Black Bean Sweet Potato Enchiladas | A Simple Gluten-Free Option

If I’m planning ahead and going all-in for Tuesday’s Mexican dinner, I’m likely doing Black Bean Sweet Potato Enchiladas! Filled with creamy spiced sweet potatoes, black beans, and cheese, then topped with enchilada sauce and more cheese, these are absolutely delicious!

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How do I make enchiladas gluten-free?

The two things you need to pay attention to the labels on are the enchilada sauce and tortillas. Tortillas seem an obvious one to check and there are lots of gluten-free tortilla options out there. The most recent time I made these I used ones by Siete Foods made with cassava flour. They may crack a little but they just get covered in sauce and cheese so it doesn’t matter.

Enchilada sauce caught me off guard the first time I wanted to make these gluten-free. The only brand I could find in my regular grocery store that is gluten-free is Frontera. I prefer green enchilada sauce over red. And when I say prefer I mean that I never use red enchilada sauce, I just love the green flavor. All that to say you may be able to find a gluten-free red enchilada sauce more easily but I’m guessing you’ll have some trouble too.

When I see the sauce in the store, I’ll buy a couple of packets to have in the pantry so I’m ready to make these Black Bean Sweet Potato Enchiladas or this Black Bean Sweet Potato Mexican Bake.

Black Bean Sweet Potato Enchiladas Ingredients

• 10-12 tortillas (Gluten-free if needed); if using buritto size shells you’ll only need 6-8 depending on your pan size and how full you fill them
• 8 oz Green Enchilada Sauce (look for Gluten-free if needed; 8 oz is the minimum needed, more is fine); use red enchilada sauce if you prefer
• 2 cups shredded cheese or choice (Mexican blend, pepper jack, colby jack, would all work great)
• 1 can black beans (or 1.5 -2 cups cooked beans)
• 2 large or 3 medium sweet potatoes; cooked and mashed
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1/2 tsp salt

What supplies do I need?

• 9×13 baking dish
• Medium mixing bowl
• Aluminum foil or dish with glass lid
• Wooden spoon or rubber spatula

Black Bean Sweet Potato Enchiladas Instructions

This only takes 10 minutes to assemble, but that is assuming all the ingredients are ready ahead of time. Canned beans are quick and easy but if you want to save money and make a batch of delicious black beans from the dry beans check out my Quick and Easy Seasoned Black Beans | Instant Pot.

For the sweet potatoes, you can roast them in the oven or cook them quickly and speedily in the Instant Pot. Just put them whole in the Instant Pot, on top of the trivet, with about a cup of water on the bottom. The cooking time varies depending on size, but cook them from 10-15 minutes. Let them cool slightly then peel the skins right off them. Super easy!

Here we go

Now onto the actual Black Bean Sweet Potato Enchiladas recipe.

1. Preheat oven to 400
2. Drizzle a small amount of enchilada sauce on the bottom of your baking dish. This is to keep the enchiladas from sticking to the bottom.
3. In a medium bowl mix together mashed sweet potatoes, black beans, spices, salt, 1 cup of cheese, and roughly 1/3 to 1/2 cup of the enchilada sauce. (Taste the mixture for flavor. If you have a larger amount of sauce then feel free to add more. You can also add more spices if you prefer or regular salsa.)
4. Fill tortillas with roughly 1/3 cup of the mixture each. I just use a rubber spatula and put 1-2 dollops into each shell depending on the size of the shell. Roll it up and place it seam side down in the dish. Line rolled tortillas until you fill the dish.
5. Drizzle the remaining enchilada sauce on top of the filled shells and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
6. Cover with foil and bake 15 minutes covered, then uncover and back another 15 minutes.
7. Serve and garnish with minced cilantro

Other ideas:

If you want to make the filling go further, add corn, tomatoes, spinach or kale, bell pepper, or salsa to the filling.

Top with sliced avocado or guacamole.

Add a dollop of sour cream or plain greek yogurt on top.

Additional Recipes to Try:

• Quick and Easy Seasoned Black Beans | Instant Pot
• Black Bean Sweet Potato Mexican Bake

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