Ever wondered how to cook sweet potato noodles? This is a Sweet Potato Noodles Recipe made with spiralized sweet potato, chicken and super creamy Avocado Cilantro Sauce! The absolute BEST way to eat fresh sweet potato noodles!
I love sweet potatoes in all its forms. A spiralizer takes this root vegetable to a whole new level though. It actually tastes different because of it’s shape. I dare say it tastes sweeter. It might be my imagination of course but I could swear is tastes sweeter and even more delicious.
Serve the sweet potato noodles with a simple chicken breast and the most amazing creamy and flavorful avocado cilantro lime sauce and you have a 15-minute prep dinner for Gods and Goddesses!
How to make sweet potato noodles
All you need is some sort of Spiralizer. Let me post some affiliate links here for you to consider if you are in the market for one:
There are cheap spiralizers* that I’ve heard work just fine, require quite some elbow grease though. It’s hard work to get the job done but you’ll get it done eventually. The question is, will you ever want to make sweet potato noodles again, haha.
The one I have is like very similar to this semi professional spiralizer*. I love it. It’s still fairly inexpensive and it does a really great job and getting those perfect curly noodles. It does require some effort too but not even close to as much as with the cheap spiralizer.
If you love vegetable noodles more than life or maybe you have to eat gluten-free and don’t love the rice/quinoa/chickpea pastas on the market I would suggest getting this super handy dandy ultra professional spiralizer*. This obviously assuming you have a kitchen aid stand mixer. If your don’t, get the semi professional spiralizer :)
* the links above are affiliate links and I earn a couple cents commission if you buy the product through the link. All earnings go towards buying coffee and keep my brain running to create more blog posts for you :P
The most delicious sauce for spiralized sweet potato noodles
The main reason I claim this is The Best Sweet Potato Noodles Recipe is because the sauce is out.of.this.world! I mean, a sauce can always either improves or completely ruin a dish. In this case I think I’ve hit the Jackpot. This Avocado Cilantro Sauce joins the Out of This World Tahini Herb Sauce on the list of best of Green Healthy Cooking sauces.
The texture, the taste, the spice, the color simply everything harmonizes in this sauce. Now imagine you drizzle it on top of delicious quick-sautéed spiralized sweet potato noodles and a simple juicy chicken breast. Yuuuuuummm!!!
How to cook Sweet Potato Noodles
Sweet potatoes can take forever to cook when roasted as a whole or boiled. In noodle form they cook in NO time!
Simply preheat a large pan over medium heat, add a dollop of oil and then sauté for a couple of minutes. That’s it!
No need to wait for water to boil, no need to boil the sweet potato noodles. Just stir-fry and they’re ready to eat!
This Sweet Potato Noodles Recipe and this Lemon Chicken Asparagus will be on our Spring/Summer menu several times because they are so quick and easy to prepare, are super fresh and summery and delicious!
The Best Sweet Potato Noodles Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 large sweet potato
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 1 jalapeno
- 1 avocado
- 1 lime
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 tsp sea salt
- Salt
- Pepper
Instructions
- Peel and spiralize sweet potato. Then sautée 4-5 minutes in a large pan stirring constantly. Add to bowls.
- Heat a small pan over medium heat, add a splash of oil then grill salted chicken breasts 4-6 minutes per side (depending on thickness) over medium heat until nice and brown and juices run clear. Pepper once you flipped the breasts. Cut into stripes and place on top of sautéed sweet potato noodles.
- Prepare sauce by dissolving sea salt in warm water. Add washed cilanto, washed and seeded jalapeno, peeled and pitted avocado, lime juice and salt water to high speed blender and blend until creamy. Add more water if necessary. Pour sauce over sweet potato noodles and chicken and enjoy!
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Nancy says
Just ordered a spiralizer!
Can you make a similar sauce without cilantro? I’m one of those people who thinks cilantro tastes like soap!
Cindy says
Herbs are for added flavor and can be left out, however, you could use parsley, or if you want an onion-type flavor you could use chopped chives.
Erin says
This meal is ridiculously delicious! I don’t even like sweet potatoes and I ate the whole thing. I’ll be making this a lot. Thank you.
Lorena Grater says
YAY! Erin, you cannot even imagine how happy your review makes me. Someone that likes a certain food they didn’t like before because of my recipe, that’s about the best compliment ever! :D Thank you so much for coming back and commenting. I really appreciate it.
Roman says
Hi Loren
I come from the Czech Republic in Central Europe, today I have made food for me and my wife according to your recipe. And I must admit he’s very, very good.
Lorena says
I’m so happy you like the recipe Roman :) I know where the Czech Republic is. Been to Prague (gorgeous city!) and Pilsen. I’m German :)
Mary says
If I leave out the jalapeno pepper because I am doing autoimmune paleo diet, will it still be good?
Thanks!
Lorena says
Absolutely Mary. The Jalapeño is just for spice. You can easily leave it out :)
JUDY SPRANDEL says
I am of Peruvian Heritage, and the cilantro sauce reminds me a lot of cilantro sauce (salsa de aji verde) that we make for dipping bread. I added a clove of garlic and a little bit of olive oil to the sauce and it came out so delicious!
Lorena says
Hi Judy, oh yes, I love salsa de ají verde. You’ll find a lot of Peruvian-inspired recipes on this blog. I’m half Peruvian and grew up eating allllll that delicious food :)
Sara says
Love, love, love this recipe! Thanks so much for sharing!
Lorena says
You are very very welcome Sara :D
Glynda says
What do you sautée the noddles in? I’m preparing this for dinner now….super excited and I don’t want to mess it up.
Thank you
Lorena says
Hi Glynda, I only just saw your comment!!! I hope your noodles turned out great! You can use a splash of avocado oil or nothing at all. The noodles are “wet” so they release steam and don’t stick to the pan. If I remember well I didn’t use anything to sautée them.
Mak says
This looks delicious. I think I’m going to give it a try. I do like to have left-overs for lunch/dinner, do you think this would keep well for a day or two?
Lorena says
Hi Mak, yes I think it would keep well. The sweet potato might release some liquid but other than that I don’t see how it won’t stay delicious. Make sure you store in an airtight container so the avocado sauce doesn’t brown. The ones I love best are the glass containers with plastic lid that have a rubber band around the edges. Those are truly air-tight.
Lynn says
This is delicious!! I made it tonight. Thank you!!!
Lorena says
I’m so glad you liked it :)
Lea says
Am def planning on making this! I noticed in the video you put in some jalapeño, but it doesn’t appear anywhere in the recipe directions. Is that a typo? I will add it no matter what!
Lorena says
Hi Lea, thank Goodness you noticed!! It’s an essential part of the sauce. It will never taste the same without Jalapeno. Thank you for pointing it out. Just corrected the mistake.
Vicky @ Avocado Pesto says
This sounds amazing! I finally recently bought a spiralizer and LOVE it. Best kitchen gadget ever! And that avocado sauce sounds divine! Wish I could have this right now!!
Lorena says
Thank you Vicky!! I agree 100% best kitchen gadget ever! My sister gave it to me as a gift and I couldn’t be more in love :D