This sweet potato fajitas meal prep recipe couldn't be easier! Cook the seasoned veggies on a sheet pan and serve with rice and guacamole for a balanced, filling meal.
Do you see what's going on here? Sweet potato fajitas. We're talking bell peppers and onions AND sweet potato all seasoned up fajita-style for some seriously flavorful meal prep. 💥 💥 💥
Considering 5 out of the top 10 most popular recipes we've ever shared here on The Fitchen are "sweet potato" recipes, I have a feeling you guys are gonna go bonkers for this meal prep idea. 😘
For the record, I'm right there with you – I consider sweet potatoes to be their own food group. I also think sweet potatoes are ideal for meal prep because they stay fresh-tasting in the fridge and they don't taste weird if you eat them cold.
It seems like I say this a lot, but that's because it's a huge thing we factor into making recipes for you guys – this meal prep recipe is EASY. You just chop the vegetables, spread them onto a sheet pan + season them, bake them while your rice is cooking, and then you're done.
It's also totally customizable. 🙌 You could easily roast up some tofu, shrimp, or chicken to add a protein boost. If you don't like bell peppers or onions, you can leave them out and roast brussels sprouts, green beans, asparagus, cauliflower, broccoli, or whatever your heart desires!
Sometimes I whip up some guacamole. Sometimes I top with salsa verde or pico de gallo. Sometimes I wrap it all up in a soft tortilla. Sometimes I add black beans to the rice. And sometimes I squeeze lime over top because why not?
It's your meal prep party. You can do what you want to. 🙌 Speaking of meal prep, you can find tons of options in the meal prep section of the blog!
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Sweet Potato Fajitas Meal Prep
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 3-4 bowls 1x
Description
This sweet potato fajitas meal prep recipe couldn't be easier! Cook the seasoned veggies on a sheet pan and serve with rice and guacamole for a balanced, filling meal.
Ingredients
- 5 cups sweet potato, chopped into "fry" shape
- 1 red onion, sliced
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 red bell pepper
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon chipotle powder
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 cups cooked brown rice (or quinoa!)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, combine salt, paprika, pepper, chipotle, cumin, cayenne, and garlic powder. Stir together.
- Spread sweet potatoes on sheet pan and drizzle with 2 Tablespoons of oil. Sprinkle half of the seasoning over them and mix them up to coat evenly.
- On the second sheet pan, spread bell peppers and onion. Drizzle with remaining oil and sprinkle the other half of the seasoning. Mix to coat evenly.
- Place the sweet potatoes into the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Then place the bell pepper + onion sheet pan into the oven and continue baking for 30 minutes. Remove both pans at the halfway mark to stir for even baking.
- While the veggies are baking, you have just enough time to make your brown rice or quinoa or other grain of choice! (We cooked brown rice in our Instant Pot.)
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Category: Mains
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 376
- Sodium: 530 mg
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Carbohydrates: 60 g
- Fiber: 9 g
- Protein: 6 g
seems delicious :3 is the nutritional info for 3 or 4 servings?
I'm in love with this.
Yay! I'm so glad you liked this recipe!
Love this recipe!! Super quick and easy to make and you have a super tasty meal prep for the week! I added quinoa and black beans and it was perfect!
Awesome! I'm so glad you like this recipe. :) I love serving it with quinoa too!
Great recipes and descriptions so glad I found this page!
Awwww thank you!! :)
I just made this and it’s delicious!! The only downside is, I didn’t have any chipotle seasoning on hand so I settled for cajun seasoning. It came out awesome
What are the nutrition facts for this recipe?
I'm so glad you liked it! I'm sure it was still tasty with cajun seasoning. :) I just updated the recipe to include nutritional facts!
Super tasty! I made quinoa and mixed black beans in as the side grain.
Ooooh good thinking! I love the idea of adding beans. :)
a great recipe to follow and delicious thanks to you for the info
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback!
What do you use for the "dish" to make/pack these???
I use Pyrex glass containers! Here's a link to my favorite – https://amzn.to/2Id0JLT.
These are some other options:
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How many sweet potato did you buy in order to use this recipe?
I used about 3 large sweet potatoes. In total, five cups of chopped sweet potato.
My husband and I absolutely love these fajitas! We usually eat it as dinner and I make extra for meal prepping because it’s that good. The seasoning combo is perfect and it’s, by far, the best i’ve ever had. Thanks for the recipe!!
Yay! I'm so glad you guys enjoy this recipe! Thanks for letting us know. :)
I used a white sweet potato because I had one on hand. The spice mix for this is perfect! The sweet potato fries my family wants me to make again to have with dinner. Easy and healthy. I figured the calories to be about 200 cal for the veggies if you divide into 5 servings. Then add the calories from whatever rice and quac you use.
Yum! I love white sweet potato too. I'm so glad your family all enjoys this recipe!
Will the guac last an entire week? Never considered guac when meal prepping. Looks delicious by the way!
I don't recommend making the guacamole more than a day or two ahead of time. I usually just mash some up quickly that morning and add it to my container!
Love this recipe!
Remixed it a little by adding brown sugar and agave to the potatoes before baking.
And topped my rice off with chile powder and a squeeze of like!
Yum! I love your modifications – glad you enjoyed!
I was a bit unsettled when my wife left for a meeting halfway through the prep stage (all the ingredients and spices) and expressed her extreme confidence in ME to finish this fajita recipe. But..LO AND BEHOLD! I got past my head voices and actually did a good job with all the directions! This meal is (at least for a novice like me) has a bigger bark than bite!
I just followed the directions as best I could, although two of the spices were not available. Before I knew it, the 2 cookie sheets were in the oven. It took me a couple moments to trust that the fries only needed 10 minutes to get completely done. But upon sampling, yep...they were good!
Thanks for this simple-but-tasty meal option!
--Signed The Reluctant Culinary Husband (LOL)
*clapping* Good job! I bet your wife was thoroughly impressed! I'm so glad you guys enjoyed! :)