Dinner · Recipe #167
BBQ Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potato
A sweet potato is a bowl you can eat. Microwave it until soft, split it open and stuff it with smoky BBQ chicken and cool yogurt. It feels like a cookout. It costs about three dollars.
- Protein
- 35 g
- Appliance
- Microwave
- Time
- 10 min
- Serves
- 1
- Keeps
- Eat now
- Cost
- $
- Heat
- Mild
- Diet
- GF
Steps
- 1
Poke the sweet potato all over with a fork.
- 2
Microwave 5 to 7 minutes, turning halfway, until a fork slides in easily.
- 3
Toss the chicken with BBQ sauce and microwave 45 seconds.
- 4
Split the potato open and fluff the inside with a fork; add salt and pepper.
- 5
Pile in the chicken, then top with yogurt and green onion.
Lazy tip
Sweet potato still hard in the middle? Microwave in 1-minute bursts. Bigger potatoes just need more time.
Two Remixes
Buffalo Potato
Swap BBQ for buffalo sauce and add blue cheese.
Tex-Mex Potato
Use salsa, black beans and cheddar.
From the book
This is recipe #167 of 365.
The rest are in Barely Cooking, with four weekly meal plans, the $30 kit and a protein cheat sheet.
What you'll use
The $30 Dorm Kitchen Kit
Can opener
Half the protein in the book comes in a can. Get a smooth-edge one so lids don't slice your fingers.
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