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 comfortable, pillowy baked potato with melted butter and gooey cheddar cheese? We’ve given your fundamental baked potato an improve, loading it with tender, smoky pulled pork.

Serve it with a Classic Caesar Salad or a summer time 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 utilize leftover pulled pork and that is undoubtedly considered one of them. In case 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 neglect this flavorful and filling loaded potato, excellent for a busy, weeknight meal.

Ingredient Notes

• Potatoes: Select 4 medium-sized contemporary russet potatoes which are all roughly the identical dimension.
• Olive Oil: You should utilize any impartial cooking oil like avocado or vegetable oil as effectively.
• Shredded Cheddar Cheese: Freshly shredded melts higher than pre-shredded cheese, which accommodates 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 prime! In case you’re feeling formidable, attempt our homemade sauce!
• Bitter Cream: Plain Greek yogurt can be utilized in its place. 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 too can preserve it easy and use store-bought pulled pork!

Potato Choices

You should utilize different varieties of potatoes reminiscent of candy potatoes, Yukon gold, or purple potatoes. Nonetheless, take into account that several types of potatoes have completely different textures and are available in several sizes.

A Yukon gold or purple 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 possibly can 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 performed when a fork simply goes into the flesh.