Mexican Sweet Potato Bowl with Cilantro-Lime Cream

This easy Mexican Sweet Potato Bowl features brown rice, hearty black beans, and colorful veggies. Then it's topped with a deliciously creamy cilantro-lime sauce! It's immensely satisfying and great for family dinners. (Vegan, gluten-free, oil-free.)

This Mexican-inspired sweet potato rice bowl is immensely satisfying and filled with plant-based goodness.

It features seasoned roasted sweet potatoes, fluffy brown rice, hearty black beans, and colorful veggies. Then it's topped with a creamy cilantro-lime sauce!

It's so great for a hearty lunch, dinner, or even meal prep. Plus it's a beautiful family-friendly meal that you can customize however you'd like!

Ingredients for Mexican Sweet Potato Bowl

For this recipe you will need:

• Brown rice: I use organic brown long-grain basmati rice, but use your own favorite. Use white rice, cauliflower rice, or this tasty Cilantro Lime Rice.
• Sweet potatoes: We'll dice these into medium chunks, toss them with warm spices, then roast in the oven until fork tender. (I roast mine without oil on a sheet of parchment paper, but feel free to drizzle your potatoes with a tablespoon of good quality extra virgin olive oil if preferred.)
• Black beans: Or you can substitute pinto beans or even vegan ground beef crumbles if desired.
• Green onion (scallion)
• Sweet corn: Most often I use canned organic corn for convenience. But you can use fire-roasted, frozen corn, or freshly cooked corn on the cob.
• Cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes: I like these because they are the most flavorful and sweet, but you can use roma tomatoes or other garden tomatoes if desired.
• Avocado
• Ground cumin
• Smoked paprika
• Cilantro-Lime Cashew Cream: For this simple blender sauce, you'll need raw cashews, dairy-free milk (or water), fresh cilantro, lime juice, and salt. (Plus you can add the optional jalapeno pepper for a little spice.) Feel free to make this ahead of time and store in the fridge until ready, because I find the flavors only enhance with time!

Customizing

Sauce: Instead of the homemade cashew cream, use your own favorite southwestern-style creamy dressing, Chipotle Crema, or simply top it with fresh guacamole and Blender Salsa!

Spices and seasoning: I flavor the roasted sweet potatoes with cumin and smoked paprika. However change it up with a Taco Seasoning mixture, chili powder, dried oregano, garlic powder, or your own favorite flavors.

Veggies: Stir in other vegetables to this bowl like red bell pepper, red onion, zucchini, yellow summer squash, etc.

Make it spicy: This sweet potato bowl is mild as written. For a little heat, roast your sweet potatoes with a pinch of dry chipotle powder, cayenne pepper, or simply top your bowl with hot sauce to taste.

Serving

Garnish with any extra toppings before serving! A few ideas include:

• Salsa or hot sauce
• Fresh cilantro
• Crumbled tortilla chips
• Loaded Guacamole
• Lime wedges
• Dairy-free sour cream
• Cashew Queso

Family-style meal: Rice bowls are a great family-style dinner! Simply set out all the prepared ingredients on the counter, then let everyone assemble their own bowl with the toppings they enjoy!

For more inspiration, also browse all black bean recipes or Mexican-inspired recipes.

If you're enjoying this Mexican-inspired Black Bean Sweet Potato Bowl recipe, also check out:

• Sweet Potato Quinoa Bowl
• Mexican Fiesta Baked Potato
• Black Bean Tacos with Avocado Cilantro Sauce
• Vegan Burrito Bowls with Creamy Chipotle Sauce

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