Sweet Potato And Chorizo Tacos

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 medium sweet potato, diced (1/2 inch cubes)
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 lb mexican chorizo sausage (removed from casing)
• 12 corn tortillas (6-inch diameter)
• 6 romaine lettuce leaves
• 1 lime, halved
• 2 ounces cotija cheese (or feta)
• 2 ripe avocados (firm)

Recipe

• 1 peel onion and sweet potato and dice into 1/2 inch cubes. heat oil in a large pan over medium heat. add onion, potato and salt and cook until onion begins to soften, about 2 minutes. reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and cook, stirring occasionally until potato is tender, 8 - 9 minutes.
• 2 increase heat to medium-high and add chorizo. cook, breaking up sausage with the back of a spoon until cooked through, 7 - 8 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile, heat tortillas in an oven or microwave, or char over an open flame until warmed and softened. wrap in foil or a clean kitchen towel to keep warm.
• 4 stack and thinly slice lettuce; combine in a bowl with juice of a lime half and cotija. halve, peel and pit and thinly slice avocados; put in another bowl and toss with juice from remaining lime juice.
• 5 spoon about 3 tablespoons chorizo-sweet potato mixture into each warm tortilla. divide lettuce and avocado among tacos.