Description
Healthy and hearty Kale and Sweet Potato Burritos make the perfect make-ahead meal. I love making these burritos Sunday evening for dinner and freezing the leftover for lunches all week!
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 tortilla shells (10 inch)
- 2 onions, diced
- 5 garlic cloves,
- 1/2 tbsp mustard powder
- 1/2 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp cumin powder
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1/4 – 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 can fire roasted green chilis (4 oz. can, I use Trader Joe’s)
- 1 can pinto beans, black beans, and kidney beans (*drained and rinsed – about 4 1/2 cups beans, 14 oz. can each)
- 1 1/2 – 2 cups vegetable broth or water (+ extra for sauteing)
- 4 1/2 cups mashed sweet potato
- 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 4 heaping cups kale, chopped
- 5–6 drops hot sauce
Stuffing
- 3 avocados, sliced
- 3 stalks green onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 424 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a casserole dish with parchment paper or spray with oil.
- In a large deep pan, saute onions and garlic with a dash of oil or vegetable broth until soft. Stir in the spices (mustard powder, paprika, cumin, chili powder, cayenne pepper), soy sauce, and fire roasted peppers.
- With the back of a wooden spoon (or a potato masher), mash beans into the onion mixture. Add 1 1/2 cup of vegetable broth and mashed sweet potato to the pan. Stir and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add Taste test and add salt, pepper, and additional spices to taste.Add additional water if the mixture becomes too thick.
- While the sweet potato mixture is cooking. in a medium pan, saute kale with the nutritional yeast and hot sauce until the kale is lightly cooked.
Assemble The Burritos
- Place a large tortilla on a plate. Add 1/2 cup of the sweet potato mixture, 1/4 cup of kale, a couple slices of avocado, cilantro and green onion into each burrito. Tightly roll the tortilla into a burrito. Place “seam-down” on the pan. Continue until you use all the tortillas and sweet potato mixture.
- Bake for 30 minutes until light golden brown on top. Drizzle with vegan cheese sauce, garnish with cilantro and green onion.
- Leave to cool, wrap and place in a freezer safe container to freeze.
Notes
1) Use gluten-free tortilla wraps for these burritos to be gluten-free.
- Prep Time: 25 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Main