Pulled Pork Loaded Potato – The Keep At Dwelling Chef

This recipe is easy, but so flavorful and filling—one potato is the entire meal! Who doesn’t love a gentle, 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? Neglect 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 certainly one of them. If you happen to’re pressed for time, decide up some store-bought pulled pork and make your self a sandwich one evening, some nachos the following, and don’t overlook this flavorful and filling loaded potato, good for a busy, weeknight meal.

Ingredient Notes

• Potatoes: Select 4 medium-sized contemporary russet potatoes which might be all roughly the identical dimension.
• Olive Oil: You should utilize any impartial cooking oil like avocado or vegetable oil as properly.
• Shredded Cheddar Cheese: Freshly shredded melts higher than pre-shredded cheese, which incorporates components to forestall clumping.
• Pulled Pork: Use leftover, home made pulled pork or store-bought.
• Barbecue Sauce: We did a blind taste check and Kraft got here out on prime! If you happen to’re feeling bold, strive our homemade sauce!
• Bitter Cream: Plain Greek yogurt can be utilized as an alternative. It’s related in taste and consistency, and sometimes decrease in energy and fats.
• Inexperienced Onions: You possibly can 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. You can even preserve it easy and use store-bought pulled pork!

Potato Choices

You should utilize different sorts of potatoes resembling candy potatoes, Yukon gold, or crimson potatoes. Nevertheless, take into account that several types of potatoes have totally different textures and are available in several sizes.

A Yukon gold or crimson potato will probably 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 related in dimension.

Microwave Possibility

You possibly can all the time 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 executed when a fork simply goes into the flesh.