Got leftover chili? Turn it into these vegan loaded sweet potato fries with chili and drizzled with creamy chipotle sauce. This easy-to-make appetizer is ready in just 20 minutes and is a great way to keep meal prep interesting, without starting from scratch!
Want more delicious comfort food? Try my vegan nacho supreme bowl, air-fryer potato wedges, or instant pot mac and cheese!
🔍 A Quick Look: Vegan Loaded Sweet Potato Fries Recipe
- 📝 Recipe Name: Vegan Loaded Sweet Potato Fries with Chili
- 🕒 Total Time: 20 minutes
- 👥 Serves: 3
- 🎯 Key Ingredients: Crispy sweet potato wedges, warm chili, creamy chipotle sauce, and avocado
- 🌱 Dietary Info: Vegan, vegetarian, plant-based
- ✨ Best For: Meal prep, using leftover chili, when you want something different but easy
- 💕 Why You’ll Love It: Makes meal prep chili into restaurant-style loaded fries without starting from scratch
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- 🔍 A Quick Look: Vegan Loaded Sweet Potato Fries Recipe
- Why This Recipe Works
- Ingredients & Substitutions
- Potato Wedges Options
- How to Make Vegan Loaded Sweet Potato Fries With Chili
- In the Kitchen Tips
- Make it Your Way
- Storage
- More Ways to Use Your Meal Prep Chili
- Loaded Sweet Potato Fries FAQs
- More Meal Prep Dishes You'll Love
- 📖 Recipe
- 💬 Comments
This recipe is why I never get bored with meal prep. With leftover chili, chipotle sauce, and sweet potatoes, you’ve got vegan loaded sweet potato fries in 20 minutes. It's one of those non-dairy appetizers I rely on for get-togethers, hearty weeknight dinners, or game-day comfort food.
It’s the fastest way to turn simple leftovers into something that feels brand new—much like leftover vegan meatloaf with lentils, which easily turns into a delicious sandwich the next day!
Why This Recipe Works
- Super easy meal prep leftovers! Turn your batch-cooked chili into something completely new!
- Air fryer sweet potato wedges get crispy outside and fluffy inside in just 15 minutes!
- Super customizable! Load them up with whatever you love! Use my easy vegan chili or my 3-bean chili recipe. Use creamy chipotle sauce, my vegan nacho cheese sauce, or a smoky charred salsa for another dipping sauce idea.
- Delicious and indulgent with healthy nutrients!
Ingredients & Substitutions
Here's what you'll need to make this vegan loaded chili sweet potato fries recipe:
Loaded fries are flexible! Use what you’ve got — that’s the beauty of a good chili base.
- One-Pot Vegan Chili, but it works with any chili, like 3-bean chili, white bean chili, or store-bought.
- Sweet Potatoes cut into wedges. I like peels left on, but you can peel them if you like.
- Creamy Chipotle Sauce for drizzling. I often alternate with my vegan nacho cheese sauce recipe and a side of vegan lime crema. SO good!
- Avocados – 1–2 ripe ones, sliced fresh when you're ready to serve them
- Fresh Jalapeños or my canning pickled jalapenos and carrots, whatever you prefer
See the recipe card for exact quantities.
Potato Wedges Options
- Classic wedges – cut into thick wedges, air fry until crispy
- Regular potato wedges – use my Air-Fried Yukon Gold Potato Wedges if you prefer
- Mixed potato wedges – half sweet potato, half white potatoes for variety
- Store-bought frozen – Just follow the package instructions
How to Make Vegan Loaded Sweet Potato Fries With Chili
Find the complete recipe with measurements in the recipe card below.
Make & Layer on Sweet Potato Wedges
Make a batch of crispy sweet potato wedges and layer them onto a serving dish.
Layer on Vegan Chili
Layer the chili.
Drizzle Over Chipotle Sauce, Toppings, & Serve
Drizzle chipotle sauce, top with your favorite toppings, and serve.
In the Kitchen Tips
- Sweet potato prep: Cut peeled or unpeeled wedges evenly so they cook at the same rate — about ½-inch thick works perfectly.
- Warm your chili: Cold chili on hot fries doesn’t work as well. I like to warm it first.
- Fresh avocado: Slice right before serving to prevent browning.
- Sauces: Drizzle sauces after plating so the wedges stay crispy longer.
- Serving: Serve on a large plate, platter, a cast iron skillet, or a baking sheet with parchment paper, depending on the occasion.
Make it Your Way
- Sauce swaps: Try vegan sour cream, sriracha mayo, vegan nacho cheese, or top it with easy homemade guacamole or a simple pico de gallo recipe.
- Less spicy: Skip the jalapeños, chipotle sauce, and try using vegan sour cream instead.
- Protein boost: Add a dollop of this healthy hummus recipe, vegan Italian sausage crumbles recipe, or a sprinkle of hemp seeds.
This is one of those healthy dinner recipes I always come back to. And it doubles as one of my favorite quick vegan lunch recipes the next day.
Storage
- Leftover loaded fries: Best eaten fresh, but the components store well separately.
- Sweet potato wedges: Store in fridge for 2–3 days, reheat in air fryer for crispness
- Chili: Keeps for 4 days in the fridge
- Sauces: Most homemade sauces keep 3–4 days refrigerated
More Ways to Use Your Meal Prep Chili
This is just one of the methods I use to mix and match chili. Try these ideas:
- Chili Mac — Mix with cooked pasta and layer with Instant Pot vegan cheese sauce.
- Breakfast Hash — Over roasted potatoes with avocado
- Chili Quinoa Bowl — Spoon chili over quinoa, add avocado and lime for a protein-packed meal prep option.
- Chili Quesadillas — Between tortillas and a layer of vegan spreadable provolone cheese
Loaded Sweet Potato Fries FAQs
Absolutely! Just follow the package directions and make sure they're crispy before adding toppings. Frozen fries work great when you want to make this even quicker.
Yes! Just double or triple the components and let everyone load their own fries. Perfect for game day or a casual weekend dinner.
Orange, yellow, or Japanese sweet potatoes all work here. Go for longer, evenly-sized ones so they roast or air fry more consistently.
You can! Just make a batch of chili first - try my One-Pot Easy Vegan Chili. This recipe is designed for creative meal prep, but there's no reason you can't start from scratch if you have the time.
Yes! Roast sweet potato wedges in the oven at 425°F for 25–30 minutes, flipping halfway through. You'll get great results, it just takes a bit longer.
More Meal Prep Dishes You'll Love
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📖 Recipe
Loaded Sweet Potato Fries
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Air-Fryer Sweet Potato Wedges
- 2-3 cups Vegan Chili, warmed
- ½ cup Vegan Chipotle Sauce
- 1-2 ripe avocados, sliced
- 2-3 green onions, for serving, thinly sliced
- fresh cilantro or parsley, for serving, chopped
- fresh jalapeños, for serving, OR pickled jalapeños
- Vegan Lime Crema, for serving, drizzled over
- 1-2 ripe avocados, for serving, sliced
Instructions
- Make the Sweet Potato Wedges: Make 1 batch of Air-Fryer Sweet Potato Wedges.
- Warm the Chili: Heat your pre-made chili in a pot over medium heat until warmed through.
- Assemble: On a large plate or platter, layer the fries and top with warm chili, then drizzle with chipotle sauce.
- Add Toppings & Serve: Top with avocado, green onions, cilantro (or parsley), jalapeños, and any other desired toppings. Enjoy while the wedges are still crispy!
Notes
- Time-saving tip: This recipe assumes you already have chili and sauces made from meal prep. If starting from scratch, add cooking time for those components.
- Serve on a large plate, platter, cast-iron skillet, or baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Crispy wedges: Don't overcrowd the air fryer basket - cook in batches if needed.
- Sauce storage: All the sauces mentioned keep well in the fridge and can be made ahead.
- Fresh toppings ideas: Also try fresh diced tomatoes or cherry tomatoes, radishes, or diced red onions.
- Oven method: Roast wedges at 425°F for 25–30 minutes (check at 25) or until crispy if no air fryer.
- Spicy: Add quick pickled jalapeños, a dash of sriracha or hot sauce, or chile de arbol salsa (if you like it bold and hot!).
Nutrition
Julie Gaeta is a plant-based recipe creator, certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, and mom of nine who's been plant-based for over 20 years. She's cooked approximately 4,382 pots of beans and can't vacation without her juicer and pasta pot. Her work has been featured in HuffPost, Yahoo, YourTango, and other major outlets. She helps others simplify wellness and feel good again through her blog, coaching, and weekly newsletter.
Julie Gaeta says
These Chili Sweet Potato Fries are a favorite. Quick and perfect for meal prep! I usually make extra as they go fast. Pair with leftover or fresh chili and a drizzle or two of chipotle sauce and lime crema — so good!