Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Curried Chickpeas and Mushrooms

A hearty vegetarian meal featuring roasted sweet potatoes topped with curry-spiced chickpeas, mushrooms, and wilted spinach, finished with a zesty cilantro-lime yogurt sauce. Perfect for a nutritious and filling dinner.

4 servings
50 min

Ingredients

  • 2 cans chickpeas
  • 8 ounces button mushrooms
  • 2 teaspoons curry powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • 5 tablespoons olive oil
  • teaspoons kosher salt
  • 4 medium sweet potatoes
  • 5 ounces baby spinach
  • 2 whole limes
  • ½ cup Greek yogurt
  • ½ cup cilantro
  • to taste cilantro leaves

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Preheat oven to 450°F. Toss chickpeas, mushrooms, curry powder, cumin, 2 Tbsp. oil, and 3/4 tsp. salt on a rimmed baking sheet. Divide mushrooms and chickpeas into separate piles and spread in a single layer.

    5 min

  2. 2.

    Cut potatoes in half lengthwise. Rub with 1 Tbsp. oil and 1/2 tsp. salt and transfer cut side down to another rimmed baking sheet.

    5 min

  3. 3.

    Roast vegetables and potatoes, rotating pans halfway through and arranging spinach over vegetables during the last 2 minutes of cooking, until chickpeas are golden brown and crisp and potatoes are fork-tender, about 25 minutes.

    25 min

  4. 4.

    Meanwhile, juice limes to yield 6 Tbsp. juice. Blend yogurt, 4 Tbsp. lime juice, and 1/2 cup chopped cilantro in a blender until smooth.

    5 min

  5. 5.

    Transfer spinach, mushrooms, and chickpeas to separate bowls. Transfer potatoes to a serving platter. Using the back of a spoon, gently push down in center of potato halves to create a divot.

    5 min

  6. 6.

    Spoon vegetables into divots, then top with yogurt sauce and cilantro leaves.

    5 min

  7. 7.

    Potatoes, chickpeas, and mushrooms can be cooked 3 days ahead; store separately, cover, and chill. Reheat in oven before serving.