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I made this tonight and it was amazing! I also used your chicken meatball recipe and all the flavors went to well… and the sauce, wow!
Kelli
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In This Post: Everything You Need For Avocado Mojo Bowls
Lindsay’s Notes
Want to watch your family melt into a puddle of happiness? Make a pan of these sweet potato wedges.
Yes, the sauce, too. I am never not licking every last drop out of the jar.
But the fries, man. They are my husband, kids’, and office neighbors’ greatest joy right now. I swear I am never more loved than when I am pulling a pan of these out of the oven.
And they’re not wrong about the fries – they are strangely simple and just divine. But for me, it’s also about the layering here. Can we all agree that we should definitely be eating more meals where dipping things into a punchy green sauce is just BUILT RIGHT IN? This method of sauce-on-the-bottom will be my guiding light for bowl-building this summer.
You grab your cilantro, some vinegar, some garlic. You make a mojo-inspired sauce (with avocado! yum!) and you pour it on the plate. Yes. Sauce on plate. It’s fun.
Then: everything you love in the world gets piled right on top. You get the crispy bits from the roasted sweet potato, you get the golden brown caramelized spots on those yummy little meatballs that (if you’re me) you picked up at Costco thank you very much, and you swipe each bite generously through that electric sauce.
It’s a meal for flavor lovers, easy lovers, and sauce lovers. And luckily I am all three.
Watch How To Make These Mojo Bowls
Avocado Mojo Bowls with Sweet Potato
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Description
We are living our best bowl life this week. Seasoned sweet potato wedges and chicken meatballs or rotisserie chicken all piled onto a plate with a little puddle of punchy green avocado mojo sauce. Yes, wow, repeat.
Ingredients
Avocado Mojo Sauce:
- 1/3 cup avocado oil
- half an avocado
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/4 cup packed cilantro, leaves and stems
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 1/4 cup mayo (optional – this will make it creamier)
The Stuff for the Bowls:
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 1 red onion
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
- 2 tablespoons taco seasoning + a pinch of smoked paprika if you want
- protein of choice – I like the Amylu chicken meatballs or a hot, roasty rotisserie chicken
Instructions
- Sweet Potatoes: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Peel and cut the sweet potatoes – I like to cut them into wedges because they feel like thick, happy fries and my family loves them, but any shape will work. Place on a large baking sheet and toss with the oil and taco seasoning until coated.
- Onions: Peel the onion and cut it into thin wedges. Tuck them onto the baking sheet in and around the sweet potatoes.
- Roast: Transfer the whole pan to the oven and bake for a total of 35 minutes. I usually take them out at 20 minutes to flip the pieces and add my meatballs. *If using store bought pre-cooked meatballs, you can just scoot everything over and add your meatballs so they get those last 15 minutes of bake time.
- Sauce: While the sweet potatoes are roasting, blend up the sauce ingredients – I use my Ninja mini chopper (affiliate link). Taste, adjust, and set aside. (Or at least try. It’s so good.)
- Serve: Pour some sauce on a plate or bowl. Pile it up with meatballs, sweet potatoes, and onions. Total comfort food with saucy dipping built right in!
Notes
If you like more of a creamy sauce, you can add the mayo to it! Sauce will last for two days in the fridge.
As written, the sauce is not spicy but it would be really good with a jalapeño thrown in there.
If your taco seasoning does not have corn starch or corn flour listed in the ingredients, I would suggest adding just a light sprinkle (1 teaspoon) with the taco seasoning – this just helps the sweet potato fries develop that more crispy golden exterior.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Bowl
- Method: Roast
- Cuisine: Caribbean-Inspired
Keywords: mojo sauce, meatball recipe, avocado sauce
What Is Mojo?
Mojo refers to a sauce that is found in many cultures around the world – Puerto Rico, Canary Islands, Cuba, and the Caribbean. I first had it in Puerto Rico as a dipping sauce for fried plantains, but my understanding is that it’s often served with meat, like pork, to add a citrusy, vinegary flavor (and sometimes heat). You can read more about the roots and variations of mojo here.
Is It Spicy?
No, as written this one is not spicy. But if you WANT it to be spicy, it would be amazing with a jalapeño in there! I just keep it mild for my kids.
What Protein Is Best?
The two things I’ve been using are chicken meatballs or rotisserie chicken. I also served this with shredded pork once and really enjoyed it (but that makes it non-SOS because it takes a bit more time to make).
Meatballs: I’ve been kind of on a run with the Amylu chicken meatballs lately, and both the teriyaki pineapple and the mango jalapeño ones are delicious here. We also love the POY baked chicken meatballs, obviously!
Rotisserie Chicken: Needs no explanation. My family loves a juicy, roasty, piping-hot rotisserie chicken and SO DO I.
What Do You Use To Blend Up The Sauce?
I LOVE my Ninja mini chopper (affiliate link). It’s not meant for sauces necessarily, but I use it for all kinds of quick sauce blends – it’s so great. I’ve always been a die-hard food processor fan, and still am, but I would say 75% of the time I am reaching for this little guy when I just need to make a quick sauce!
How Can You Make This Dairy-Free and Gluten-Free?
It should be dairy-free and gluten-free as is!
Things to double-check: your taco seasoning and your meatballs or rotisserie chicken for any added dairy or gluten.
How Can You Make This Vegetarian?
Throw more veggies on the pan with those sweet potatoes and go for an all-veg lineup! Cauliflower, zucchini, mushrooms, bell peppers… so good!
For a veg protein, we really enjoy the ALDI meatless meatballs!
How Can You Add More Veggies To This?
I am never not going to try to influence you to make this simple green salad. It is my favorite add-a-veggie-to-a-meal solution.
More Delicious Recipes To Use Up Your Avocados
- Brussels and Kale Caesar with Cheezy Garlic Croutons (totally vegan)
- BBQ Salmon Bowls with Mango Avocado Salsa (a summer necessity)
- Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos with Avocado Crema (inspired by the best cauli wings at the St. Paul restaurant, J. Selby’s)
Perfect tasty easy meal. I added the suggested paprika to taco seasoning and it was delicious. The avocado sauce was very good. I made it with cottage cheese. I will enjoy left over sauce and meatballs with jalapeños tomorrow night!
👍🏻make again 😊
I unfortunately watched 6-7 ads while waiting for the recipe video. Ad after ad popped up but never the recipe video. Bummed! How can I watch it?
I wonder if I can freeze the sauce if I make a double batch?
The sauce doesn’t freeze well due to the avocado.
Delicious! I loved how simple this recipe was! Sometimes recipes have so many ingredients that need to be chopped, but this recipe was so quick! The sauce has such a great flavor and texture! Very sure that this recipe will be on repeat in our house!
Family of 4 (2 adults, 11yo, 13yo)- Loved it. I doubled the recipe, a n d wish I had 4x the sweet potatoes and onions. It all came together quickly- great for a weeknight meal!
This is one of my all time favorite meals. It’s easy,so flavorful and healthy! You just can’t go wrong!
Made this for dinner tonight, it was delicious! Definitely adding to the regular rotation!!
This meal was so amazing! The mojo sauce was addicting, even my 4 year old loved it! I also liked that it was a healthier meal. Can’t beat a tasty and healthy meal 🙂
This will be going on rotation for sure!
We LOVE this recipe! Both of our toddlers (2.5 and 4) gobble it up and it’s an easy, flexible weeknight dinner. We like making the mojo sauce with plain Greek yogurt in place of the mayo. We sometimes make just the sauce and use it for many other things – tacos, dip for veggies, etc.
10/10 recipe
Great idea to give a rotisserie chicken a little more pizazz! Delicious and easy!
I have made this twice now. Didn’t have avocado oil either time. Used neutral oil once. The other time I used olive oil, which I don’t recommend because its flavor is strong and overpowering to the rest of the ingredients.
Will pick up avocado oil on my next Costco trip!
This recipe was everything! I knew I would love it. The flavors were my jam but my husband wasn’t too sure….needless to say, he too loved it, and yes, we are having it again tonight and it will go into regular rotation. Thank you!
We made this for dinner tonight with your baked chicken meat balls and it was delish! The yams, the sauce and the chicken balls were all a hit. My 13 year old son said definitely a keeper! thank you!
Seriously one of my favorite go to easy recipes! The sauce has me hooked.
Sauce is delicious! Great recipe. I had mine with chicken. Super easy to make. Will definitely cook this again
soooo yummy! I used a little greek yogurt instead of mayo and it turned out great.
Where is the recipe mentioned twice in the recipe description for amylu chicken meatballs? I’ve searched the site and it’s not coming up.
Hi Malika! Amylu is the brand of chicken meatballs we like! Here’s the link!
This was delicious! I doubled the sauce because I knew I was going to love it, and I’m so glad I did! I could drink it, it’s so good!
oops forgot the rating! 5 stars for sure!
Made this with rotisserie chicken (as she recommended on tiktok) and it was so delicious and sooo easy. My husband and I loved it and it will definitely be in our regular dinner rotation.
So good and easy! We were able to get it whipped up and out of the oven before swim practice tonight. I’m going to need to make more of that sauce, though!!
Oh. My. Goodness. This is my new favorite thing. I could swim in the mojo sauce.
Omg! This was out-of-this-world delicious! Made it with rotisserie chicken pieces. I used non-stick sheet pan but I think nonstick would give it a better char. Squeezing a bit of lime on a spoonful of chicken, mojo sauce, sweet potatoes and caramelized onion finishes it off nicely. My partner piled it all on a flour tortilla then added in diced white onions, cilantro and a splash of lime, voila! Thanks for another dinner hit!
So good! I used mango chicken sausage for the meat and also added some Rancho Gordo pintos. That sauce is awesome!!
Made the mojo sauce to go in salmon tacos (using air fryer salmon recipe)! It was delicious and made the meal even better. I added lime juice to the sauce as well and it was quite good!
So easy and so good! Perfect for a lazy cooking day. (Didn’t include the mayonnaise and it was still so delicious.)