Twice baked loaded sweet potatoes are comfort food at its best, y’all! Shredded chicken is mixed with perfectly seasoned mashed sweet potato which all comes together in twice-baked heaven.

Twice Baked Loaded Sweet Potatoes

Now onto recipe #2 of our “Quick and Healthy Weeknight Dinner” series!

One bite in, my family vowed their love of this straightforward meal. Then when everyone cleaned their plates, they made me promise to make it again …and soon.

I can’t stress how easy these twice baked loaded sweet potatoes are and how much you’re going to feel like a #dinnertimehero. Here are a couple ways to prep ahead of time so that mixing and a final baking are the only tasks left on the night dine:

  1. Make a batch of some Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken so it’s ready to go.
  2. Pre-bake your sweet potatoes! They’ll need to come to room temperature for you to handle them anyways, so might as well knock that out in advance! I will bake mine, let cool, and then wrap up and place in the fridge until I’m ready to use them.

Make sure you take careful note of my instructions below about not scooping out too much of the sweet potato. It’s important that you leave a pretty generous layer of flesh on the skin so that it holds its shape.

I like to top mine with a generous dollop of chilled coconut cream (the thick part that floats to the top of an un-shaken can) and then serve next to a big leafy salad.

Twice Baked Loaded Sweet Potatoes

5 from 1 vote
By Cassy
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 1 hour 15 minutes
Total: 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Twice baked loaded sweet potatoes are comfort food at its best, y’all! Shredded chicken is mixed with perfectly seasoned mashed sweet potato which all comes together in twice-baked heaven.

Ingredients  

  • 4 medium-sized sweet potatoes
  • 2 cups shredded chicken
  • 4 tablespoons butter, ghee, or coconut oil
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • pepper to taste
  • full-fat coconut cream

Instructions 

  • Wash the sweet potatoes and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 375 for one hour. Let the sweet potatoes cool completely before moving onto the next step. *Tip: you can do this step days ahead and save yourself time.
  • Cut the top 1/4th of the sweet potato off, creating an opening. Using a spoon, spoon out the majority of the cooked sweet potato but be careful to leave a thick parameter near the skin, so that the hallowed-out potato still retains its shape.
  • Add the butter, cinnamon, salt, and pepper to the mashed sweet potatoes and combine evenly. Lastly, add the shredded chicken and combine evenly.
  • Spoon an equal amount of the seasoned sweet potato and chicken mixture back into each of the hallowed-out shells. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.
  • To plate, garnish with a dollop of chilled full-fat coconut cream.

Nutrition

Calories: 411kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 90mg | Sodium: 848mg | Potassium: 946mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 32429IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 2mg

Additional Info

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 411
Keyword: loaded sweet poatoes, twice baked sweet potatoes

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Cassy Joy Garcia, a New York Times best-selling author, of Cook Once Dinner Fix, Cook Once Eat All Week, and Fed and Fit as well as the creative force behind the popular food blog Fed & Fit.


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  1. Made these today and they were really good. I added some hot pepper flakes to the mix and the combo of sweet and spicy was delicious! Thanks for a yummy recipe 🙂

  2. How come you are claiming to be paleo friendly but your page links to all bran and granola, in your advertisement section?

    1. Hi Paul! Thanks for your note. In an effort for me to support my blogging activities and keep providing free Paleo-friendly recipes to all readers, I seek financial support by way of various advertisers. I have little to no control over the material displayed in my advertising boxes. Additionally, the ads that show up on each page are actually programmed to show brands that you personally have an established internet search history that’s specific to that brand or similar brands. I can get in touch with my ad company to see about prohibiting the granola ads on my website. Could you tell me which brand it was?

  3. Made this for dinner last night and it was so simple and tasted great! I didn’t have any previously baked sweet potatoes so I just microwaved them ahead of time till they got soft to speed things along.

    1. I have! I personally love them. They’d be good for this recipe, too!