Pulled Pork Loaded Potato – The Keep At House 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 primary 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? Neglect 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 undoubtedly 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 following, and don’t neglect this flavorful and filling loaded potato, good for a busy, weeknight meal.

Ingredient Notes

• Potatoes: Select 4 medium-sized recent russet potatoes which can be all roughly the identical measurement.
• Olive Oil: You need to use any impartial cooking oil like avocado or vegetable oil as properly.
• Shredded Cheddar Cheese: Freshly shredded melts higher than pre-shredded cheese, which comprises components to forestall clumping.
• Pulled Pork: Use leftover, home made pulled pork or store-bought.
• Barbecue Sauce: We did a blind taste take a look at 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 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. It’s also possible to maintain it easy and use store-bought pulled pork!

Potato Choices

You need to use different forms of potatoes reminiscent of candy potatoes, Yukon gold, or crimson potatoes. Nevertheless, take into account that several types of potatoes have completely different textures and are available in several 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 rework this dish into an appetizer. Candy potatoes are extra comparable in measurement.

Microwave Choice

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 one more 5 minutes. They’re performed when a fork simply goes into the flesh.