BBQ-STUFFED SWEET POTATOES
These sweet potatoes topped with pulled pork are sweet and tangy, and they make a great, easy weeknight dinner, as long as you’ve prepped a few things ahead of time (the pork, for example). All you then have to do is throw together a quick salad, and you have a pretty complete meal that’s ready to go. SERVES 4
PREP TIME: 10 minutes
COOK TIME: 1 hour, 30 minutes
4 sweet potatoes
1 pound Pulled Pork BBQ (here)
BBQ Sauce (here), for drizzling or dipping
1 to 2 tablespoons thinly sliced red onion or scallions, for garnish
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Poke each sweet potato 6 or 7 times with a fork. Place them on a baking sheet, and bake until tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Remove them from the oven, and slice a big wedge out of the top of each. Reserve the wedges for dipping into extra BBQ Sauce.
- Divide the Pulled Pork BBQ among the sweet potatoes by filling the gap left by the wedges you cut, and drizzle with BBQ Sauce.
- Serve garnished with red onion or scallions, with extra BBQ Sauce on the side.
VARIATION 1 CARNITAS-STUFFED SWEET POTATOES: Stuff baked sweet potatoes with Carnitas (here) instead of Pulled Pork BBQ for a different version of this recipe. Bake as directed.
VARIATION 2 VEGETARIAN STUFFED SWEET POTATOES: Top baked sweet potatoes with a big scoop of Perfect Sautéed Mushrooms (here) instead of meat.
PREP TIP: Make the pulled pork in the slow cooker the night before the day you want to make this recipe, so all you have to do is bake the sweet potatoes.
