Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Turkey, Caramelized Onions & Apple
Incredible stuffed sweet potatoes with lean ground turkey, caramelized onions & apple cooked with cozy flavors from cinnamon, nutmeg, and dark brown sugar. The perfect way to use leftover turkey and sweet potatoes!
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 4 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 pound extra lean ground turkey breast
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 white or yellow onion, sliced
- 1 large apple - peeled, cored, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
- 1 tsp sea salt
- Fresh ground black pepper
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 4 tablespoons sugar-free maple syrup, if desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F
- Wash the sweet potatoes. With a fork, poke each sweet potatoes a couple of times. Spray sweet potatoes with cooking spray and place on baking pan. Bake for about 45 minutes, or until a knife can be inserted into center.
- Meanwhile, in a skillet heat 1 tsp of olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions, sprinkle a bit of sea salt and pepper and cook until onions begin to soften about 6 minutes.
- Lower the heat just a tad and add the apple. Cook for about 8 minutes until apples become tender.
- Increase the heat to medium-high and cook until caramelized and a bit brown.
- Meanwhile in another medium pan, add 1 tsp of olive oil over medium heat. Add ground turkey breast, cinnamon, nutmeg, 1 tsp of sea salt and black pepper and cook until meat is no longer pink and juice are clear.
- Add the caramelized apples and onions and 1 tablespoon of dark brown sugar. Cover and reduce heat to low.
- After letting sweet potatoes cool a bit, slice down the middle and cut slits the opposite way. Push the potatoes open and stuff each with the turkey, apple & onion mix.
- Drizzle each with 1 tablespoon of sugar-free maple syrup if desired. Serves 4.