Description
Tender baked sweet potatoes stuffed with spicy buffalo chicken and topped with ranch, cheese, and fresh green onions for an easy family dinner.
Ingredients
4 medium sweet potatoes
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt and black pepper, to taste
2 cups cooked shredded chicken
1/3 cup buffalo sauce
1 tbsp melted butter
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp paprika
Ranch or blue cheese dressing
Shredded cheddar or mozzarella cheese
Green onions, sliced
Crumbled blue cheese (optional)
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Rub sweet potatoes with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
2. Bake for 40-50 minutes until tender.
3. Combine shredded chicken, buffalo sauce, butter, garlic powder, and paprika in a skillet and heat through.
4. Slice baked sweet potatoes open and fluff the insides with a fork.
5. Fill each sweet potato with buffalo chicken mixture.
6. Top with ranch or blue cheese dressing, shredded cheese, and green onions.
7. Serve immediately while warm.
Notes
Use rotisserie chicken for convenience.
Replace ranch with Greek yogurt for a lighter option.
Bake sweet potatoes ahead of time for meal prep.
Substitute buffalo cauliflower for a vegetarian version.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 stuffed sweet potato
- Calories: 480
- Sugar: 11g
- Sodium: 920mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 7g
- Protein: 35g
- Cholesterol: 85mg