These Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes are a super easy and delicious way to meal prep for the week or whip up a simple dinner that the whole family will love. It requires minimal ingredients and the prep takes hardly any time at all.
Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
This easy recipe requires just a little bit of prep then most of the recipe time is spent baking the sweet potatoes in the oven. I love a healthy and low effort recipe that anyone will enjoy. I shared these with my husband, who might I add does not like sweet potatoes, and he loved these! I also shared them with my grandma who said they were the best sweet potatoes she’s ever had!
DIETARY NOTES
These stuffed sweet potatoes are made with real ingredients and fit seamlessly into the following dietary needs when using the products/brands (or ones that are similar) listed in the recipe:
- gluten free
- soy free
- refined sugar free
- dairy free
- Whole30 (using complaint buffalo sauce)
- grain free
- paleo
MAKE THEM YOUR OWN!
Use whatever buffalo or hot sauce you have on hand or can find in the store. Just be sure to check the ingredients to avoid added sugars, dairy or inflammatory oils if those are things you pay attention to or if you are on the Whole30 program or eat a paleo diet.
You can also make these vegetarian and vegan by subbing the chicken for chickpeas. Click here for my Buffalo Chickpea Stuffed Sweet Potatoes!
DON’T SKIP THE RANCH!
Trust me, if you love ranch dressing, this easy Homemade Ranch is about to be your new favorite. Plus, it’s a must with these stuffed sweet potatoes!
- Whole30 Homemade Ranch (whole30, paleo, soy free, grain free, gluten free, refined sugar free, dairy free, vegetarian, vegan compliant)
Hungry for more?
If you’re looking for more buffalo recipes, try one of these next:
- Dairy Free Buffalo Chicken Dip (whole30, paleo, soy free, grain free, gluten free, refined sugar free, dairy free)
- Buffalo Cauliflower Bites (whole30, paleo, soy free, grain free, gluten free, refined sugar free, dairy free, vegan, vegetarian)
- Whole30 Crispy Buffalo Chicken Wings (whole30, paleo, soy free, grain free, gluten free, refined sugar free, lactose free)
- Whole30 Buffalo Chicken Meatballs (whole30, paleo, soy free, grain free, gluten free, refined sugar free, dairy free)
- Whole30 Crispy Buffalo Chicken Salad (whole30, paleo, soy free, grain free, gluten free, refined sugar free, dairy free)
- Buffalo Chicken Dip Stuffed Potato Skins (whole30, paleo, soy free, grain free, gluten free, refined sugar free, lactose free)
- Whole30 Buffalo Chicken Soup (whole30, paleo, soy free, grain free, gluten free, refined sugar free, dairy free)
- Vegan & Gluten Free Buffalo Chickpea Taquitos (soy free, gluten free, refined sugar free, dairy free, vegetarian, vegan)
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Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
- 5 sweet potatoes (you can use fewer sweet potatoes if you want extra chicken for each serving)
- 1 lb chicken
- 1 tbsp olive oil or avocado oil
- ½ cup buffalo sauce (double check for dairy free and no added sugars, I like The New Primal brand)
- salt & pepper, to taste
- garlic powder & onion powder, to taste (optional)
Toppings (Optional)
- celery, diced
- red onion, diced
- fresh dill
- ranch dressing (my recipe linked above in this blog post)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425°.
- Line sweet potatoes on a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil. Poke the top of each sweet potato a few times with a fork.
- On the same baking sheet or a separate one, spread out the chicken and drizzle with olive oil or avocado oil and salt & pepper. If using the same baking sheet, make a small barrier with the foil to separate the chicken from the sweet potatoes.
- Set the timer for 25 minutes. Remove the chicken once the timer goes off, ensuring that it is fully cooked, and add the sweet potatoes back into the oven for 20-30 more minutes.
- While your sweet potatoes continue baking, shred your chicken using a fork or hand mixer, then stir in your buffalo sauce. You can also add any desired spices here, like garlic powder and onion powder, for more flavor if you’d like.
- Remove the sweet potatoes from the oven. Once they are cool to the touch, slice each one to form an opening for the chicken, but not cutting all the way through.
- Fill the sweet potatoes with the buffalo chicken and top with your favorite ranch dressing and other toppings of choice.
Amazing dinner, coupled with your ranch recipe.. YUM!!!!
So glad you loved it, Stacey! Extra glad that you enjoyed it with the ranch too. 🙂 Thank you so much for making and reviewing!!
These were amazing!!! We used ground chicken breast since it’s what we had on hand. OMG delish! Will certainly make again and again and again…and the homemade ranch made it into the “always keep a batch on hand” category. Well done!👏🏼👏🏼
I love that you made this recipe work with what you had on hand! I am so thrilled this recipe (and the ranch!!!) were such big hits in your household! Thank you so much 🙂