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Bacon filled sweet potatoes

Name: Bacon filled sweet potatoes
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 large Sweet potato scrubbed; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 onion finely chopped; 1 clove garlic chopped; 4 rashers Bacon finely diced; 1 sprig thyme chopped; 12 Chives chopped, for garnish

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Difficulty:	easy
Preparation:	50 min
Ready in:	50 min

Vegetable

Nutrition

1 serving contains (Percentage of daily recommendation)

Calories	308 kcal	(15%)
Protein	6 g	(12%)
Fat	18 g	(23%)
Carbohydrates	31 g	(12%)
Added Sugar	0 g	(0%)
Roughage	5 g	(17%)
Vitamin A	1863.42 µg	(233%)
Vitamin D	0.11 µg	(2%)
Vitamin E	0.47 mg	(4%)
Vitamin B1	0.2 mg	(18%)
Vitamin B2	0.12 mg	(9%)
Niacin	3.45 mg	(22%)
Vitamin B6	0.41 mg	(29%)
Folate	24.87 µg	(12%)
Pantothenic Acid	1.26 mg	(21%)
Biotin	1.88 µg	(4%)
Vitamin B12	0.14 µg	(6%)
Vitamin C	8.83 mg	(11%)
Potassium	564.52 mg	(28%)
Calcium	55.59 mg	(7%)
Magnesium	42.06 mg	(11%)
Iron	1.15 mg	(8%)
Iodine	0.75 µg	(1%)
Zinc	0.82 mg	(8%)
Saturates	5 g
Uric Acid	0 g
Cholesterol	18.71 mg

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Ingredients

For servings

4	large Sweet potato scrubbed
2 tablespoons	olive oil
1	onions finely chopped
1 clove	garlic chopped
4 rashers	Bacon finely diced
1 sprig	thyme chopped
12	Chive chopped, for garnish

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50 min.

easy

Directions

1 Bring a large pan of salted water to a boil and cook the whole sweet potatoes for about 30 minutes or until softened.

2 Cut the sweet potatoes in half lengthways and scoop out some of the flesh, leaving a wall about 1 cm thick. Chop the scooped out flesh.

3 Heat the oven to 200ºC (180ºC fan) 400ºF, gas 6. Heat the oil in a pan and gently cook the onion until soft but not brown. Add the garlic and bacon and cook gently for 5 minutes.

4 Stir in the chopped potato and thyme, season with salt and pepper and pile the filling into the potato skins. place in an ovenproof dish and bake for 10 minutes. Serve garnished with chopped chives.

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