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Chipotle Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Pomegranate-Pistachio Guacamole

Author - Serena Wolf
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Yields: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 4 medium sweet potatoes
  • 1-1½ chipotle peppers canned in adobo depending on your heat preference, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon adobo sauce from the chipotle can
  • 1 teaspoon honey or agave
  • Salt

For the Pomegranate-Pistachio Guacamole:

  • ripe avocados diced
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons pomegranate arils
  • ¼ cup coarsely chopped pistachios
  • 3 tablespoons minced red onion
  • 2 tablespoons freshly chopped cilantro
  • Salt
  • Fresh ground pepper

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and set aside.
  • Wash your sweet potatoes and dry them well. Use a fork to carefully poke holes all over the sweet potatoes (about 2 fork pokes per side should do it), and place the sweet potatoes on the baking sheet. Transfer the potatoes to the oven and bake for 60-70 minutes until they’re very tender.
  • While the potatoes are baking, prepare the guacamole. In a medium bowl mash the avocados with a fork until almost smooth (a few chunks are okay, people). Mix in the lemon juice, pomegranate arils, pistachios and cilantro. Season with salt and fresh ground pepper to taste. Press a piece of plastic wrap onto the surface of the guacamole to keep it from browning while you finish the potatoes.
  • Slice the top of each sweet potato to reveal the inside. Use a spoon to scoop out the insides of each sweet potato and transfer them to a medium bowl, leaving a ¼-inch layer of potato inside the skins. Mash the potatoes with a fork and then mix in the chopped chipotle peppers, adobo, and honey/agave. Season with salt to taste. (If you don’t feel like removing the potatoes from their skins, just mash the insides of each potato with a fork and divide the chipotle pepper, adobo and honey among each potato.)
  • Carefully spoon the mashed potatoes back into the skins.
  • Top each potato with plenty of pomegranate-pistachio guacamole and serve immediately.