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Smoky Chicken and Butter Bean Sweet Potato Boats

Name: Smoky Chicken and Butter Bean Sweet Potato Boats
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 47 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 2 Sweet potatoes scrubbed and halved lengthways; 1 tbsp Cooking oil; 300g Chicken mince; 1 Red onion finely chopped; 2 cloves Garlic finely chopped; 1 tsp Smoked paprika; 1 tsp Ground cumin; 200g Chopped tomatoes; 240g Butter beans drained and rinsed; 80g Baby spinach roughly chopped; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; 1 pinch Black pepper

Roasted sweet potatoes filled with smoky chicken mince, butter beans, tomatoes and spinach.

British-inspiredChickenDairy-freeGluten-freeHigh fibreHigh proteinUnder 45 minutes

Prep: 12 min
Cook: 35 min
Total: 47 min

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Servings

2

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Servings

1–12 servings

2

Estimated nutrition per serving

Calories: 655 kcal
Protein: 47.5g
Carbs: 79g
Fat: 17.2g

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For 2

Ingredients

Sweet potatoes

2, scrubbed and halved lengthways
1 tbsp

Filling

300g
1, finely chopped
2 cloves, finely chopped
1 tsp
1 tsp
200g
240g, drained and rinsed
80g, roughly chopped

To finish

1 tbsp
1 pinch

Get everything ready

Preparation

1
Heat the oven and prepare the vegetables
Heat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas 7. Put the sweet potato halves cut-side up on a baking tray. Chop the onion, garlic and spinach, and drain and rinse the butter beans.

Step by step

Cooking

1
Roast the sweet potatoes
Rub the sweet potato cut sides with half the oil and roast cut-side down until tender when pierced with a knife.
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2
Make the smoky filling
Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat. Cook the onion for 3 minutes, then add the chicken mince and cook, breaking it up, until fully browned and no pink remains. Stir in the garlic, paprika and cumin for 30 seconds.
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3
Simmer, fill and serve
Add the chopped tomatoes and butter beans. Simmer until thickened, then fold in the spinach to wilt. Season with pepper and lemon juice. Turn the sweet potatoes cut-side up, lightly fluff their centres with a fork, then spoon over the filling.
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