Description
BBQ Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes feature tender baked sweet potatoes topped with saucy shredded barbecue chicken for an easy, filling dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
- 5 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 ¾ teaspoons salt, divided
- 3 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- Quick-pickled red onions (optional)
- Mexican street corn salad (optional)
- Fresh cilantro, finely chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Poke holes all over the sweet potatoes using a fork, rub with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt.
- Place sweet potatoes on a lined baking sheet, cover with foil, and bake for 45–60 minutes until fork tender.
- Heat shredded chicken with barbecue sauce, honey, chili powder, and remaining salt in a skillet until warmed through.
- Split sweet potatoes, stuff with BBQ chicken, and add optional toppings before serving.
Notes
- Use a barbecue sauce you enjoy since it drives most of the flavor.
- Sweet potatoes can also be cooked in an air fryer or Instant Pot.
- Store chicken and potatoes separately for best leftovers.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 stuffed sweet potato
- Calories: 430
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 780mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 46g
- Fiber: 7g
- Protein: 32g
- Cholesterol: 85mg