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black beans, cumin, garlic, kale, onions, red bell pepper, sweet potatoes
Tired of the traditional fajita? This is a delicious recipe, bursting with flavor and color. Use fresh tortillas, and top the filling with organic sour cream, homemade guacamole and shredded cheddar cheese for a filling vegetarian meal. For the best flavor, use organic, locally produced vegetables and dairy.
INGREDIENTS
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 large or 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into small 1/4 inch cubes
- 2 red bell peppers, diced
- 1 large red onion, diced
- 10 cloves garlic, minced, divided
- 1 large bunch of kale, rinsed and roughly chopped
- 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 tsp ground cumin, divided
- 1 tsp ancho chili powder
- freshly ground salt and pepper
- 8 tortillas
- cheddar cheese, shredded
DIRECTIONS
- In a large pot, heat 2 tbsp oil over medium-high heat. Saute onion and 6 cloves of garlic, minced until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Add sweet potatoes and peppers. Saute for 5 minutes, stirring constantly to prevent sticking. Stir in spices (1.5 tsp cumin and 1 tsp chili powder). Turn heat to medium and saute for another 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sweet potatoes are cooked through and tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Saute garlic for 1 minute or less until just turning brown. Quickly add black beans and then kale (dripping with water from when you rinsed it). Stir once and cover and cook for 2 minutes. Stir and cook until kale is tender and cooked down. Add 1/2 tsp cumin. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Heat tortillas in a toaster oven. Top each tortilla with about 1/4 cup kale mixture, followed by 1/4 cup sweet potato mixture, guacamole, sour cream and cheddar cheese.
Looks great! Using kale in this really caught our eye – we love kale. And it’d be easy enough to make it vegan with some Daiya “cheese” and just skip the sour cream. My tiny, plastic co-writers are already licking their chops. Thanks for posting.
Agreed, I wouldn’t have thought of the Kale. It made my lunch delicious
Yum! You’ve got a lot of my favorite ingredients in here, but I’ve never thought of putting them together for a fajita. Awesome idea!
This is a great way to put that Kale to use! thank you for sharing this recipe!
those look fabulous I LOVE guacamole!
Thanks for the feedback. They are super easy to make. I was inspired by a refrigerator full of random leftover CSA veggies: tons of kale and sweet potatoes. As a native Texan, I find that tex-mex food is very forgiving. You can usually create tacos, quesadillas, fajitas, or enchiladas with any combination of vegetables. This recipe is especially versatile because you can easily remove the sour cream to make it vegan, or add grilled chicken, cheese etc. for a rather hefty fajita! You might be interested in some of my other tex-mex creations: https://cultivatingsustainability.com/2009/10/01/roastedvegetableenchiladas/, https://cultivatingsustainability.com/2009/11/02/sweet-potato-quesadillas/, and https://cultivatingsustainability.com/2010/06/26/mexicanpizza-garliccurls-summersquash/.
wow, looks great! love sweet potatoes, kale and mexican – so will definitely have to try this one out.. thanks for sharing & will definitely check out your site regularly!
Oh yum, that sounds really really nice! It really shows that you can put anything you like in fajitas! Maybe I’ll use the same principle soon enough.
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This looks great, how many servings did you get?
About 6. But it all depends on how much filling you put in each tortilla.
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that looks really good. what a fun way to use kale! 🙂
Oooh, these look great. I think they will be on the menu for me this week 🙂
love this….
These look awesome. Definitely want to add them to our taco/burrito/fajita rotation. 🙂
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I was going to make garbanzo bean tacos tonight but I had garbanzo beans at lunch today so I was looking for something new. This has all the ingredients that I already have! Can’t wait to try it tonight! Thanks!
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I made these last night and they were delicious! I added 1 more can of beans to the recipe. But other than that it was wonderful! Thanks!
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