Baked Beans with Sweet Potatoes and Crispy Kale
A sweet, savory, and healthy dish. Perfect for a main dish or a side dish. The beans and sweet potatoes are marinated in a delicious sweet sauce, and the kale is baked crispy which makes for some delicious bites. #veganbakedbeans #vegansweetpotatoes #crispykale
Servings: 4
Equipment
- baking dish
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 2 cups kale (measured after squeezing/massaging for ~1 minute)
- 30 oz canned pinto beans
- ¼ cup barbecue sauce
Sauce
- ½ cup organic brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- ½ tsp salt (plus more to taste)
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground mustard
- 1 pinch cayenne powder
Drizzle on top
- salt & pepper (to taste)
- 1 Tbsp oil (optional)
Instructions
- Wash and pierce sweet potatoes ~5 times. Then microwave for 4 minutes (for very large sweet potatoes. If your potatoes are smaller microwave for less time).
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- In a medium bowl stir together the sauce ingredients.
- Dice the sweet potatoes however you like. Add them to a large baking dish.
- Drain and rinse the beans, and add them to the baking dish.
- Drizzle the sauce mixture onto the sweet potatoes and beans.
- Brush the barbecue sauce on top of the sweet potatoes and beans.
- Massage and squeeze the kale for about 1 minute, and add it on top of the potatoes and beans.
- Drizzle about 1T of oil (if using) onto the kale. Sprinkle salt & pepper on the top.
- Bake at 400°F for 45 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are the perfect texture for your liking.