This healthy sweet potato taco recipe is filled with protein, low in carbs, and so tasty. It’s easy to make with ingredients you likely already have at home, and it’s absolutely delicious!

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Sweet potato tacos stuffed with seasoned beef and topped with tomatoes, cheese, avocado, and sour cream

I love finding ways to make my favorite comfort foods healthier, and these sweet potato tacos are a perfect example. If you know me, you already know how much I love Mexican food; my family even teases me about it, as I mention in my Pulled Chicken Tacos recipe.

Whenever I’m craving tacos but still want to stick to a low-carb, high-protein diet, these are my go-to. Sometimes, I make them in a bowl form by dicing and roasting sweet potatoes, then topping them with taco fillings. But honestly, stuffing the potato just looks so much better and tastes amazing (and you get to skip the part where you need to dice a sweet potato, these things are not easy to dice!).

Healthy sweet potato tacos recipe with toppings and ground beef.

Ingredients to make Sweet Potato Tacos:

Sweet Potatoes (Check out How To Bake Sweet Potatoes in The Oven)
Ground Beef
Onion
Tomato Paste
Olive Oil or Butter (or both)
Salt & Pepper
Paprika powder, Onion powder, and Garlic powder (you can also replace these spices with taco seasoning)

For the toppings I used:

Shredded Cheese
Tomatoes
Sour Cream
Mashed Avocados (Avocado, lemon juice, salt & pepper)
Butter + salt (optional)
Cilantro (optional)

Measurements are posted in the recipe card below the instructions.

Steps to Make Healthy Tacos with Sweet Potatoes

Bake the sweet potato at 428°F (220°C) for 40 minutes to 1 hour until tender. You can check “How To Bake Sweet Potatoes in The Oven” for all the info.
Meanwhile, on medium heat, add butter or olive oil in a pan (you can use a combination of both too), add diced onions, and cook until golden.
When onions are slightly golden, stir in tomato paste and mix well.

Onions sautéed in butter and olive oil with tomato paste

Add the ground beef to the pan with the onions and tomato paste. Sprinkle in salt, pepper, paprika, onion powder, and olive powder. You can definitely replace the spices with taco seasonings as well!
Mix everything together, stir occasionally until the meat is cooked and well seasoned.

Ground beef cooking in a pan with taco spices and seasonings.

Once the sweet potato is cooked, carefully remove it from the oven; be careful not to burn your hands!
Cut it open and gently mash the inside with a fork. I like to add a teaspoon of butter and a pinch of salt to make it creamy, but you can also add black pepper or skip the seasoning and butter altogether if you prefer.
Mash until smooth and fluffy.

baked sweet potato mashed with butter and salt

Add the seasoned beet.
Add shredded cheese. After this step, you can pop it in the microwave to melt the cheese or even back to the oven for a few minutes.
Proceed by adding whatever toppings you want!

baked sweet potato filled with taco filling and topped with cheese

For the toppings, I added some diced tomatoes, sour cream (you can also add plain greek yogurt if you want), and some mashed avocados. To make my mashed avocados, I use about 1 ripe avocado, a pinch of salt and pepper, and a tsp or 2 of lemon juice; it’s super easy, you can also add hot sauve to it if you want a spicy kick!

And finally I added some chopped cilantro, let’s be honest these were mostly for the picture 😄 but it goes so well with this of course; and limes, you squeeze some lime juice on the potatoes when served and it’s really good!