Pulled Pork Loaded Potato – The Keep At Dwelling Chef

This recipe is straightforward, but so flavorful and filling—one potato is the entire meal! Who doesn’t love a mushy, 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 need to use leftover pulled pork and that is positively one among them. In the event you’re pressed for time, decide up some store-bought pulled pork and make your self a sandwich one night time, some nachos the subsequent, and don’t overlook 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 measurement.
• 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 accommodates components to stop clumping.
• Pulled Pork: Use leftover, do-it-yourself 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 instead. It’s comparable 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

Undecided which pulled pork to make use of? We love our Slow Cooker Honey-Chipotle Pulled Pork, Kalua Pork, and even Pulled Ham. It’s also possible to hold it easy and use store-bought pulled pork!

Potato Choices

You should use different kinds of potatoes comparable to candy potatoes, Yukon gold, or pink potatoes. Nonetheless, take into account that various kinds of potatoes have totally different textures and are available in several sizes.

A Yukon gold or pink potato can be considerably smaller than a russet potato however completely works and will even be used to rework this dish into an appetizer. Candy potatoes are extra comparable in measurement.

Microwave Possibility

You’ll be able to at all times use a microwave to cook 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 an additional 5 minutes. They’re achieved when a fork simply goes into the flesh.