Hot Honey Beef Sweet Potato Boats (Print View)
Tender roasted sweet potatoes filled with hot honey seasoned beef
# What You'll Need:
→ Vegetables
01 - 4 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed clean
02 - 1 small red onion, finely diced
03 - 2 cloves garlic, minced
04 - 1 small red bell pepper, diced
05 - 2 green onions, thinly sliced for garnish
→ Meats
06 - 1 lb lean ground beef
→ Sauce & Seasoning
07 - 2 tbsp olive oil
08 - 2 tbsp hot honey
09 - 2 tbsp tomato paste
10 - 1 tsp smoked paprika
11 - 1/2 tsp ground cumin
12 - 1/2 tsp chili powder
13 - 1/2 tsp salt
14 - 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
→ Optional Toppings
15 - 1/2 cup reduced-fat shredded cheese
16 - 2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
17 - 1/2 avocado, sliced
# How to Make:
01 - Preheat oven to 400°F. Pierce sweet potatoes several times with fork. Place on baking sheet and roast 40-45 minutes until fork-tender.
02 - Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add diced onion and bell pepper, sauté 3-4 minutes until softened.
03 - Stir in minced garlic and cook 30 seconds until fragrant.
04 - Add ground beef to skillet. Cook, breaking up meat with spoon, until browned and cooked through, 5-7 minutes.
05 - Drain excess fat if needed. Stir in tomato paste, smoked paprika, cumin, chili powder, salt, and black pepper. Cook 2 minutes.
06 - Drizzle hot honey over meat mixture. Stir to combine and simmer 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
07 - When cool enough to handle, slice sweet potatoes lengthwise down center without cutting all the way through. Gently fluff insides with fork.
08 - Fill each sweet potato with hot honey beef mixture. Top with cheese if using. Let melt 2 minutes, then garnish with green onions, cilantro, and avocado.
# Expert Suggestions:
01 -
- The hot honey creates this incredible spicy sweet balance that makes ordinary ground beef feel special
- Everything roasts in the oven while you make the filling, so cleanup is basically nonexistent
02 -
- Sweet potatoes can vary wildly in size, so check them after forty minutes and keep roasting until they are completely tender all the way through
- The hot honey thickens as it cools, so if the beef mixture seems too thick while cooking add just a splash of water to loosen it up
03 -
- Line your baking sheet with parchment paper because the sweet potatoes sometimes ooze sticky caramelized sugars that are miserable to clean off
- Warm your hot honey slightly in the microwave for ten seconds if it has crystallized, which makes it much easier to drizzle evenly