Chipotle Apple Sweet Potato Salad

Chipotle Apple Sweet Potato Salad - an easy fall favorite. This sweet & spicy salad is SO filling with apples, corn, roasted tomatoes, and chipotle.

Roasted Chipotle Apple Sweet Potato Salad

This is my new favorite salad… and I don’t throw words like “favorite” or “best ever” around lightly. You may have noticed that I love roasted sweet potatoes in just about any salad (as evident here, here, and here) but this combination – with roasted tomatoes, roasted apples, corn, and a tangy/smoky chipotle dressing – was so good that I made it for dinner two nights in a row.

Roasted Chipotle Apple Sweet Potato Salad

The first night, I made this as a lazy-girl dinner. Jack was out of town so for an easy “by myself” dinner I decided to roast the things (pictured above) that had just arrived in my Farmhouse Delivery box. I made a quick (yet super delicious!) dressing and tossed it all together with toasted pepitas for crunch.

The second night, I was so excited to recreate it for Jack because I just couldn’t get it out of my mind. Am I the only person who goes to bed dreaming of things like sweet potatoes and apples?

Roasted Chipotle Apple Sweet Potato SaladRoasted Chipotle Apple Sweet Potato Salad

In my humble opinion, this is late-summer-early-fall produce perfection. Be sure to make this while you can still find a few cherry tomatoes in season!

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Chipotle Apple Sweet Potato Salad

 
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Serves: 2 as a meal, 4 as a side
Ingredients
  • 1 medium sweet potato, chopped
  • 1 large gala apple, cored and chopped
  • ¾ cup cherry or grape tomatoes, sliced in half
  • 1 ear of fresh corn, husked
  • extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
  • two handfuls of baby spinach and/or arugula
  • ¼ cup pepitas, toasted
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • ¼ cup feta cheese, optional
dressing
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons chipotle paste (or chipotle powder, to taste, see note)*
  • 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
  • ¼ teaspoon honey (or maple syrup if vegan)
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F, and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Toss the sweet potatoes, apple, and tomatoes onto the baking sheet with a drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Roast 30 to 35 minutes until the edges of the sweet potato are golden brown, tossing halfway through.
  3. Meanwhile wrap the ear of corn in foil and place it in oven during the last 15 minutes of roasting time.
  4. In a small bowl whisk together the olive oil, chipotle paste (or powder), apple cider vinegar, honey (or maple syrup), and a pinch of salt and pepper.
  5. Place the baby spinach and/or arugula in a large bowl along with the roasted sweet potatoes, apples and tomatoes. Slice the kernels off the corn and add them to the bowl as well. Toss the salad with the dressing, toasted pepitas, and feta cheese, if using. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Notes
*If you're using chipotle powder, start with ½ teaspoon since the spice level can vary from one powder to the next.

You can also use adobo sauce from a can of chipotles in adobo. The chipotle paste that I used here is very convenient because you can use small amounts at a time without opening and storing the contents of a whole can - I found it recently at Whole Foods.

 

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  1. Absolute yum. What a terrific combination! We love chipotle powder, so I especially have to try that dressing.

  2. Spicy hot and sweet salad! Love it! Looks absolutely delicious 🙂 Pinned

  3. Sam from samanthabetteridge.co.uk
    09.25.2015

    I love apples in salads but I didn’t ever think of baking them like this! I bet this tastes amazing so I’m definitely going to give it a whirl 🙂 xx

    Sam // Samantha Betteridge

  4. Simone from insimoneskitchen.com
    09.25.2015

    I happen to have all ingredients for this salad in house and I’m so gonna make this for dinner. Tonight!

  5. Simone from insimoneskitchen.com
    09.25.2015

    I happen to have all ingredients for this salad in house and I’m so gonna make this for dinner. Tonight!

  6. Really lovely Autumn salad. Chipotle and apple cider are one of my favorite cold weather flavor combinations in a soup so I can’t wait to put it into a salad.

  7. I’m intrigued with the flavour combination not to mention how pretty they look together. I can already see myself devouring this!

  8. As much as I hate to admit it – I’m excited for fall and all the Honeycrisp apples. This looks so interesting with the tomatoes, apples and sweet potatoes together. I’m always up for new flavor combos so will try this out. Thanks!

  9. Such a pretty salad!

    And no, you’re not the only one who goes to bed dreaming of food! Not only do I fall asleep imagining banana froyo, I wake up pondering pumpkin pancakes 🙂 Ah, the life of a food blogger!

  10. Medeja from medejos.blogspot.com
    09.23.2015

    Apple and sweet potato is delicious combination indeed!

  11. Allyson from consideringtheradish.wordpress.com
    09.23.2015

    You are not the only one who goes to sleep thinking of food. This salad looks like a delicious way to usher in fall.

  12. Michael
    09.23.2015

    How would this be the next day…all assembled? Dressing on side.

    • jeanine
      09.23.2015

      Hi Michael – I saved the leftovers already dressed and they were delicious – you could keep the dressing separate if you wanted to (or at least the greens so they don’t get too wilty). It’s not the exact same on the second day – but I still enjoyed it cold or reheated 🙂

  13. This salad looks amazing!! I am going to make it next week and am already so excited to try it out!

  14. Rachel from rachelphipps.com
    09.23.2015

    This looks delicious, and I love your new layout!

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