These outrageously tasty vegan stuffed candy potatoes are one in every of my favourite methods to get pleasure from candy potatoes! We roast them after which stuff them with our easy avocado and tomato salsa. They’re easy and so good!

I’m at all times wanting so as to add to our assortment of sweet potato recipes, and these vegan stuffed candy potatoes are such an awesome choice! We roast the potatoes till comfortable and tender, then fill them with a zesty, chunky salsa made with avocados, tomatoes, and lime. It’s gentle and tremendous comforting, good for a weeknight meal.
Roasted candy potatoes are on common rotation in our home, so I really like throwing on this stuffed model to vary issues up. This stuffed candy potato recipe is unquestionably one you’ll need to make repeatedly. For extra scrumptious candy potato inspiration, try our mashed sweet potatoes, coconut roasted sweet potatoes, or my favourite, sweet potato and black bean tacos!
Key Components
- Candy Potatoes: I search for medium candy potatoes which are agency and have clean pores and skin. I additionally love purple candy potatoes (ube) for this recipe if you’ll find them.
- Garlic: I toss a couple of garlic cloves onto the baking sheet to roast alongside the candy potatoes and switch candy (like roasted garlic). Then, I squeeze the roasted garlic into my avocado and tomato salsa earlier than stuffing the candy potatoes.
- Avocado: Use barely agency, ripe avocados for this so you’ll be able to chop them into bite-size items. To choose them, gently squeeze the avocado with the palm of your hand. If it yields a little bit when pressed, it’s able to eat. You may also examine below the stem. If the stem pulls away and the world beneath is inexperienced, you’ve discovered an avocado good for this recipe.
- Tomatoes: Use what you like. Within the pictures, we now have used a wide range of cherry tomatoes, however any ripe tomato will do.
- Lime, Jalapeño, and Cilantro: I exploit this mixture when making our avocado salad, which this stuffing is loosely primarily based on. Be at liberty to go away out the jalapeño or add extra, relying in your love of spice.

Find out how to Make Stuffed Candy Potatoes
We roast our candy potatoes for this recipe, scrub away any filth, after which use a fork to pierce the potatoes in a number of locations. Place them onto a baking sheet, toss in your garlic cloves (with the peels left on), after which bake in a 400°F oven till they’re very candy and start oozing (45 to 60 minutes).


Make the chunky salsa simply as your candy potatoes are ending up within the oven. Mix chopped avocado, tomatoes, jalapeño, cilantro, and lime juice, then when they’re cool sufficient to deal with, squeeze the comfortable and sticky roasted garlic into the bowl. Add a pinch of salt and gently toss. Then, make a slit down the center of your potatoes, and stuff them with as a lot salsa as you’ll be able to match.
The candy potatoes are comfortable and candy, and the salsa is contemporary, brilliant, and flavorful. We adore it!


Avocado Salsa Stuffed Candy Potatoes
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Our household loves these stuffed candy potatoes. The candy potatoes are comfortable and candy, and the salsa is contemporary, brilliant, and flavorful. I really like this as a lightweight meal or on the aspect to different dishes. Verify our ideas beneath for roasting candy potatoes upfront and including protein with beans.
4 Servings
You Will Want
4 medium candy potatoes
3 unpeeled garlic cloves
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 medium avocado, diced
2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
1/4 cup contemporary cilantro leaves
1 jalapeño
Salt
Instructions
1Preheat the oven to 400°F (204°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.
2Scrub candy potatoes and pierce in a number of locations with a fork. Place them onto the baking sheet.
3Toss unpeeled garlic cloves with olive oil and place them across the potatoes on the baking sheet.
4Bake for 45 minutes to an hour, relying on the scale of the potatoes, till very comfortable and starting to ooze.
5Whereas the candy potatoes are roasting, you’ll be able to put together the salsa. Add the chopped avocado, tomato, and cilantro to a medium bowl.
6Lower the jalapeño in half, lengthwise, and use a spoon to scrape out the white membrane and seeds. The membrane and seeds might be very spicy, so we take away them. Relying on how spicy you want issues, you’ll be able to go away some or the entire membrane and seeds.
7Finely mince the jalapeño and add to the bowl.
8When the garlic is cool sufficient to deal with, squeeze the comfortable, sticky flesh contained in the roasted garlic cloves onto your work floor, chop it, and add to the bowl.
9Squeeze over the juice of 1 lime wedge, or about 1 to 2 tablespoons, and add a pinch of salt. Gently toss.
10To serve, lower a slit down the center of every candy potato and fill with the tomato avocado salsa.
Adam and Joanne’s Ideas
- Make forward: Roast the candy potatoes, enable them to chill, and retailer them in an hermetic container for as much as 4 days. Reheat, make the salsa, stuff them and luxuriate in. The salsa is finest made the day you propose to eat it.
- Add protein: Add 1 ½ cups drained canned or cooked black beans to the salsa to bump up the protein a bit. Right here’s our recipe for how to cook black beans when you want it. Or, stir 2 cups of cooked quinoa into the salsa.
- The diet information supplied beneath are estimates. We included 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
Diet Per Serving
Serving Measurement
1 stuffed candy potato
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Energy
202
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Complete Fats
6.7g
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Saturated Fats
1g
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Ldl cholesterol
0mg
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Sodium
224.8mg
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Carbohydrate
34.2g
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Dietary Fiber
7.8g
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Complete Sugars
8.5g
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Protein
3.7g