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A close-up of BBQ Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes topped with pickled red onions and fresh cilantro.

BBQ Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Make these BBQ chicken stuffed sweet potatoes for a quick, satisfying meal. This recipe balances convenience with good flavor for your weeknight dinners.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings: 4 potatoes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Calories: 327.2
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 sweet potatoes
  • 3 medium chicken breasts
  • 2 tbsp avocado oil or olive oil
  • 3/4 cup chicken broth
  • 8 ounces or more BBQ sauce
  • 1/2 cup sliced red onion
  • 1/3 cup chopped cilantro
  • to salt and pepper to taste

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Baking sheet
  • Sauté pan
  • Two forks or stand mixer

Method
 

  1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit.
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and wash your sweet potatoes. Poke the sweet potatoes 5-6 times with a fork or sharp knife, place them on the baking sheet and bake for 60 minutes. Adjust the bake time if you use large or small sweet potatoes.
  3. While the sweet potatoes bake, drizzle the oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. Add the chicken breasts, season with salt and pepper, and cook for 5 minutes. Flip the chicken over, add the chicken broth, cover the pan, and cook for an additional 7 to 10 minutes or until the chicken reaches 165 degrees fahrenheit. Remove the chicken from the pan and shred it with two forks or a stand mixer.
  4. Add the shredded chicken to a bowl and mix it with the BBQ sauce.
  5. Slice each sweet potato in half, fill it with BBQ chicken, and top with red onion and cilantro.

Nutrition

Calories: 327.2kcalCarbohydrates: 31.7gProtein: 30.4gFat: 7.6gSaturated Fat: 1.7gCholesterol: 76.5mgSodium: 422.8mgFiber: 5.1gSugar: 12.3g

Notes

This meal works well for meal prep. You can cook the chicken and potatoes ahead of time and assemble them when you are ready to eat.

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