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Layered Mexican Sweet Potato Salad

Here's how you make Layered Mexican Sweet Potato Salad
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 25m
  • Cook: 40m
  • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 300 grams yams (sweet potatoes, cut into 3cm pieces)
  • 500 grams potatoes (desiree potatoes, small unpeeled and cut into 3cm pieces)
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 2 corn cobs
  • 250 grams tomatoes (cherry tomatoes, quartered)
  • 400 grams black beans (rinsed and drained)
  • 2 avocados, sliced
  • 60 grams spinach (baby spinach)
  • 125 ml salad dressing (chipotle ranch dressing, 1/2 cup)
  • 65 grams cheddar cheese (coarsely grated vintage, 3/4 cup)
  • 1 green shallot, thinly sliced
  • 30 grams corn chips (plain, crushed)
  • Fresh coriander sprigs, to serve
  • Sour cream, to serve (optional)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 220C/200C fan forced and line a baking tray with baking paper.

  • Step 2: Place the sweet potato and desiree potato on prepared tray and drizzle over 2 tablespoons oil and season and bake for 40 minutes or until golden and tender.

  • Step 3: Meanwhile, heat a chargrill pan over medium-high heat and drizzle 1 tablespoon of remaining oil over the corncobs and cook, turning, for 7-8 minutes or until charred and tender and set aside to cool slightly then use a sharp knife to cut down the length of the corncob, close to the core, to remove the kernels and repeat with remaining corncob.

  • Step 4: Place the potato mixture in the base of a 2.5 Liter (10 cup) glass serving dish and layer with the tomato, beans, corn, avocado and spinach and drizzle over dressing.

  • Step 5: Serve topped with cheddar, shallot, corn chip, coriander and a dollop of sour cream, if using.


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