Sweet Potato Noodles with Chorizo, Roasted Red Pepper, and Spinach

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Sweet Potato Noodles with Chorizo, Roasted Red Pepper, and Spinach | Get Inspired Everyday!

I don’t know why I don’t use chorizo more often. For some reason I forget about it for a while only to rediscover and fall in love with it all over again! The other day while I was doing the final recipe test for these noodles, I found myself incapable of staying out of the browned chorizo that was supposed to be set aside until the end of the cooking time.

I just kept stealing ‘just one more bite’ out of the bowl, and finally I had to take it to another room altogether until I was ready to add it back into the pan. Talk about a lack of willpower… but I prefer to blame it on the inherent tastiness of chorizo.

Anyways the point is that chorizo is sort of like bacon in that it makes everything it touches taste amazing. And sweet potatoes with their comforting sweetness are perfect with the slight spiciness of the sausage. Then you add in some savory additions like roasted red pepper, spinach, and chopped fresh thyme, and what you have is my new favorite veggie noodle recipe, (which I’ve been eating for breakfast, lunch, and dinner lately).

Sweet Potato Noodles with Chorizo, Roasted Red Pepper, and Spinach | Get Inspired Everyday!

Sweet Potato Noodles with Chorizo, Roasted Red Pepper, and Spinach | Get Inspired Everyday!

This recipe comes together in 2 easy parts: first the sweet potatoes roast away in the oven…

Sweet Potato Noodles with Chorizo, Roasted Red Pepper, and Spinach | Get Inspired Everyday!

… and meanwhile you brown the chorizo and make the extra veggies on the stove top.

Sweet Potato Noodles with Chorizo, Roasted Red Pepper, and Spinach | Get Inspired Everyday!

After the chorizo is cooked, you remove it from the pan and sauté the onions.

Sweet Potato Noodles with Chorizo, Roasted Red Pepper, and Spinach | Get Inspired Everyday!

Finally you add in some roasted red peppers and spinach to cook until just barely wilted (and of course you add the sausage back to the pan to rewarm assuming you haven’t eaten half of it like some people…).

Sweet Potato Noodles with Chorizo, Roasted Red Pepper, and Spinach | Get Inspired Everyday!

When the sweet potato noodles come out of the oven, you toss the 2 mixtures together and serve.

Sweet Potato Noodles with Chorizo, Roasted Red Pepper, and Spinach | Get Inspired Everyday!

Sweet Potato Noodles with Chorizo, Roasted Red Pepper, and Spinach | Get Inspired Everyday!

And just a note about cooking sweet potato noodles:

  1. To get sweet potato noodles that don’t fall apart too much, you have to undercook them slightly to an al dente type texture which I’ve found to be around 8-10 minutes.
  2. If you prefer your noodles softer, 12-15 minutes gives you nice and soft sweet potato noodles, but they do tend to fall apart on the plate.

Either way you cook them, they’re going to be great, and I hope you enjoy my new favorite recipe!

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Sweet Potato Noodles with Chorizo, Roasted Red Pepper, and Spinach | Get Inspired Everyday!

Sweet Potato Noodles with Chorizo, Roasted Red Pepper, and Spinach


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Ingredients

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Sweet Potato Noodles:

  • 3 sweet potatoes, 2 1/2 pounds, peeled
  • 2 Teaspoons smoked paprika
  • 1 Teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil

Chorizo Veggie Mixture:

  • 1 pound ground chorizo sausage
  • 1 large onion, 1 pound, diced 1/2″
  • 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh thyme, or 1 Teaspoon dried
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 2 roasted red peppers, 8 ounces, see notes
  • 6 cups baby spinach, 6 ounces, roughly chopped
  • Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 450ºF and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Cut the sweet potatoes in half widthwise and spiralize each piece through a spiralizer with the smallest blade, (3mm on the Paderno) to make noodles. Place the noodles on the lined baking sheet, and toss them with the smoked paprika, sea salt, and olive oil. Set the noodles aside.
  3. Next, sauté the chorizo sausage in a large 10″ cast iron skillet over high heat until browned and fully cooked through. Remove the sausage from the pan and lower the heat to medium. If there’s not enough leftover oil from the sausage, add a small amount of olive oil along with the diced onions. Cook over medium heat until the onions soften and start to brown, 6-8 minutes. If at any point you notice the bottom of the pan getting too brown, add 1-2 Tablespoons of water to loosen the browned bits on the bottom so they don’t burn.
  4. While the onions are cooking, place the noodles in the oven to bake. For al dente noodles with a bit of bite, they’ll take between 8-10 minutes, or for fully cooked soft noodles, 12-15 minutes.
  5. When the onions are done, add the thyme, garlic, roasted red pepper, spinach, and the browned sausage. Cook just until the spinach softens and everything is heated through. Then remove the pan from the heat to toss with the roasted sweet potato noodles. Season to taste with sea salt and pepper.
  6. Serve immediately.
  7. If you have any leftovers, the noodles do fall apart when reheated, but the flavor is really good.

Notes

You can sub in a diced fresh bell pepper for the roasted red bell pepper, just add the pepper in with the onions so that it has enough time to fully cook.

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins

 

18 thoughts on “Sweet Potato Noodles with Chorizo, Roasted Red Pepper, and Spinach”

    • I use the Mulays brand because it’s one of the better quality sausages we have available here locally.

      https://mulayssausage.com/

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    • I don’t know what the calorie count is, but you can find out the calories per serving if you’d like with an online nutrition calculator, and I’ll leave you a link below. I sure hope you enjoy the recipe, and be sure to let me know if you have anymore questions! 🙂

      https://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp

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  1. I came across this recipe by way of Pintrest. I made it this evening for my husband and I and WOW! I’m not going to lie, I thought it looked nice but wasn’t sure it would satisfy, but it was absolutely delicious!! My husband I both agreed that this can go our menu again. Thank you for sharing it!






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    • I find myself skeptical sometimes too wondering if a veggie packed recipe could really be satisfying as a meal, but I’m always pleasantly surprised. Especially with sweet potato noodles, something about them is so perfect for dinner, and they really help me curb my sweet tooth as well.

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  2. You do the most wonderful recipes with red peppers! Oh yum and more yum. And those sweet potato noodles, wow. I have yet to try that although I love zucchini noodles so I’m sure I’ll love them too.

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