Healthy Recipes Ingredients Healthy Vegetable Recipes Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes Eva Longoria’s 5-Ingredient Loaded Sweet Potatoes 5.0 (1) 1 Review Sweet potatoes, or camote, are very popular in Mexican cuisine, but I didn’t grow up eating a lot of them. As a Texan, I did grow up eating loaded baked potatoes—roasted russets cut open and slathered with butter and then stuffed with sour cream, crispy bacon, yellow Cheddar cheese and chives. It turns out they’re even more delicious with camote! Something about the combo of salty bacon and slightly sweet potato is just so good. I like to serve these whole with bowls of all the fixings on the table, letting everyone slice their own little pocket and fill it with the perfect amount of butter, stringy quesillo cheese, bacon, crema and scallion. By Eva Longoria Eva Longoria Eva Longoria is an award-winning actor, director, producer and cookbook author. Her first cookbook, Eva’s Kitchen, was a New York Times bestseller. She recently published her second cookbook, My Mexican Kitchen. She also hosts a culinary podcast, Hungry for History. EatingWell's Editorial Guidelines Published on October 29, 2024 Tested by Hilary Meyer Tested by Hilary Meyer Hilary Meyer is a freelance recipe developer, tester and content creator. After graduating from culinary school, she started working as a freelancer in the EatingWell Test Kitchen in 2006, developing and testing recipes. Meet the EatingWell Test Kitchen Reviewed by Dietitian Emily Lachtrupp, M.S., RD Reviewed by Dietitian Emily Lachtrupp, M.S., RD Emily Lachtrupp is a registered dietitian experienced in nutritional counseling, recipe analysis and meal plans. She's worked with clients who struggle with diabetes, weight loss, digestive issues and more. In her spare time, you can find her enjoying all that Vermont has to offer with her family and her dog, Winston. EatingWell's Editorial Guidelines Save Rate PRINT Share Close Photo: Photographs copyright 2024 by Matt Armendariz Active Time: 20 mins Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Servings: 4 Nutrition Profile: No Added Sugar Sesame-Free Nut-Free Soy-Free Egg-Free Gluten-Free Jump to Nutrition Facts Reprinted with permission from My Mexican Kitchen: 100 Recipes Rich with Tradition, Flavor, and Spice by Eva Longoria, copyright © 2024. Published by Clarkson Potter Publishers, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Cook Mode (Keep screen awake) Ingredients 4 large sweet potatoes 6 slices bacon 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 scallions, white and light-green parts only, thinly sliced ½ cup freshly grated quesillo (Oaxaca cheese), Monterey Jack, mozzarella, or queso fresco ½ cup Mexican crema Directions Preheat the oven to 400℉. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scrub, dry, and poke the sweet potatoes all over with a fork. Place on the lined baking sheet and bake until tender when pierced with a knife, 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes. Meanwhile, line a plate with paper towels and set near the stove. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the bacon (try to get it in a single layer but it’s okay if the pieces overlap a bit … they will shrink as they cook) and fry, flipping as needed, until nice and crispy, 10 to 15 minutes. Use tongs to transfer to the paper towels to drain. When cool, either crumble with your fingers or roughly chop with a knife. Remove the potatoes from the oven, cut a slit about halfway down the center (unless you want to have people cut them open at the table like we used to do!) and serve with the butter, scallions, bacon, cheese and crema on the side. EatingWell.com, October 2024 Rate It Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 549 Calories 41g Fat 34g Carbs 12g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 4 Serving Size 1 potato Calories 549 % Daily Value * Total Carbohydrate 34g 12% Dietary Fiber 5g 18% Total Sugars 9g Protein 12g 25% Total Fat 41g 52% Saturated Fat 20g 102% Cholesterol 96mg 32% Vitamin A 1408µg Vitamin C 10mg 11% Vitamin D 0µg Vitamin E 1mg 9% Folate 25µg Vitamin K 21µg Sodium 603mg 26% Calcium 191mg 15% Iron 1mg 8% Magnesium 53mg 13% Potassium 724mg 15% Zinc 2mg 14% Vitamin B12 0µg Omega 3 0g Nutrition information is calculated by a registered dietitian using an ingredient database but should be considered an estimate. * Daily Values (DVs) are the recommended amounts of nutrients to consume each day. Percent Daily Value (%DV) found on nutrition labels tells you how much a serving of a particular food or recipe contributes to each of those total recommended amounts. Per the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the daily value is based on a standard 2,000 calorie diet. Depending on your calorie needs or if you have a health condition, you may need more or less of particular nutrients. (For example, it’s recommended that people following a heart-healthy diet eat less sodium on a daily basis compared to those following a standard diet.) (-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a special diet for medical reasons, be sure to consult with your primary care provider or a registered dietitian to better understand your personal nutrition needs.