These roasted chickpea tacos have cubes of sweet potato and are generously spiced with homemade taco seasoning and chipotle powder. Drizzled with a simple chipotle yogurt sauce, they make for one satisfying dinner!
Hey 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, lol.
And, if you want to enjoy these for dinner, they’re so good with black bean and corn quinoa salad and a generous bowlful of homemade guacamole and chips. See where I’m goin’ with this 🙂 ?
Why These Chickpea Tacos Are Great!
- 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 budget friendly.
- 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 chipotle powder, like so—>
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 straight off the pan when everything is nice-n-roasty 😉
Then, assemble onto tortillas and garnish to taste! Nothing to it!
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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 Options
- Shredded green or red cabbage
- Shredded iceberg lettuce
- Sliced red onion or pickled onion
- Avocado or guacamole
- Diced or sliced tomato
- Corn (canned, frozen or fresh)
- Cilantro
- Jalapeno peppers or pickled jalapenos (like these homemade pickled jalapenos)
- 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.
Speaking of sauce, this avocado cilantro lime crema (that I used on a black bean sweet potato soup) would be a lovely topping as well.
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 ‘no salt added’ taco seasoning you may want to add some to taste.
Use flour or corn tortillas here…whatever you enjoy best!
Enjoy lettuce wraps? Try this taco mix on leaves of Boston lettuce – so yummy too!
Hope you love these chipotle chickpea tacos as much as we do!
If you’re looking to have a cocktail with these tacos, this pomegranate margarita would be a great accompaniment!
Until next time, take care and chit chat again soon,
Dawn
Make these chickpea tacos? That’s awesome! Love it if you left a comment and rating below. Many thanks!
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Chickpea Tacos (with chipotle yogurt sauce)
Ingredients
Chickpea Sweet Potato Tacos
- 19 ounce can of 'unsalted' chickpeas , rinsed, drained and patted dry (about a 540 millilitre can or 2 cups)
- 1 sweet potato , cleaned/peeled/cut into small cubes/patted dry (about 2 cups)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 to 1.5 tablespoons taco seasoning
- 1 teaspoon chipotle powder
- 8 flour tortillas (about 7 to 8 inches in diametre each)
Chipote Yogurt Sauce
- 1/2 cup Greek, regular or coconut yogurt
- 2 to 3 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 1/2 lime , juiced
- 1/4 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.
- After you've rinsed/drained/patted dry your chickpeas and cleaned/peeled/cut/dried your sweet potato cubes, combine all ingredients together in a bowl (with oil, taco seasoning and chipotle powder), tossing to coat.
- Spread out onto an even layer on a sheet pan on bake for about 15 minutes or so, turning once. You're basically looking for things to warm through and the sweet potato to soften.
- Serve immediately on flour tortillas and garnish to taste (garnish options listed in body of post above).
Chipotle Yogurt Sauce
- Combine all ingredients together in a small food processor (except milk), cover and blitz until smooth. Add a small amount of milk at a time to thin sauce, if desired (start with 1 tablespoon and add as necessary). 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 ‘no salt added’ taco seasoning you may want to add some to taste.
- Use flour or corn tortillas here…whatever you enjoy best!
- Enjoy lettuce wraps? Try this taco mix on leaves of Boston lettuce – so yummy too!
- Nutrition information (estimate only) does not include garnish such as avocado, tomato, corn, etc.
Nutrition (estimate only)
These look fabulous! Love that these are so healthy and packed with flavor. That chipotle sauce sounds mmmmmm!
Thank you very much, Kathy!
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!
Woo hoo! Thanks Marissa! Enjoy 🙂
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!
Yay! Enjoy, my friend 🙂
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!
Thank you David! We love ’em…and the chipotle sauce! Hope you’re having a lovely week 🙂
These are so delicious – some of my favourite flavours here. And tacos – I mean you cannot go wrong!!
Thank you very much, Alex 🙂
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!
Yay! Thank you Kelsie 🙂 Enjoy!
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!
Lol…well, these certainly are real 😉 Thank you so much, Katherine! Hope you try ’em out soon!
Such a delicious veggie taco idea! So pretty with all the colours and love all the different textures. Great taco night idea!
Thank you Jennifer 🙂 For sure!
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
Woo hoo! Thanks Annie 🙂 XOXO