Pulled Pork Loaded Potato – The Keep At Dwel...

This recipe is easy, but so flavorful and filling—one potato is the entire meal! Who doesn’t love a delicate, 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 should utilize leftover pulled pork and that is positively one in every of them. Should 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 recent russet potatoes which can be all roughly the identical dimension.
• Olive Oil: You should use any impartial cooking oil like avocado or vegetable oil as nicely.
• Shredded Cheddar Cheese: Freshly shredded melts higher than pre-shredded cheese, which comprises components to forestall clumping.
• Pulled Pork: Use leftover, do-it-yourself pulled pork or store-bought.
• Barbecue Sauce: We did a blind taste take a look at and Kraft got here out on prime! Should you’re feeling formidable, attempt our homemade sauce!
• Bitter Cream: Plain Greek yogurt can be utilized as an alternative. It’s comparable in taste and consistency, and usually 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 too hold it easy and use store-bought pulled pork!

Potato Choices

You should use different forms of potatoes comparable to candy potatoes, Yukon gold, or purple potatoes. Nevertheless, remember that various kinds of potatoes have completely different textures and are available in numerous sizes.

A Yukon gold or purple potato shall 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 comparable in dimension.

Microwave Choice

You possibly can all the time use a microwave to prepare 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 accomplished when a fork simply goes into the flesh.