Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes With Ham

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 large sweet potatoes
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 3 tablespoons diced onion
• 3 tablespoons diced red bell pepper
• 1 cup diced smoked ham
• 2/3 cup crushed pineapple, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon chipotle chile powder, or to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 25 mins


• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c).
• bake sweet potatoes in the preheated oven until softened, about 1 hour.
• heat canola oil in a skillet over medium heat; saute onion and red bell pepper until just softened, about 5 minutes. add ham, 1/2 the pineapple, and chipotle powder; saute over low heat until heated through, about 5 more minutes.
• cut sweet potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out the insides, leaving a thin shell. blend sweet potatoes in a blender or mash in a bowl with a potato masher. stir the remaining pineapple, nutmeg, and cinnamon into mashed sweet potatoes.
• return mashed sweet potato mixture to the shells and top each with ham mixture.