Loaded and Stuffed Sweet Potato
Author: Kristen Barkley
Recipe type: Main Dish
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Serves: 4
A favorite side turned into a hearty meal.
Ingredients
- 4 medium sweet potatoes. Washed and cleaned
- 1 tablespoon grass fed butter
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 4 ounces turkey or beef bacon, chopped and cooked
- 1 lbs bone less skin less chicken thighs cut into 1 inch chunks
- 2 cups packed baby spinach
- ½ cup sliced mushrooms
- small chopped yellow onion
- 1 cup frozen or fresh bite-sized broccoli florets
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ teaspoon pepper and salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400° F. Rub the skins of the potatoes all over with grass fed butter dust with salt and cut 1 inch slit.
- Wrap in tin foil and bake about 45 minutes. While Baking prepare stuffing mixture.
- Add butter to skillet. Add onion, mushroom to skillet. Allow to become fragrant add chicken, bacon, garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper. Cook till well done.
- Add broccoli and spinach. You may need to add ¼-1/2 chicken broth if using frozen vegetables.
- Allow all the broth to cook out before removing from heat.
- Remove the cooked and soft sweet potatoes. allow to cool a few minutes. I leave foil on and make a 2-3 inch sit across top.
- Top open potato with grass fed butter and chicken and bacon stuffing. Enjoy