Loaded Baked Sweet Potatoes

Loaded up with melted cheddar, crispy bacon, minced chives, and sour cream, baked potatoes—whether you choose to use starchy russets or sweet garnets—are a simple and filling dinner.

Porciones 4

Dificultad Medio

Ingredientes

4 medium sweet potatoes , washed, scrubbed, and dried
Canola, vegetable, or extra-virgin olive oil , for rubbing
4 tablespoons unsalted butter , diced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Toppings of your choice, such as grated cheddar cheese , crispy diced bacon bits, minced chives, sour cream, and store-bought homemade chili

Instrucciones

1

Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat to 375ºF (190ºC). Using a fork or paring knife, puncture sweet potatoes in several spots. Rub each sweet potato all over with a light coating of oil. Arrange on a wire rack set on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until a fork can easily be inserted into the center of each sweet potato and skin is crisp and lightly browned, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
2

Let sweet potatoes rest 5 minutes. Slice each open lengthwise almost all the way through, open like a book, and scoop flesh into a mixing bowl. Add butter, season with salt and pepper, and using a potato masher, mash until butter is incorporated but potatoes are still slightly chunky.
3

Scoop mashed sweet potatoes back into skins. (You can refill each skin, making 4 smaller potatoes, or use all the mashed sweet potatoes to refill only half the skins, making 2 overstuffed sweet potatoes.) Using your hands, reshape each stuffed sweet potato back into a classic baked potato shape.
4

Top with toppings of your choice. To melt cheese, add it first, then return sweet potatoes to oven until cheese is melted, about 1 minute. If topping with chili, place about 1/2 cup chili onto potato, top with grated cheddar, then return stuffed sweet potatoes to oven until cheese is melted, about 1 minute. Serve right away.
5

If you’re baking four potatoes, you can refill each skin to make four smaller sweet potatoes, or fill two of the skins for two big, overstuffed sweet potatoes.
6

This recipe can be doubled.