This recipe is a fantastic and very filling dinner that does not take a lot of effort. Easy to make, flavorful and nutritious, these stuffed sweet potatoes with chicken will soon be added to your dinner rotation. Stuff your sweet potatoes for an easy and delicious dinner! You will absolutely love it!
Wondering what to do with the sweet potato you take out of the middle? Here are a few options:
- Mix it with butter and cinnamon sugar for a dessert! Yum 🙂
- Mash the spooned-out potato, put it over the filling, and top it with avocado.
- Use the scooped-out sweet potato in other lunches.
Stuffed Sweet Potatoes With Chicken Recipe
This version is Tasty’s chicken fajita sweet potato skins: the sweet potato is the “tortilla”, and the filling is fajita-style chicken and peppers under melted cheese.
What You’ll Need
Bell peppers (red, yellow and green), chicken breast, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, mozzarella cheese, olive oil, onion, salt and pepper, and sweet potatoes.
Serves: 2 | Time: about 45 minutes
Why It’s a Good Weeknight Pick
- It’s a full meal in one: vegetables, protein and a filling carb, with no side dish needed.
- The spice mix is plain pantry spices, so there’s no fajita packet to buy.
- Good to know: as written it serves two, so double it for a family. It is easy to scale, at one sweet potato per person.
Tips for Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
- Pick potatoes of the same size so they’re all soft at the same time.
- Test with a knife. It should slide into the thickest part with no resistance before you scoop.
- Leave a thin wall of sweet potato inside the skin so it holds its shape when you fill it.
- Make it ahead: bake the potatoes and cook the filling a day early, then fill and melt the cheese just before eating.
- Swap the protein: leftover rotisserie chicken or leftover turkey works well too. Our guide shows how long cooked turkey keeps.
- Toppings: a spoon of sour cream, salsa, avocado or cilantro. Out of sour cream? Here is what to use instead.
More Sweet Potato Ideas
- Air fryer sweet potato chunks
- 11 easy ways to cook sweet potatoes
- Roasted sweet potato and black bean quesadillas
Get the full recipe from Tasty.
Thanks to Goodful & Tasty for this amazing recipe.
