Spicy Sweet Potato-Bean Burrito (Recipe)

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Spicy Sweet Potato-Bean Burrito

 

Ingredients:

1 tsp. olive, canola oil

1 large onion,finely chopped

3 or 4 cloves garlic, minced

6 cups cooked beans (kidney or garbanzo)

2 cups water or bean-cooking liquid

2 to 3 Tbs. chili powder

2 to 4 tsp. prepared yellow mustard

2 tsp. ground cumin

2 to 3 Tbs. soy sauce

8 10 " soft whole-wheat tortillas

4 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes

3 green onions, finely chopped

thinly sliced avocado

salsa to garnish

 

Directions:

Heat oil in a 4-quart saucepan over medium heat. Saute onion in oil

until transparent. Add garlic and stir. Add beans, water, chili powder,

mustard cumin.

 

2. Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Cover. Reduce heat to

low. Simmer until beans are very very soft, about 10 to 15 minutes. Stir

in soy sauce.

 

3. Mash beans in the pot with a potato masher or large slotted spoon.

Simmer, uncovered, over medium-low heat to cook away any excess liquid,

about 25 minutes. Taste and add more seasoning if desired.

 

4. Preheat oven to 375. spread about 2/3 cups bean mixture down the

middle of a tortilla and top with 1/2 cup mashed sweet potatoe. Sprinkle

with 1/8 green onions. Roll up burrito, folding edges in from two sides

to cover filling.

 

5. Repeat with remaining tortillas, bean mixture, sweet potato and

onions. Place burritos seam side down on a baking sheet that has been

sprayed with vegetable cooking spray. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until

burritos are crisp.

 

6. Sprinkle burritos with avocado, salsa as desired.

 

Serves: 8

 

Lori