These smothered burritos are packed with roasted sweet potato, protein-rich kidney beans and deeply caramelized onion, then wrapped up and doused with enchilada sauce and hit with handfuls of vegan cheese. It’s pantry friendly, makes a ton and hits the spot on the chilly days as we transition from spring to summer over here in the Northeast US.
This is easy to make! Were going to start with cubing up some sweet potato.
Give it a roast for about 30 minutes, tossing halfway through or until the cubes are a little golden.
While your sweet potato is roasting, place your mandolined red onion into an oiled + hot cast iron pan.
Allow some color to develop for about 10 minutes, reduce the heat, and allow the color to deepen for about 10 minutes more.
Combine these two things with kidney beans, softened garlic and store-bought chipotle-style seitan or mexican chipotle-style vegan sausage.
Mix it up!
Next, fill and fold your burritos.
Load them into a casserole dish.
Smother with canned enchilada sauce.
Top with an inappropriate amount of vegan shreds.
Bake for about 45 minutes, or until cheese is fully melted and everything is bubbly.
Top with finely minced red onion and cilantro for some crunch and a little pop of color.
Sweet Potato and Kidney Bean Smothered Burritos
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 90 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 55 minutes
- Yield: 10 burritos 1x
Ingredients
for the filling
- 4–5 cups sweet potato, cut into small cubes (about 2 medium-sized sweet potatoes)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- a few pinches of pepper
- 1 tsp dried chili powder
- 1 tsp dried ground coriander
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 large or 3 small red onions, sliced on a mandoline
- 8 oz. chorizo-style seitan or Mexican chipotle vegan sausage links, finely chopped
- 1 19 oz. can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 6–10 cloves garlic, finely minced
for the burritos
- 10 large flour tortillas
- 1 19 oz. can enchilada sauce
- 8 oz. white vegan cheese shreds
serving suggestions
- chopped cilantro
- chopped tomato, iceberg lettuce
- vegan sour cream
- rice
Instructions
to prepare the filling
- Preheat oven to 450.
- In a large prep bowl, toss the sweet potato in the oil to coat, then season with the sale and pepper. Transfer to a baking sheet and bake for about 30 minutes, stirring around 3 or 4 times during baking promote even baking.
- Once the sweet potatoes are done, place them back into the large prep bowl and season with the chili, coriander and cumin. Set aside.
- To caramelize the onions, preheat a large cast iron over medium-high heat. Add in a couple tablespoons of olive oil and add in the onions. Allow to cook down for about 10 minutes, giving them a stir every now and then.
- Reduce heat to low, then allow them to cook down and deepen in color, about 10 minutes more. Add them to the prep bowl with the sweet potatoes.
- Give the seitan or vegan sausage a quick saute, then add to the prep bowl.
- Add the rinsed kidney beans to the bowl.
- Saute the garlic in a little olive oil in a cast iron pan until super soft and only slightly golden. Transfer to the prep bowl.
- Mix everything up gently. Set aside and allow to cool to room temp if prepping the burritos immediately. Otherwise, transfer to a container and refrigerate until you are ready to assemble and bake the burritos.
To make the burritos
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Add about 2/3 cup of the filling to the center of a flour tortilla. Fold in the ends, then roll the tortillas up tightly. Add to a slightly greased pyrex. I made 6, then saved the rest of the filling for eating later.
- Smother the tortillas with the enchilada sauce and top with the cheese.
- Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove the foil and bake for 15 minutes more.
- Allow to cool for a few minutes, then serve as desired.
Serve right away. These burritos can be easily reheated in the microwave or oven, and can be frozen for easy weeknight dinners later.
I cannot wait to make this. 6:40 in the morning and I want a burrito! You are good Erin!
Stay safe!!!
I hope you enjoy Deborah! Speaking from experience, I can say that these make a perfectly acceptable breakfast! 😉
These were sooooo good, I’m having trouble staying away from the dish even if I’m stuffed and the leftovers are meant for another meal. For some reason I’ve never made this kind of baked burrito/enchilada dishes before, but the recipe was just calling my name. I didn’t have ready made enchilada sauce so I used Cookie and Kate’s recipe, and it turned out delicious! Decided to do a little extra roasting as I had the oven on and now we have your cauliflower and mushroom curry waiting to be eaten tomorrow evening. Can’t wait!
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Jonna, I am so happy you loved the recipe, thanks for your kind feedback! I hope you enjoy the curry as well! xo
These were so good! I switched up some ingredients to use what I had on hand: chili spiced tempeh, black beans & salsa verde. This recipe is definitely a keeper! Thanks for a great photo that caught my eye & a great recipe!
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I’m so happy to hear that you were able to modify this based on what you already had. Thanks for the kind feedback, Leanne!
So. Good. I made these ovely burritos as written and used the enchelada sauce from Daring Gourmet to go with it, and this recipe was absolutely a hit! Thanks for sharing.
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I’m going to make the enchilada recipe on the weekend and was wondering what brand of vegan cheese shreds that you use. I want to follow the recipe as written. It sounds and looks delicious.
Hi Nancy, I used Violife brand shreds in this recipe … I hope you enjoy!
I made these for my non-vegan friends and everyone thought these were fab. The flavors complimented each other so well. We topped with a vegan lime cilantro crema.
Thanks for making and sharing with friends, Kristen. I love your idea of topping with a vegan crema!