Baked Sweet Potatoes with Chickpeas, Chorizo and Feta-Yogurt

Baked Sweet Potatoes with Chickpeas, Chorizo and Feta-Yogurt

A colorful tray of sweet potatoes, peppers and chickpeas, with some spicy chorizo and a creamy feta-yogurt sauce. The vegetables and legumes are the focus; the sausage is just a small addition.

By yumbelo · 2 servings · 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 400 g Sweet potatoes
  • 250 g Chickpeas (canned, drained)
  • 1 pc red bell pepper
  • 1 pc red onion
  • 60 g chorizo
  • 2 pc garlic cloves
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika powder
  • 1 tsp cumin, ground
  • 150 g Greek yogurt
  • 60 g feta
  • 1 pc organic lemon
  • 0.5 bunch flat-leaf parsley
  • salt
  • pepper

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C, top and bottom heat.
  2. Wash the sweet potatoes and cut them into thin wedges. Remove the seeds from the pepper and cut into strips, cut the onion into wedges. Finely chop the garlic.
  3. Toss the sweet potatoes, pepper and onion in a bowl with 2 tbsp olive oil, paprika powder, cumin, garlic, salt and pepper until well coated, then spread them on a baking sheet.
  4. Roast the tray in the oven for about 20 minutes, until the sweet potatoes are almost tender.
  5. Drain the chickpeas, rinse them under cold water and pat them dry. Cut the chorizo into slices and add them to the tray with the chickpeas.
  6. Bake for another 15 to 20 minutes, until the chorizo is slightly crispy and the vegetables have roasted flavor.
  7. Stir the yogurt together with the crumbled feta, the lemon zest, a little lemon juice, salt and pepper.
  8. Finely chop the parsley. Take the tray out of the oven, sprinkle with parsley and serve with the feta-yogurt sauce.

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