Black Bean and Sweet Potato Salad

Submitted by Reddyrat

"This is a great, easy recipe! It comes from Everyday Food. I packed it for my lunch and I'm really impressed by the flavor. Great for a side dish or light meal."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon cumin
• coarse salt and pepper
• 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch cubes (about 1 pound total)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (from 1 lime)
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1⁄2 medium red onion, finely chopped
• 1⁄2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

directions

1. Heat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Place sweet potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet; drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil. Season with cumin, red-pepper flakes (if using), salt, and pepper; toss to coat.
3. Roast on lower rack, until tender, tossing once during cooking, 25 to 35 minutes.
4. In a large bowl, whisk lime juice with remaining 2 tablespoons oil; season with salt and pepper. Add sweet potatoes, beans, onion, and cilantro; mix gently to combine.

Reviews

[BonnieZ]

Loved this recipe. I much prefer sweet potatoes savory rather than sweet and this recipe foots that bill. It is both hearty and refreshing. I did use cayenne instead of the hot pepper flakes so that it would evenly coat the potatoes. Also I found that my potatoes were fork tender at 15 minutes and was glad I checked because I did not want them mushy. I chilled the salad for ac couple hours to let the flavors marry and the leftovers were even better the next day. Thank you Reddyrat for sharing the recipe.

 

[ohbother]

I wish I had taken a picture of this, because it was visually beautiful, with great color contrast. We lined a glass bowl with large romaine leaves and served the salad at basically room temperature. We had about a cup of leftovers, which were wonderful cold, too. My only complaint about the recipe is that I didn't register that the olive oil was divided, but it didn't matter. The optional red pepper flakes were very much a part of the great blend of flavors, and I added a sprinkling of hot sweet paprika powder to the sweet potatoes, too. The recipe is sinfully easy; the hardest part was peeling the sweet potatoes!

 

[adams.wifey]

really good

 

[angie r chatlos]

WOWIE!! this was great we ate it room temperture and it was great tommorrow we'll havethe leftovers chilled thanks for such a great recipe

 

[Born2cook]

THIS IS FABULOUS! Totally healthy and really flavorful - can't wait to eat the leftovers and see if they are good cold. Will definitely make again as I'm trying to incorporate more of these ingredients and cook FRESH!