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BBQ Chicken Stuffed Potatoes Recipe

By: Andrea Alden

Whether you use plain baking potatoes or sweet potatoes, this recipe for BBQ Chicken Stuffed Potatoes will taste amazing. Imagine a tender, smoky and fire-roasted potato stuffed to the brim with delicious and saucy chicken then topped with crisp bacon, gooey cheese, sour cream and fresh chives. It’s a full meal in one perfectly-portioned potato. Perhaps you should make that for dinner tonight. Use leftover chicken for easy meal prep or cook a couple of chicken thighs or breasts for this fast and easy meal.

Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
90 min
Yield
4
Difficulty
Easy

BBQ Chicken Stuffed Potatoes Recipe

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Ingredients
  • 4 baking potatoes or sweet potatoes
  • 2 tbsp. (30 ml) neutral flavored oil
  • 1 lb. (0.5 kg) chicken (leftover, breast, thigh)
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • ½ cup (125 ml) chicken and rib BBQ sauce
  • 4 slices bacon, cooked crisp
  • 1 cup (113 g) cheese, shredded
  • Sour cream and fresh snipped chives for serving
Method
  1. Preheat the barbecue to around 425°F.
  2. While the barbecue is heating, clean the outside of the potatoes then brush with oil and sprinkle with salt. Bake on the warming rack of the barbecue for 60 minutes or until a skewer or fork meets no resistance when inserted into the flesh.
  3. For leftover chicken, remove any skin and shred. Brush the foil with a little oil and add the chicken, tossing with  the BBQ sauce. Turn the foil into a little bit of a pouch and cook until the sauce begins to caramelize and the chicken is hot. 
  4. For fresh chicken, season with salt and pepper. When the potatoes are nearly done, grill over direct heat for 7 minutes per side until grill marks form. Move them to indirect heat to finish cooking. You are aiming for an internal temperature of 160°F to 165°F (71°C to 74°C). Shred and toss with barbecue sauce. 
  5. While the chicken is cooking, cook the bacon over direct heat until crisp. 
  6. Once removed from the barbecue, split the potatoes open and top with a heaping helping of saucy, shredded chicken, then add the bacon, and top with cheese. Bake the potatoes back on the barbecue for a few more minutes, until the cheese is good and melted. Then serve topped with sour cream and fresh snipped chives.  

Portable, fast, easy, these BBQ Chicken Stuffed Potatoes are all of those things and more. Make use of your leftovers for a fast meal on the go. There’s just something about a jacket potato stuffed high with your favorite barbecue flavors and smothered in melty cheese. What do you top your potatoes with? Share your potato preferences, recipes and photos on our social pages like Facebook and Instagram, using the hashtags #NapoleonEats and #FreestyleGrilling.

Happy Grilling!

Recipe Blog - Fully Loaded BBQ Chicken Baked Potatoes - Season

Coat potatoes with oil and season with salt

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Get those spuds onto a preheated barbecue

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Shred the chicken while the potatoes cook

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Generously sauce the chicken

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Grill the bacon and chicken while the potatoes finish cooking

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Stuff the potatoes with the chicken, bacon and cheese

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Bake the potatoes one last time, until the cheese melts

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Top with sour cream and fresh chives

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Enjoy this easy weeknight dinner that uses leftovers

AndreaAlden
Andrea Alden

I used to be the Sultana of Sizzle, but you can call me Andrea. I have always been passionate about food. Even though I was majoring in Art and Graphic Design, I would frequently be found cooking for my friends and family.

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Recipe Blog - Fully Loaded BBQ Chicken Baked Potatoes - Season

Coat potatoes with oil and season with salt

Recipe Blog - Fully Loaded BBQ Chicken Baked Potatoes - Grill1

Get those spuds onto a preheated barbecue

Recipe Blog - Fully Loaded BBQ Chicken Baked Potatoes - shred

Shred the chicken while the potatoes cook

Recipe Blog - Fully Loaded BBQ Chicken Baked Potatoes - sauce

Generously sauce the chicken

Recipe Blog - Fully Loaded BBQ Chicken Baked Potatoes - Grill2

Grill the bacon and chicken while the potatoes finish cooking

Recipe Blog - Fully Loaded BBQ Chicken Baked Potatoes - Stuff

Stuff the potatoes with the chicken, bacon and cheese

Recipe Blog - Fully Loaded BBQ Chicken Baked Potatoes - Grill3

Bake the potatoes one last time, until the cheese melts

Recipe Blog - Fully Loaded BBQ Chicken Baked Potatoes - Serve1

Top with sour cream and fresh chives

Recipe Blog - Fully Loaded BBQ Chicken Baked Potatoes - Serve2

Enjoy this easy weeknight dinner that uses leftovers