potato and fill with tomato-avocado salsa.

Adam and Joanne's Tips

  • Make-Ahead: Sweet Potatoes can be baked in advance! Bake the sweet potatoes and garlic until very soft and beginning to ooze then allow to cool completely (the potatoes will soften and ooze even more as they cool). Cover and refrigerate up to 5 days. Reheat for 20 to 30 minutes in a 350 degree F oven.
  • Nutrition facts: The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. We have used the USDA database to calculate approximate values.

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Nutrition Per Serving Calories 198 / Protein 4 g / Carbohydrate 34 g / Dietary Fiber 7 g / Total Sugars 8 g / Total Fat 6 g / Saturated Fat 1 g / Cholesterol 0 mg
AUTHOR:  Adam and Joanne Gallagher
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3 comments… Leave a Review
  • Shulamith July 14, 2021, 2:37 pm

    I found it!Thank you! Now I can’t wait to make it, looks like the salad my mother used to make! 😋

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  • cc September 8, 2019, 6:07 pm

    Try roasting 1/2 of the tomatoes to add some smokiness and some char. Cool them before adding to the salsa to maximize the freshness.

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  • Eva May 21, 2016, 8:35 pm

    These are looking so nice! Sweet potatoes are my fav and looking for new ways to cook. Definitely will try this! xx

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