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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Preparation:

50 min.

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Calories:

308

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Ingredients

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servings

large Sweet potato (scrubbed)

2 tablespoons

olive oil

onion (finely chopped)

1 clove

garlic (chopped)

4 rashers

Bacon (finely diced)

1 sprig

thyme (chopped)

Chives (chopped, for garnish)

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Preparation steps

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

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.

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.

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.

Health information

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Nutritions

1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)

Calorie	308 kcal	(15 %)
Protein	6.21 g	(6 %)
Fat	18.39 g	(16 %)
Carbohydrates	30.55 g	(20 %)
Sugar added	0 g	(0 %)
Roughage	4.71 g	(16 %)

more nutritions

Vitamin A	1,863.42 mg	(232,928 %)
Vitamin D	0.11 μg	(1 %)
Vitamin E	0.47 mg	(4 %)
Vitamin B₁	0.2 mg	(20 %)
Vitamin B₂	0.12 mg	(11 %)
Niacin	3.45 mg	(29 %)
Vitamin B₆	0.41 mg	(29 %)
Folate	24.87 μg	(8 %)
Pantothenic acid	1.26 mg	(21 %)
Biotin	1.88 μg	(4 %)
Vitamin B₁₂	0.14 μg	(5 %)
Vitamin C	8.83 mg	(9 %)
Potassium	564.52 mg	(14 %)
Calcium	55.59 mg	(6 %)
Magnesium	42.06 mg	(14 %)
Iron	1.15 mg	(8 %)
Iodine	0.75 μg	(0 %)
Zinc	0.82 mg	(10 %)
Saturated fatty acids	4.75 g
Cholesterol	18.71 mg