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Loaded Sweet Potatoes with Chorizo and Cheddar

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By Tom · Updated

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  • Serves 2
  • About 1 hour 22 min
  • Easy

These loaded sweet potatoes are a simple way to turn a humble sweet potato into a proper meal. Roasted until tender, then loaded with melted mature Cheddar, crispy chorizo, sour cream, spring onions and smoked paprika. It's comforting, filling and packed with flavour - and easy to make.

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The recipe

Loaded Sweet Potatoes with Chorizo and Cheddar

These loaded sweet potatoes are a simple way to turn a humble sweet potato into a proper meal.

  • Serves 2
  • 15 min prep
  • 1 hour 7 min cooking
  • Easy

Times and difficulty are our estimates from the method, not stopwatch figures.

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Ingredients

Loaded sweet potato

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Method

  1. Step 1

    Heat the oven to 200°C Fan / 220°C conventional.

  2. Step 2

    Rub the sweet potatoes (4 potatoes) with a little olive oil and season with salt.

  3. Step 3

    Place directly on a baking tray and roast for 45-60 minutes, depending on size, until completely tender and the skin is nicely roasted.

  4. Step 4

    While the potatoes (4 potatoes) cook, add the diced chorizo (100 g) to a dry frying pan over medium heat.

  5. Step 5

    Cook for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until deeply browned and crispy.

  6. Step 6

    Remove from the pan and set aside.

  7. Step 7

    Load them up.

  8. Step 8

    Once the potatoes (4 potatoes) are cooked, cut in half and scoop out the sweet potato, keeping the skins intact.

  9. Step 9

    Fluff the flesh with a fork and season with a little salt, pepper and smoked paprika (1 tsp).

  10. Step 10

    Add the grated Cheddar (75 g) while the potato (4 potatoes) is still piping hot so it melts.

  11. Step 11

    Top with the sour cream (100 g), crispy chorizo (100 g) and spring onion (2 onions).

  12. Step 12

    Finish with little more black pepper grated cheese if you like.

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How long does loaded sweet potatoes with chorizo and cheddar take?

About 1 hour 22 min from start to finish, of which 15 min is prep and 1 hour 7 min is cooking. That figure is worked out from the method rather than timed with a stopwatch, so give yourself a little more the first time.

How many does it serve, and can I change that?

As written it serves 2. Use the scale control on the recipe card to change it: every quantity in the ingredients and inside the method steps updates with it. Seasoning, and anything measured in pinches or splashes, is deliberately left alone.

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