Moroccan Bean Bites
Whether you making the bean bites for the big football game or bean patties for a meatless meal, this spiced up dish will get your taste buds tingling.
Serves: 7 (Serving= 4 bean bites and yogurt dip)
Ingredients
Bean Bites/Patties
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 2 – 15.8 ounce cans reduced sodium great northern beans (or any other beans), drained and rinsed
- 1/3 cup finely diced sweet onion
- ¼ cup flour of your choice
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon allspice
Spiced Yogurt Dip
- 1 teaspoon honey
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 individual size container of non-fat Greek plain yogurt
- Cooking spray
Directions
Bean bites:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Clean sweet potatoes thoroughly, pierce with fork all over and microwave for 6-7 minutes or until soft. Let cool and scrape out insides into medium bowl.
- Add beans, onion, flour and spices to bowl and mash well with fork or potato masher. Stir several times along with mashing in order to evenly combine spices.
- Form into 28 balls, place on sprayed baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Put toothpicks in after baking and let cool 5 minutes before serving.
Yogurt dip:
- Add honey and spices into yogurt container and stir well. Serve ~1 Tablespoon each with bean bites or patties.