Well, it looks like I’m in the mood to stuff things. Last week, it was the Double-Stuffed Butternut Squash, and this week, I’m stuffing potatoes.
But these aren’t just any twice baked potatoes.
They are sweet potatoes meets buffalo chicken. Aka – the perfect game day food.
We all know that I’m not one to sit down and watch an entire football game, cheering on my team. (Yeah – I don’t have a team. 🙂 ) But you will find me either in the kitchen, obsessing over making game day food or by the food table, eating the game day food.
That’s the exciting part for me. 🙂
I love buffalo chicken anything. Maybe not as much as Karly does, but pretty close. I actually had the idea for these potatoes pop into my head months and months ago. Since I love buffalo chicken, and I am obsessed with sweet potatoes, it only seemed natural for me to want to combine them. And I’m pretty much kicking myself for not making these back when I first imagined them. Because they are good. Really good. So good that I might have to use football as an excuse to make them once a week from here until February.
The most difficult part of this recipe is finding sweet potatoes that aren’t ginormous. (Is it just my grocery store that sells mammoth sized sweet potatoes?) But after digging around, I was able to find sweet potatoes that were about 9-10 oz each. But besides that, these are a cinch to make. Especially if you have some shredded chicken on hand already.
I’m pretty sure this is my idea of buffalo chicken heaven!
Twice Baked Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 sweet potatoes 9-10 oz each
- 1 1/4 cups Monterey Jack cheese divided
- 1/2 cup ranch dressing
- 4 oz blue cheese divided
- 1/4 cup Franks Red Hot
- 2 oz cream cheese cut into pieces
- 1 tablespoon butter melted
- 2 cups cooked shredded chicken
- Sliced green onions
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Clean and pierce the potatoes with a fork several times. Bake until soft, about 45 minutes. Let stand until cool enough to handle.
- Cut the potatoes in half lengthwise and remove the flesh to a bowl, leaving a thin layer around the outside of the potato to keep the shape. Mash the sweet potato flesh. Add in 1/2 cup of the Monterey Jack cheese, the ranch dressing, 2 oz of the blue cheese, the Frank’s red hot, cream cheese and butter. Mix to combine. Stir in the shredded chicken.
- Add the filling back into the potato skins. Top with the remaining Monterey Jack and blue cheese. Return to the oven until heated through and the cheese is melted, 10-15 minutes. Serve topped with sliced green onions.
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Kate@Diethood says
WOW! This is such a great idea! I am a bit speechless!! I would inhale these all on my own. 🙂
Nutmeg Nanny says
Oh man, I love twice baked potatoes!! This recipe is perfect 🙂
Jennifer @ Mother Thyme says
I need these in my life! They look awesome!
Tracey says
Ugh, my grocery store is the same way – all of the sweet potatoes are HUGE! I need to find some small ones through because this recipe is awesome. Way better than traditional twice baked potatoes!
Joanne says
And…I’ll be in the kitchen right next to you. Sneaking many many bites of these.
Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking says
Get out! These look outrageous, Deborah! A must, must make.
sally @ sallys baking addiction says
Oh heavens yes. Totally making these!!
Chels R. says
Oh, that melted cheese! I wouldn’t mind scooping that up onto my spoon!
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
I love sweet potatoes, these look so tasty!
Courtney @ Neighborfood says
Um, this wins! Totally pinning this to my tailgating board!
Colleen @ What's Baking in the Barbershop?! says
Oh gosh, these look amazing. We are having stuffed “taco” sweet potatoes tonight for dinner. But now I may want to change up the recipe plan for these instead. Can’t go wrong with buffalo chicken flavor! 🙂
Alex says
These look yuuuummy! I always end up in the kitchen on football Sundays also, going to have to try these one week!
Barbara @ Barbara Bakes says
Love a one dish meal.
Carrian says
Can’t wait to try these! I love buffalo chicken in any form!
Jennie @themessybakerblog says
My husband is going to go nuts for these! Pinned.
Tieghan says
My grocery store has the most odd shaped sweet potatoes and they are huge! Kind of a pain in the but, but I guess they are all still good! I am a buffalo chicken addict and so is my family! I have actually done a version of these just because I had the ingredients one night, but they were not totally loaded like these. These look awesome!