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Black Bean and Sweet Potato Enchiladas

Rolled tortillas filled with roasted sweet potato and black beans under red sauce and cheese.

Black Bean and Sweet Potato Enchiladas, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
60 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$10.05

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 lb sweet potatoes
  • 30 oz canned black beans
  • 10 flour tortillas (taco size)
  • 15 oz canned red enchilada sauce
  • 8 oz shredded mexican cheese blend
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 1/2 tsp chili powder
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro(optional)

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 400F. Peel and dice the sweet potatoes, toss with 1 tablespoon oil and salt, and roast 20 minutes until tender.

  2. Cook the diced onion in the remaining oil for 5 minutes, then add the cumin and chili powder for 1 minute.

  3. Mash together the roasted sweet potato, the drained beans, and the onion mixture, leaving plenty of texture.

  4. Spread a little enchilada sauce in a baking dish. Fill each tortilla with the mixture, roll, and place seam side down.

  5. Pour the remaining sauce over the top and scatter with the cheese.

  6. Bake 20 minutes until melted and bubbling. Finish with cilantro.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United States$40.21$10.059 of 10 ingredients
United Kingdom£24.88£6.229 of 10 ingredients
Australia$61.80$15.459 of 10 ingredients
Canada$117.44$29.369 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$62.22$15.568 of 10 ingredients
Greece24,76 €6,19 €7 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏٦٥٧٫٢٨ ج.م.‏‏١٦٤٫٣٢ ج.م.‏7 of 10 ingredients
Spain19,88 €4,97 €7 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$702.19$175.557 of 10 ingredients
Germany24,40 €*6,10 €5 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 20,10*€ 5,035 of 10 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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