Healthy sweet potato recipe for 2 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has sweet potato, red kidney beans, spring onion, coriander, chipotle paste, sunflower oil, mayonnaise, lime, little gem lettuce, cucumber and carrot.
Smoky sweet potato & bean cakes with citrus salad
Course: Healthy sweet potato
Servings
2
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Coriander: small bunch of coriander, chopped
- Spring Onion: 3 spring onions, finely sliced
- Carrot: 1 carrot, halved lengthways and sliced on the diagonal
- Mayonnaise: 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- Lime: juice 1 lime
- Cucumber: 1/2 cucumber, halved lengthways and sliced on the diagonal
- Sweet Potato: 1 sweet potato (about 200g), cut into cubes
- Sunflower Oil: 2 tbsp sunflower oil
- Little Gem Lettuce: 1 Little Gem lettuce, torn
- Chipotle Paste: 1 tbsp chipotle paste
- Red Kidney Beans: 400g can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
Directions
- Microwave the sweet potato on High for 6 mins until tender. Lightly mash the beans, then add the potatoes, 2 spring onions, coriander, chipotle paste and seasoning. Mash a little more until the potato is combined. Shape into 4 cakes.
- Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan, then fry the bean cakes for 4-5 mins each side.
- Meanwhile, mix the mayo, lime juice and seasoning in a bowl. Add remaining onion and salad ingredients and toss well. Serve alongside the bean cakes.
