Dave's Mexican Veggie Tacos

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

These Mexican veggie tacos with sweet potato, avocado, cilantro, queso fresco, and salsa are so good even your meat-eating friends will like them.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon oil, or as needed
4 carrots, chopped
1 potato, chopped
2 leeks, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 sweet potato, shredded
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
2 tablespoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 pinch cayenne pepper
salt and ground black pepper to taste
16 (6 inch) corn tortillas
1 avocados - peeled, pitted, and mashed
1/2 cup crumbled queso fresco
1/2 cup salsa
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 teaspoon lime juice, or to taste

Directions

1 Make filling: Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir carrots in hot oil until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add potato; cook and stir until lightly browned and mostly tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Add leeks and onion; cook and stir until onion is lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes.
2 Mix in sweet potato, beans, cumin, oregano, chili powder, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper; cook and stir until sweet potato is tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer sweet potato mixture to a bowl, scraping the skillet clean with a rubber spatula.
3 Assemble tacos: Heat each tortilla in the same skillet over medium heat until warmed, about 30 seconds per side. Spread mashed avocado onto each warmed tortilla; top with sweet potato mixture, queso fresco, salsa, cilantro, and lime juice.