These roasted chickpea tacos have cubes of sweet potato and are generously spiced with homemade taco seasoning and ground chipotle chili pepper. Drizzled with a simple chipotle yogurt sauce, they make for one satisfying dinner!
Hi friends!
Today I’m sharing an ultra-simple roasted sweet potato and chickpea taco recipe.
They’re so easy to whip up, you could honestly have for a quick lunch. Now, wouldn’t that put a little pep in your step? Food always does that to me!
And, if you want to enjoy these for dinner, they’re so good with quinoa salad and a generous bowlful of homemade guacamole and chips. See where I’m going with this?
Why We Love These Chickpea Tacos
- Including the chipotle sauce, they’re made with only 10 ingredients!
- They’re on the table in well under 30 minutes.
- They can be customized to taste with toppings.
- Made with humble ingredients, they’re pretty inexpensive.
- They taste incredible!
How They’re Made
Basically, to make these sweet potato chickpea tacos, simply combine your chickpeas with diced sweet potato, oil, homemade taco seasoning and ground chipotle chili pepper.
Then it’s just a matter of roasting for a little bit until the sweet potato is tender.
And, if ya feel like it, have a little taste test when everything is nice and roasted.
Assemble the roasted chickpeas and sweet potato onto tortillas and garnish to taste! Nothing to it! Full details are in the recipe card below.
Can I Omit the Sweet Potato?
Absolutely!
If you want to use all chickpeas, simply use two cans of chickpeas instead of one.
Yummy Garnish Ideas
- Shredded green or red cabbage
- Shredded iceberg lettuce
- Sliced red onion or pickled onion
- Sliced or diced avocado or guacamole
- Diced tomato
- Corn (canned, frozen or fresh)
- Chopped cilantro
- Sliced jalapeno pepper
- Hot sauce
- Salsa
- Sour cream
- Crumbled feta or queso fresco
- Shredded cheddar cheese
- Squeeze of fresh lime juice (a must, if you ask me!)
Tips and Variations
- Chipotles in adobo sauce can vary in spice level from tin to tin and brand to brand. Add as little (or as much) as you like to your chipotle yogurt sauce. Remember, it’s easier to add than take away.
- No salt was added here because the taco seasoning has salt. If you want to add some to taste, go right ahead. Or, if you use a taco seasoning that has no added salt, you may want to add some to taste.
- Use flour or corn tortillas here, whatever you enjoy best!
- Enjoy lettuce wraps? Try these chickpea tacos on leaves of Boston lettuce (so yummy too).
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If you try these chickpea tacos, be sure to leave a comment below!
Chickpea Tacos (With Chipotle Yogurt Sauce)
Ingredients
Chickpea Sweet Potato Tacos
- 1 (19-ounce) can no salt added chickpeas, rinsed, drained and patted dry
- 1 sweet potato, cleaned, peeled, cut into small cubes and patted dry (about 2 cups)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 to 1.5 tablespoons taco seasoning
- 1 teaspoon ground chipotle chili pepper
- 8 flour tortillas, about 7 to 8 inches in diameter each, warmed according to package instructions
Chipote Yogurt Sauce
- ½ cup plain Greek yogurt, or dairy free, unsweetened coconut yogurt
- 2 to 3 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 1 tablespoon lime juice, from about ½ of a lime
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 to 3 tablespoons milk (dairy or non dairy), to thin sauce
Instructions
Chickpea Sweet Potato Tacos
- Preheat oven to 400 degree Fahrenheit.
- Combine chickpeas, sweet potato, olive oil, taco seasoning and chipotle chili pepper in a large mixing bowl, tossing or stirring to coat.
- Spread the chickpeas and sweet potato cubes out into an even layer onto a sheet pan and bake for about 15 minutes or so, stirring halfway through cooking (you're basically looking for things to heat through and the sweet potato to soften).
- Serve immediately on flour tortillas and garnish to taste, if desired (some garnish ideas are in the body of the post above). Drizzle with chipotle yogurt sauce.
Chipotle Yogurt Sauce
- Combine Greek yogurt, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, lime juice and salt in a small food processor, cover and process until smooth. Add a small amount of milk at a time to thin sauce, if desired (start with 1 tablespoon and add more as necessary until you've reach your desired consistency). Serve over tacos.
Notes
- Chipotles in adobo sauce can vary in spice level from tin to tin and brand to brand. Add as little (or as much) as you like to your chipotle yogurt sauce. Remember, it’s easier to add than take away.
- No salt was added here because the taco seasoning has salt. If you want to add some to taste, go right ahead. Or, if you use a taco seasoning that has no added salt, you may want to add some to taste.
A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
Tried this recipe?
If you do make this recipe, thank you!! It would mean so much if you could leave a comment below. Love to know how you enjoyed it, and it helps other readers too!
Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop
These look fabulous! Love that these are so healthy and packed with flavor. That chipotle sauce sounds mmmmmm!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
Thank you very much, Kathy!
Marissa
We’ve been trying to add more meatless meals to our week, but we don’t want to sacrifice flavor. Boy do these tacos fit that bill! So much deliciousness wrapped in a tortilla!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
Thank you, Marissa! Enjoy!
Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen
What a delicious combination for a taco Dawn! I wish I had thought of it! Can’t wait to add these to our menu. Pinned!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
Yay! Enjoy, my friend.
David @ Spiced
What a fun way to use chickpeas! I’ve used sweet potatoes in a wrap before, but the chickpeas is a new addition. I like that you let them have the starring role here, too! That chipotle yogurt sauce sounds insane, too! I like my wraps to have a huge punch of flavor, and I suspect these would be a huge hit. Perfect for lunches on the deck on a warm summer day!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
Thank you, David! We love them…and the chipotle sauce! Hope you’re having a lovely week.
Alex
These are so delicious – some of my favourite flavours here. And tacos – I mean you cannot go wrong!!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
Thank you very much, Alex.
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
I am ALL over these! Chickpeas, sweet potatoes, and tacos are definitely some of my favorite things :). I can’t wait to try this recipe!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
Yay! Thank you, Kelsie. Enjoy!
Katherine | Love In My Oven
Etienne and I kind of joke about vegetarian tacos. I now have to disclose to him when I say we’re having tacos whether they’re “real” tacos or vegetarian tacos, haha! But he does love the vegetarian variety too. And so do I! These look terrific, Dawn!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
Lol…well, these certainly are real. 😉 Thank you so much, Katherine! Hope you try ’em out soon!
Jennifer @ Seasons and Suppers
Such a delicious veggie taco idea! So pretty with all the colours and love all the different textures. Great taco night idea!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
Thank you, Jennifer. For sure!
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I can’t get enough chickpeas these days! These are absolutely perfect for meeting my craving head on!! Have a great day, my friend! xoxo
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
Thank you, Annie! XOXO