Pulled Pork Loaded Potato – The Keep At Residence Chef

This recipe is easy, but so flavorful and filling—one potato is the entire meal! Who doesn’t love a tender, pillowy baked potato with melted butter and gooey cheddar cheese? We’ve given your primary baked potato an improve, loading it with tender, smoky pulled pork.

Serve it with a Classic Caesar Salad or a summer season favourite, our Strawberry Spinach Salad.

Love a pulled pork sandwich? Overlook the bun and use a potato! There are such a lot of nice ways in which you should use leftover pulled pork and that is positively one in every of them. In the event you’re pressed for time, decide up some store-bought pulled pork and make your self a sandwich one evening, some nachos the subsequent, and don’t neglect this flavorful and filling loaded potato, excellent for a busy, weeknight meal.

Ingredient Notes

• Potatoes: Select 4 medium-sized recent russet potatoes which are all roughly the identical dimension.
• Olive Oil: You should use any impartial cooking oil like avocado or vegetable oil as nicely.
• Shredded Cheddar Cheese: Freshly shredded melts higher than pre-shredded cheese, which comprises components to forestall clumping.
• Pulled Pork: Use leftover, selfmade pulled pork or store-bought.
• Barbecue Sauce: We did a blind taste check and Kraft got here out on high! In the event you’re feeling formidable, strive our homemade sauce!
• Bitter Cream: Plain Greek yogurt can be utilized as an alternative. It’s related in taste and consistency, and usually decrease in energy and fats.
• Inexperienced Onions: You’ll be able to substitute with chives for the same but milder onion taste.

Pulled Pork

Unsure which pulled pork to make use of? We love our Slow Cooker Honey-Chipotle Pulled Pork, Kalua Pork, and even Pulled Ham. You may also maintain it easy and use store-bought pulled pork!

Potato Choices

You should use different sorts of potatoes similar to candy potatoes, Yukon gold, or crimson potatoes. Nevertheless, understand that several types of potatoes have completely different textures and are available in numerous sizes.

A Yukon gold or crimson potato will likely be considerably smaller than a russet potato however completely works and will even be used to remodel this dish into an appetizer. Candy potatoes are extra related in dimension.

Microwave Choice

You’ll be able to all the time use a microwave to prepare dinner the potatoes. Poke holes within the potatoes as indicated, rub with oil and salt, and microwave on excessive for five minutes. Flip over, then microwave for one more 5 minutes. They’re performed when a fork simply goes into the flesh.