Skinnytaste > Recipes > Appetizers > Baked Sweet Potato Skins

Baked Sweet Potato Skins

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy.

These cheesy baked sweet potato skins are loaded with refried black beans, salsa and cheddar cheese. This easy sweet potato recipe needs just a few ingredients but it tastes SO good!

These cheesy baked sweet potato skins are loaded with fat free black refried beans, salsa and cheddar cheese. Just a few ingredients but they taste SO good!Baked Sweet Potato Skins

Baked Sweet Potato Skins are a healthy alternative to potato skins, perfect appetizer whether you’re watching the Super bowl or getting together with friends. So quick and easy to make, a few of my other favorite baked sweet potato recipes are Italian-Style Stuffed Sweet PotatoesSloppy Joe Baked Sweet Potatoes, and Mexican- Style Loaded Sweet Potato.

This potato skins recipe vegetarian and naturally gluten-free for those of you with dietary restrictions. To find smaller sweet potatoes like the ones used here, it’s best to buy them in a bag which usually come smaller than the ones sold single.

What to do with the scooped out potato?

Scooped sweet potato can be stored in an airtight container for 2-3 days. I like to mix it with just a smidge of butter, low-fat milk, salt and pepper and serve it alongside chicken breast.

These cheesy baked sweet potato skins are loaded with fat free black refried beans, salsa and cheddar cheese. Just a few ingredients but they taste SO good!

These cheesy baked sweet potato skins are loaded with fat free black refried beans, salsa and cheddar cheese. Just a few ingredients but they taste SO good!

More Sweet Potato Recipes You Will Love

Skinnytaste Simple promo banner

Baked Sweet Potato Skins

6
Cals:150.5
Protein:8
Carbs:25
Fat:6
These cheesy baked sweet potato skins are loaded with fat free black re-fried beans, salsa and cheddar cheese. Just a few ingredients but they taste SO good!
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
These cheesy baked sweet potato skins are loaded with fat free black refried beans, salsa and cheddar cheese. Just a few ingredients but they taste SO good!
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 50 minutes
Total: 1 hour
Yield: 6 servings
Serving Size: 2 loaded skins

Ingredients

  • 6 small sweet potatoes, about 2 ¼ pounds*
  • olive oil cooking spray
  • 1/2 tablespoon taco seasoning
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 cup fat free refried black beans
  • 3/4 cup salsa
  • 3/4 cup shredded reduced fat cheddar
  • 2 scallions, thinly sliced
  • 1 tablespoons chopped cilantro

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Adjust oven rack to center of oven.
  • Place whole sweet potatoes on a sheet pan covered in foil or parchment, poke each a few times with a fork. Bake until fork tender, 40-45 minutes.
  • Allow to cool for 10 minutes. Switch oven from bake to broil.
  • Meanwhile in a small bowl combine black beans with taco seasoning.
  • Cut sweet potatoes in half and carefully scoop out flesh with a metal spoon, leaving about ¼-inch of flesh intact.*
  • Place potatoes, skin side up back on the sheet pan, spray with olive oil, top with pinch salt and pepper, and broil for 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Remove skins from oven, turn over and fill each with black beans, 1 tbsp salsa and 1 tbsp cheese then return to oven to broil 2 minutes more.
  • Top with each skin with scallions and cilantro and eat right away.

Last Step:

Please leave a rating and comment letting us know how you liked this recipe! This helps our business to thrive and continue providing free, high-quality recipes for you.

Notes

* Weight of each skin after the potato is scooped out is about 1 1/2 ounces each.

Nutrition

Serving: 2 loaded skins, Calories: 150.5 kcal, Carbohydrates: 25 g, Protein: 8 g, Fat: 6 g, Saturated Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 6 mg, Sodium: 445 mg, Fiber: 5 g, Sugar: 6 g

Categories: