Description
Tender, oven-baked sweet potatoes with crispy skin stuffed with savory barbecue chicken and customizable toppings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4–5 medium sweet potatoes
- Olive oil for rubbing
- 4–5 tsp butter
- 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken breast, warmed
- 1/2 – 3/4 cup barbecue sauce
- Chopped red onion, pickled jalapeno peppers, banana peppers, and cole slaw for toppings
Instructions
- Preheat: Preheat oven to 425F and line a baking sheet with foil.
- Bake: Scrub sweet potatoes with water, pat dry, prick several times with a knife, rub with olive oil, and bake on the prepared sheet for 40-50 minutes until soft.
- Fluff: Cut open each potato, add about 1 tsp of butter per potato, and use a fork to fluff the flesh and mix in the butter.
- Stuff: Mix the desired amount of barbecue sauce into the chicken and top the potatoes with the chicken mixture and any desired toppings.
Notes
You can use leftover chicken. For fresh chicken, cook raw, thawed chicken breasts in a slow cooker covered with salted water on low for 4-5 hours, then shred.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 stuffed potato
- Calories: 410 kcal
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 620 mg
- Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 44 g
- Fiber: 6 g
- Protein: 31 g
- Cholesterol: 85 mg
Keywords: BBQ chicken, stuffed sweet potatoes, healthy dinner, oven baked