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Loaded Black Bean Sweet Potatoes

Baked sweet potatoes split and topped with spiced black beans, corn, and avocado.

Loaded Black Bean Sweet Potatoes, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
60 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$8.07

Ingredients

  • 3 lb sweet potatoes
  • 30 oz canned black beans
  • 8 oz frozen sweet corn
  • 2 avocado
  • 2 lime
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 1/2 tsp chili powder
  • 1 red onion
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro(optional)

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 425F. Prick the sweet potatoes all over, rub with 1 tablespoon oil, and bake on a sheet pan 45 to 50 minutes until completely soft.

  2. Cook the diced red onion in the remaining oil over medium for 5 minutes.

  3. Add the drained beans, the corn, the cumin, the chili powder, and the salt. Cook 6 minutes, mashing lightly.

  4. Stir in the juice of one lime.

  5. Split the potatoes open and fluff the insides with a fork.

  6. Pile in the bean mixture and top with sliced avocado, cilantro, and the remaining lime.

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$32.29$8.0710 of 10 ingredients
United Kingdom£16.11£4.0310 of 10 ingredients
Australia$51.50$12.8810 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$50.38$12.6010 of 10 ingredients
Greece31,28 €7,82 €10 of 10 ingredients
Canada$66.56$16.6410 of 10 ingredients
Spain20,45 €5,11 €10 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$677.14$169.2910 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏٧٩٥٫٨٣ ج.م.‏‏١٩٨٫٩٦ ج.م.‏9 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 39,96€ 9,999 of 10 ingredients
Germany29,01 €7,25 €8 of 10 ingredients

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