Chipotle Sweet Potato Vegetarian Nachos
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 50 mins
- Yield: 6 to 8 servings 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- Sweet Potatoes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ cup diced red onion
- 1½ cups ¼" cubed sweet potatoes (1 medium sweet potato)
- 1 chipotle
- 2 tablespoon adobo sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Juice from one lime
- 1/2 cup black beans, drained and rinsed if using canned
- Gremolata
- 1 cup cilantro leaves
- 1 clove garlic
- Zest from one lime
- Cheese Sauce
- 3 cup freshly grated cheddar cheese
- 1 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 6 tablespoons-3/4 cup 2% or whole milk
- 3/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- To Serve
- 6 to 8 servings worth of tortilla chips
- Lime wedges, for serving
Instructions
- Heat olive oil over medium heat in skillet. Add onions and let cook until onions begin to soften, 3-4 minutes. Next, stir in sweet potatoes and continue to cook for another 3-4 minutes.
- In a mortar and pestle, combine the chipotle, adobo sauce, honey, and lime juice. Break apart the chipotle into small pieces (alternatively, you can cut up the chipotle.) Pour into the pan with the sweet potatoes and reduce the heat to medium-low.Cook until sweet potatoes have softened, 10-15 minutes. Stir in black beans and cook until warm.
- To make gremolata, mince the cilantro leaves and place in a bowl. Using a microplane, grate the garlic on to the cilantro, followed by the lime zest. Toss together and add 3/4 of the mixture into the sweet potatoes, stir until well combined.
- In a medium sauce pan, combine cheddar cheese and cornstarch in a small pot. Heat over medium low and stir until cheddar begins to melt. Add 6 tablespoons milk, paprika, and garlic powder, stir until mixture comes together. Add more milk, 1-2 tablespoon at a time, stirring frequently, to reach a pourable cheese sauce, 4 to 5 minutes
- On a platter, place one layer (approximately half) of tortilla chips. Drizzle half the cheese sauce over the chips followed by half the sweet potato mixture. Layer with the remaining tortilla chips, cheese, and sweet potatoes. Finish with the remaining cilantro gremolata and serve hot.