Want an interesting take on a traditional turkey sandwich? This sweet potato turkey sandwich from Healthy Nibbles & Bits swaps sliced bread for sweet potato patties made from spiralized sweet potato and egg. By replacing your boring sliced bread with sweet potato you’re getting more vitamin A and C in addition to fiber. If you don’t have a spiralizer but want to try this recipe anyway, we suggest shredding your sweet potato length-wise with a large grater and using 2 eggs instead of 1 egg to hold the sweet potato patty together.
Sweet Potato Turkey Sandwich
Ingredients
- 1 medium sweet potato (about 7 1/2 ounces or 210 grams), peeled
- 1 1/2 tablespoons oil, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, add more to taste
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons hummus (certified gluten-free if necessary; pick your favorite variety)
- 2 ounces deli-sliced turkey
- 2 slices tomato
- 1/4 cup spinach
Directions
Create sweet potato noodles with Blade B of a veggie spiralizer. Chop off the pointy ends of the sweet potato to make it easier to spiralize. Slice up any parts of the sweet potato that did not get spiralized, and add it to the noodles.
Over medium-high heat, pour the olive oil in a sauté pan. Once the pan is hot, add in the sweet potato noodles and stir. Let the noodles cook for about 4 minutes and season with garlic powder, thyme, and salt.
Turn off the heat. In a bowl, mix the cooked noodles with the egg until well-incorporated.
Oil the pan with the rest of the olive oil. When the noodles are cool enough to handle, form them into two squares (about the size of a slice of sandwich bread) directly on the oiled pan. Turn the stove on to medium-high heat and cook each side for about 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
Once the sweet potato “bread” is cool enough to handle, start assembling the sandwich. Spread 1 tablespoon of hummus on each slice, and stacked with turkey, tomatoes, and spinach and top with the remaining sweet potato patty .
Nutrition Information
Serves: 1 | Serving Size: 1 sandwich
Per serving: Calories: 485; Total Fat: 22g; Saturated Fat: 4g; Monounsaturated Fat: 5g; Cholesterol: 200mg; Sodium: 751mg; Carbohydrate: 51g; Dietary Fiber: 9g; Sugar: 11g; Protein: 19g
Nutrition Bonus: Potassium: 1008mg; Iron: 21%; Vitamin A: 621%; Vitamin C: 24%; Calcium: 13%
Lisa is from San Francisco and has passion for eating well and staying in shape through kickboxing, yoga, and cycling classes. She loves experimenting with new recipes and fitness routines, which she document on her blog, Healthy Nibbles & Bits. When she’s not blogging or exercising, she’s most likely watching Jeopardy! or British TV shows. For more from Lisa, follow her on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.
Photo courtesy of Lisa Lin. Original recipe can be found on Healthy Nibbles and Bits.
