Hot Honey Beef & Cottage Cheese Sweet Potato Boats
Baked sweet potatoes filled with seasoned lean ground beef, cottage cheese, avocado, and a drizzle of hot honey.
Hot Honey Beef & Cottage Cheese Sweet Potato Boats
Baked sweet potatoes filled with seasoned lean ground beef, cottage cheese, avocado, and a drizzle of hot honey.
- Oven
- 400°F
- Oven
- 200°C
Ingredients
- 2 small sweet potatoes
- 6 ounces lean ground beef, about 170 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder or smoked paprika
- 2/3 cup cottage cheese
- 1/2 ripe avocado, sliced
- 2 to 3 teaspoons hot honey, or honey with chili flakes
- To taste black pepper
- extra chili flakes (optional)
Instructions
Heat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
Bake the sweet potatoes for 40–50 minutes, until very tender.
Brown the ground beef in a pan with the salt and chili powder or smoked paprika, breaking it into small pieces as it cooks. Cook the ground beef until it reaches 160°F (71°C), verified with a food thermometer.
Split each cooked sweet potato and fluff the inside with a fork.
Season the inside lightly with black pepper and, if wanted, a small additional pinch of salt.
Spoon the hot beef into the sweet potatoes.
Add cottage cheese.
Add the avocado slices.
Drizzle with hot honey.
Finish with black pepper or optional chili flakes.
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