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    Sweet potato black bean hash with chipotle crema

    Published: Nov 5, 2019 · Modified: Jun 27, 2022 by Cadry Nelson
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    Text inlay: Sweet potato black bean hash. Hand holding fried tortilla wedge with sweet potato hash.

    Sweet potato black bean hash makes for a hearty vegan brunch, lunch, or dinner.

    It’s a tantalizing mix of sweet, spicy, crisp, and soft ingredients. Serve with fried tortilla wedges for scooping.

    Sweet potato black bean hash with avocado in cast iron skillet on table with napkin.

    When you think of potato hash, breakfast usually comes to mind.

    And while a skillet of loaded potatoes can easily fit in the brunch domain, today’s sweet potato black bean hash is truly suitable for any time of the day. Lunch or dinner included.

    A meal this hearty can’t be contained by breakfast alone.

    This hash includes satiating black beans and roasted sweet potato. Plus, kale that’s been sautéed with onions, garlic, and peppers.

    Finally, it’s served with avocado, a drizzle of chipotle crema, and crisp tortilla wedges for scooping.

    Chipotle crema being poured onto sweet potato hash in skillet.

    Smoky crema works beautifully with sweet potato.

    Sweet potatoes and chipotle peppers were made for each other.

    (It’s the same crema that I use on my vegan fish tacos!)

    This dish has a wonderful mixture of flavors and textures that makes each bite a surprise.

    Make things easy by roasting sweet potatoes

    Overhead hash in cast iron skillets with avocado and chipotle crema.

    Hash usually involves frying potatoes with peppers and onions.

    However, unless I’m making hash browns, I prefer to bake or air fry potatoes over frying them.

    Frying potatoes requires more babysitting than I enjoy.

    Because potatoes are dense, it’s a hassle making sure that the oil is hot enough that they brown, but low enough that they cook inside.

    With baking, I can lightly oil the potatoes, lay them across a parchment paper covered baking sheet, and not think about them until they’re done, except to toss them once or twice.

    By the way, I call for just one sweet potato in this dish, because there are so many other filling elements.

    However, if your crew likes a lot of sweet potatoes, I recommend adding a second one as well.

    Even if you don’t finish them, sweet potatoes make great leftovers!

    Also, if you’d prefer to use Russet potatoes instead of sweet or pinto beans instead of black, that works too! Prepare them the same way.

    Fried tortilla wedges

    Fried tortilla wedges on towel lined plate. In background, sweet potato black bean hash.

    Even without the fried sweet potatoes, there’s still some frying involved in this recipe to make the dish feel a little decadent.

    However, this part only takes minutes to prepare.

    Perhaps the best part of this sweet potato black bean hash is the scooping device – fried tortilla wedges.

    The hash is satiating and flavorful with sweetness from the potatoes.

    And it all gets scooped on to the crisp, fried tortilla wedges a bite at a time.

    It adds a satisfying crunch underneath.

    (I’ve made these tortilla wedges before for my fried vegan nachos recipe, where they’re covered in vegan queso and a slew of toppings.)

    Cutting store-bought tortillas into quarters and then frying them in a light layer of oil makes them puff a little and get wonderfully crisp.

    You could certainly make the hash without them. But the fun quotient would go down by at least 23%.

    I recommend frying one tortilla (four quarters) for each person.

    For a gluten-free option, either leave off the flour tortilla wedges, use corn tortillas, or simply serve with readymade tortilla chips.

    Step by step instructions

    Overhead blender pitcher with water, raw cashews, chipotle peppers in adobo, and lemon juice.

    Start by making the chipotle crema with cashews

    If you don’t have a high speed blender, you’ll need to soak the cashews in water for several hours to soften them. Then drain and continue with the recipe as written.

    (Don’t have time to wait? Another option is to grind dry raw cashews into a flour using a clean coffee grinder. Then add them to your standard blender with the remaining ingredients.)

    If you have a high speed blender, no soaking or coffee grinder grinding is necessary.

    Add the cashews to the blender with water, chipotle peppers, adobo sauce, agave syrup, and lemon juice.

    (If you prefer things less spicy, remove the seeds in the peppers before using, or use one fewer pepper.)

    Overhead blender pitcher with chipotle crema made with cashews.

    Refrigerate the crema in a covered container until ready to serve. It will thicken as it chills.

    Now it’s time to make the sweet potato hash

    Sweet potatoes cut into chunks on a lined parchment paper covered baking sheet.

    Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

    Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

    Toss sweet potato chunks with oil. And spread them evenly across the baking sheet.

    Roast for 25 minutes, stopping once half-way through to flip.

    Peppers, onions, and garlic in skillet with oil.

    While the sweet potato is cooking, bring a skillet to a medium heat with oil.

    Sauté onion, garlic, and bell pepper, until the onions are translucent and fragrant.

    Kale, peppers, onions, and tomatoes in skillet.

    Then add tomatoes, kale, and water to the skillet. Sauté for a few more minutes, until the kale softens.

    Black beans, peppers, onions, and garlic in skillet.

    Add drained black beans and spices to the skillet.

    Cook for about five minutes, until the beans have warmed through.

    Make the crisp tortilla wedges

    Tortilla wedges frying in oil.

    Pour a thin layer of organic canola oil into a separate non-stick skillet. Bring to a medium high heat.

    If bubbles immediately form around a tortilla when it goes into the pan, you know the oil is hot enough.

    Fry tortillas that have been cut into triangles in the oil a few at a time.

    Once they’re nutty brown on one side, flip them and fry the other side.

    (It will take a couple minutes on each side.)

    Once both sides are brown, move the tortilla wedges to a towel-lined plate.

    Continue frying the remaining tortilla triangles.

    Serve the hash in individual bowls or mini skillets with a layer of sweet potatoes, black bean mixture, avocado slices, cilantro for garnish, and a drizzle of chipotle crema.

    Serve with fried tortilla wedges for scooping.

    (Looking for more skillet ideas? Check out these cast iron breakfast skillets, cooked on the grill.)

    Hand holding fried tortilla wedge with sweet potato black bean hash.

    Sweet potato hash in small cast iron skillet.

    Sweet potato black bean hash with chipotle crema

    This sweet potato & black bean hash is a hearty dish that's perfect for lunch or dinner. With a delightful combination of sweet, spicy, crisp, and soft ingredients it ticks all of the pleasure sensors. Serve with fried tortilla wedges for scooping.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: American, Vegan
    Keyword: comfort food, southwestern brunch
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes
    Total Time: 40 minutes
    Servings: 4 people
    Calories: 544kcal
    Author: Cadry Nelson

    Ingredients

    For the chipotle crema

    • ½ cup + 1 Tablespoon raw cashews
    • ¾ cup water plus extra for soaking, if not using a high-speed blender
    • 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce* from 7 oz. can
    • 1 teaspoon adobo sauce from can
    • 1 teaspoon agave syrup
    • ½ teaspoon lemon juice
    • ⅛ teaspoon salt

    For the hash

    • 1 sweet potato** about 10 ounces, cut in 1-inch pieces
    • 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil divided
    • ⅓ cup chopped onion
    • 2 cloves garlic minced
    • ⅓ cup chopped bell pepper yellow or red
    • 1 small to medium-sized tomato chopped
    • 2 leaves kale about 2 cups, chopped with the ribs removed
    • 2 Tablespoons water
    • 1 can (15 ounce) black beans drained and rinsed (1 ½ cups)
    • ½ teaspoon cumin
    • ½ teaspoon ancho chili powder
    • ½ teaspoon paprika
    • ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
    • Pinch salt
    • Organic canola oil or other high heat oil, for frying
    • 3-4 wheat tortillas*** one tortilla for each person, cut into quarters
    • 1 avocado sliced & pit removed
    • Cilantro for garnish

    Instructions

    To make the chipotle crema

    • If you don't have a high speed blender, soak the cashews in water for several hours, and then drain. If you have a high speed blender, you can skip this step.
    • Put the cashews, ¾ cup water, chipotle peppers, adobo sauce, agave syrup, and lemon juice in a blender. Blend until smooth.
    • Refrigerate the sauce in a covered container until ready to serve. The crema will thicken as it cools. It will be best at 24 hours. (If you are serving the crema right away and don't have time, try reducing the amount of water by a tablespoon.)

    To make the hash

    • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
    • Toss sweet potato chunks with 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil and spread evenly across a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Roast for 25 minutes, stopping once halfway through to flip. Remove from oven and set aside.
    • While the sweet potato bakes, bring a skillet to a medium heat. Add the remaining one teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil to the skillet. Saute the onion, garlic, and bell pepper for about 7 minutes, until the onions are fragrant and translucent.
    • Add tomatoes, kale, and water to the skillet. Saute for another 3 minutes until the kale softens.
    • Add drained black beans, cumin, ancho chili powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, and salt to the skillet. Cook for another 3 to 5 minutes until the beans have warmed through. If the beans start to stick, lower the temperature, and add a splash of water to loosen the spices from the pan.
    • Heat a separate non-stick skillet with a thin layer of organic canola oil or other high heat oil. Bring to a medium high heat. Put a corner of a tortilla in the oil. If the oil immediately bubbles around it, the oil is hot enough.
      Fry the triangles a few at a time, being careful not to overfill. Fry until nutty brown and toasted on one side, then flip and fry the other side. (It will take a couple minutes on each side.) Once both sides are browned, remove from the skillet to a towel-lined plate. Continue frying until all of the wedges are done. Add more oil to the skillet between batches, if needed.
    • Serve the hash in individual bowls with a layer of sweet potatoes, a few scoops of the black bean mixture, avocado slices, cilantro garnish (if using), and a drizzling of chipotle crema. Put one tortilla wedge in each bowl and the remaining wedges on the side.

    Notes

    *This crema is on the spicy side, which works well with the mild sweet potatoes. However, if you are spice averse, either remove the seeds from the peppers before blending or use only one pepper. This makes about a cup of sauce, and so you will have sauce left over.
    **If you like a lot of sweet potato in your hash, feel free to double the amount of sweet potato. You'll want to use an extra parchment paper lined baking sheet for the second potato, so that there's room for the potatoes to spread out on the baking sheet and brown.
    ***For a gluten-free option, use corn tortillas instead. Or serve the hash with readymade tortilla chips instead.
     

    Nutrition

    Calories: 544kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 643mg | Potassium: 1060mg | Fiber: 15g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 8775IU | Vitamin C: 61.8mg | Calcium: 158mg | Iron: 5.8mg
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    Originally posted March 2016. Content and photos updated November 2019. 

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    Cadry Nelson is the writer, photographer, and recipe creator behind Cadry’s Kitchen, a vegan food & lifestyle blog started in 2009. Through approachable recipes, vegan travel guides, and down-to-earth discussions on the social aspects of being vegan, Cadry shows that living a vegan lifestyle is deliciously uncomplicated. Cadry has been featured on NBC News, Mashable, Today, Reader's Digest, Yahoo, Delish, Shape, and Huffington Post.

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    1. cookeasyvegan

      March 10, 2016 at 3:22 pm

      Sweet potatoes and black beans seem naturally made for each other, but you’ve taken the combination to the next level with the other recipe flavors. And the fried tortilla wedges! I think fried tortilla wedges might be addictive.

      Reply
      • Cadry

        March 10, 2016 at 3:41 pm

        Thanks, Andrea! Sweet potatoes and black beans are the Bert & Ernie of the food world. They make an excellent pair. You might be right about the addictive quality of the wedges. I was going to say that two people could share one tortilla between them, but then after easily making my way through all four quarters, I decided it’s just not possible to scrimp. 🙂

        Reply
    2. Susan

      March 10, 2016 at 3:32 pm

      Yum, this sounds really good!
      Though I did try frying tortillas once to make tortilla chips and they ended up both burnt and soggy… I don’t think frying is my forte. 😉 Perhaps practice will make perfect!

      Reply
      • Cadry

        March 10, 2016 at 3:38 pm

        Ha, ha! Oh, my gosh! Burnt and yet soggy? That’s quite an accomplishment. 😉 I use just enough oil to cover the pan and then get it sizzling. It seems pretty foolproof to me. Maybe you should try it again now that you’ve gotten the soggy ones out of the way. 🙂

        Reply
    3. Mandy

      March 10, 2016 at 4:21 pm

      This looks incredible!!! I REALLY need to make that creama…I have the missing ingredients written down, so I’m making this happen next week. Love the sweet potato-black bean combo! Such a beautiful dish!

      Reply
      • Cadry

        March 17, 2016 at 9:04 am

        Thanks, Mandy! I really hope you’ll love it as much as I do. 🙂

        Reply
    4. Sophia @veggiesdontbite

      March 10, 2016 at 4:22 pm

      I love big bowls of goodness! YUM! And you know how I feel about sauces, looks amazing!!

      Reply
      • Cadry

        March 17, 2016 at 9:05 am

        Yes, you are the sauce master! They really take a dish up a notch. Thanks for the kind words!

        Reply
    5. krystal

      March 11, 2016 at 11:09 am

      This looks super tasty! I even like the idea (and this is taking the easy/lazy quotient up) of frying the tortilla as one piece and breaking it apart as you eat it. Would that work with the texture the tortilla gets? FUN QUOTIENT MAXIMIZED! 🙂

      Reply
      • Cadry

        March 11, 2016 at 11:23 am

        Ha!! It’s all about maximizing the fun quotient! It seems to get the most crisp around the edges, and so I like it in quarters. More edges, more crispiness. However, I made it a couple of times just frying the tortillas in two halves, and that worked. Do you have kitchen scissors? With those it takes just seconds to cut everything up.

        Reply
    6. Bianca

      March 11, 2016 at 1:52 pm

      Ooh, I like this whole highlight ingredient stuff! You’re so right! I don’t think I’ve really ever thought about it like that. This recipe sounds amazing, especially with those fried tortillas!

      Reply
      • Cadry

        March 14, 2016 at 10:11 am

        Thanks, Bianca! Knowing how our palates overlap, I think this one would be right up your alley! 🙂

        Reply
    7. Barb@ThatWasVegan?

      March 15, 2016 at 9:51 am

      Black beans and sweet potatoes are easily my favorite combo… but those fried tortilla wedges! I really need to try those!

      Reply
      • Cadry

        March 17, 2016 at 9:06 am

        Black beans and sweet potatoes were kind of made for each other, don’t you think?

        Reply
    8. Gena

      March 29, 2016 at 4:48 am

      A perfect savory breakfast!

      Reply
    9. Ann

      November 06, 2019 at 12:41 am

      5 stars
      When I first saw the title photo of this recipe, I thought it was some kind of cake or a sweet snack. I’m a sweet tooth, so it immediately caught my attention. Now I see that it is a delicious and original appetizer that will appeal to everyone as the combination of ingredients isn’t trivial. This weekend I will have a party, and I will definitely use your recipe to surprise guests! Thank you for the idea, I love your blog, keep it up.

      Reply
    10. Julie Rosenfeld

      August 31, 2020 at 9:39 am

      5 stars
      I made this recipe last night and we ate it in taco form…abolutely delicious! Thank you!

      Reply
      • Cadry

        September 01, 2020 at 11:27 am

        I’m so glad to hear that, Julie! Thank you for letting me know!

        Reply

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