Twice Baked BBQ Chicken Sweet Potatoes
This meal idea came to me in a moment of panic when we were delayed getting back from vacation and came home to a house devoid of food! No time to meal plan for the week, no grocery store trip planned, exhausted and tired of going out to dinner, I opened the pantry and freezer and hunted up some ingredients to see what I could throw together for dinner for the week. I found a bag of frozen chicken tenderloins, a couple sweet potatoes, and a bottle of clean BBQ sauce. I think we have a winner!
The next morning I tossed the frozen chicken into the crock pot and cooked for 3 hours. Around lunchtime, when the chicken was done, I microwaved the sweet potatoes till they were almost soft, shredded the chicken and added the BBQ sauce, all while my girls were eating their PB&J.
Dinner time came around and I simply cut the sweet potatoes in half, scooped the BBQ chicken on top, and baked till it was all toasty and the flavors had a chance to meld.
Sweet, savory, healthy, delicious comfort food!
Twice Baked BBQ Chicken Sweet Potatoes
makes 4 servings
21 Day Fix container fulfillment for 1 sweet potato boat:
1 YELLOW
1 RED
serve with a side of mini bell peppers (1 GREEN)
Ingredients:
- 8 frozen boneless, skinless chicken tenderloins
- 3 large sweet potatoes
- natural BBQ sauce, such as Famous Dave's
Instructions:
Toss chicken tenderloins tossed into the crock pot and cover about 1/3 of the way with low sodium chicken broth.
Sprinkle with garlic powder, onion power (powder, not salt!), fresh ground black pepper, and sea salt or pink Himalayan salt.
Cook on HIGH for 3 hours.
Remove, shred, and add BBQ sauce.
Sprinkle with garlic powder, onion power (powder, not salt!), fresh ground black pepper, and sea salt or pink Himalayan salt.
Cook on HIGH for 3 hours.
Remove, shred, and add BBQ sauce.
Scrub sweet potatoes and stab with a knife all over. Place on a microwave-safe plate and microwave on HIGH for about 15 min.
Cut in half, lengthwise, and fluff up the flesh with a fork.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Spray a Pyrex dish with Pam with Olive Oil, and place the sweet potatoes inside.
Spoon the BBQ chicken on top.
Bake for 30-45 min.
Drizzle with BBQ sauce before serving.
TIP: This made enough for two dinners, so I divided the sweet potato boats into two small Pyrex dishes, 3 halves in each, so I could bake them individually on the day I needed them. This made them freshly baked instead of heated back up in the microwave.
Enjoy!
