Homemade sweet potato chips topped with veggies and beans, these nachos are packed with goodness and delicious! Perfect snack (Game Day Eats anyone?), appetizer, side dish or even a Taco Tuesday dinner! Serving size depends on if you're serving as part of a meal or appetizer.
2large or 3 small sweet potatoescleaned, dried well and cut into 1/4 inch thick slices
Avocado Oil or neutral oil like grapeseed or canola
Kosher salt
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The quantities are guidelines and can be adjusted based on tastes.
1cupcanned black beansdrained and rinsed
1cupcanned pinto beansdrained and rinsed
1-2cupsMexican blend cheeseMonterrey jack cheese or dairy free alternative, shredded
1/2 -1yelloworange or green pepper, seeded and diced (yellow or orange just make it more colorful)
1 tomato or approx 15 cherry or grape tomatoesseeded and diced (I like to cut these first, sprinkle with salt and let sit to release their water as I prep the other veggies and beans)
1bunch scallionsgreen parts chopped
1/2red oniondiced
1/4 -1/2bunch cilantrofinely chopped
1jalapeñoseeded and sliced for topping (optional) (if you love jalapenos, add them in before baking)
1avocadodiced for topping
Optional additional topping: sour cream
1large shallow pan or a rimmed 1/2 baking sheet - I used a le creuset grill panapproximately 8.5in x 12.5 in
Instructions
Sweet Potato Chips
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and place parchment paper on 2 -3 baking sheets
Place sliced sweet potatoes on the prepared baking sheets, leaving a little space between them so that they don't touch.
Lightly brush sides both sides of the sweet potatoes with oil
Sprinkle sweet potatoes with salt.
Bake sweet potatoes for 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Gently turn chips over. Bake an additional 10 minutes until just turning crisp.
Chips can be made ahead of time.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
In a large oven proof skillet or rimmed baking sheet (Here I used a Le Creuset "grill pan" approximately 8 1/2in x 12 1/2 in, spread sweet potato chips evenly (they will be overlapping)
Top with beans, cheese, pepper, tomato and onion.
Place skillet in hot oven for 10-12 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Top with scallions, cilantro, jalapeño if using, and avocado.