Just when you though baked potatoes couldn’t get any better, we added sweet BBQ pork, switched it out for a sweet potato, and topped it with melted cheese. This recipe is a small slice of heaven that you don’t have to feel guilty about. I like to make this recipe on busy nights when I know we aren’t going to be home. I can make everything ahead of time, then assemble them when I get home.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our barbecue pork baked sweet potatoes, you need the following ingredients:
- Paprika
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic powder
- Dry mustard
- Liquid smoke
- Pork shoulder roast
- BBQ sauce
- Sweet potatoes
- Shredded Mozzarella cheese
- Green onions
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Barbecue Pork Baked Sweet Potatoes
- Spray the inside of slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray (or use a slow cooker liner).
- Combine paprika, salt, pepper, garlic powder, dry mustard, and liquid smoke in a small bowl.
- Rub all over the roast, covering all sides.
- Poke your roast with a large fork a couple of times to let the flavors really soak in, and place roast in slow cooker.
- Place lid on slow cooker and bake on low for 8-10 hours (or high 5-6 hours).
- Shred meat when finished and add bottle of BBQ sauce.
- To cook potatoes, dampen a paper towel and wrap potato, covering all sides and ends.
- Microwave each potato for 3 minutes, stop the microwave and rotate potatoes.
- Microwave for another 3 minutes.
- Depending on thickness of your potato, microwave again until soft if needed.
- Cut potato in half lengthwise and fill with meat.
- Top with cheese and chopped green onions.
- Broil potatoes on high for 2-3 minutes until cheese melts and begins to brown.
Recipe Notes
Have you ever tried cooking a sweet potato in the microwave? Once you try it you will never go back. Start by piercing the potato with a fork a few times, then wrap with a damp paper towel. Microwave on high for about 7 minutes, and you’ll have a perfect potato every single time. You can also wash them in water, wrap them in aluminum foil and bake at 400 degrees for 35 – 40 minutes.
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Barbecue Pork Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons paprika
- ½ Tablespoon salt
- ½ Tablespoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon dry mustard
- ¼ cup liquid smoke
- 2 pound pork shoulder roast
- 16 ounces BBQ Sauce
- 4 sweet potatoes
- 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 6 green onions, diced
Instructions
- Spray the inside of slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray (or use a slow cooker liner).
- Combine paprika, salt, pepper, garlic powder, dry mustard, and liquid smoke in a small bowl.
- Rub all over the roast, covering all sides.
- Poke your roast with a large fork a couple of times to let the flavors really soak in, and place roast in slow cooker.
- Place lid on slow cooker and bake on low for 8-10 hours (or high 5-6 hours).
- Shred meat when finished and add bottle of BBQ sauce.
- To cook potatoes, dampen a paper towel and wrap potato, covering all sides and ends.
- Microwave each potato for 3 minutes, stop the microwave and rotate potatoes.
- Microwave for another 3 minutes.
- Depending on thickness of your potato, microwave again until soft if needed.
- Cut potato in half lengthwise and fill with meat.
- Top with cheese and chopped green onions.
- Broil potatoes on high for 2-3 minutes until cheese melts and begins to brown.
Nutrition
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how do you do the sweet potatoes in the microwave? Un clear about do you put all 4 sweet pot. in at once and do 3 min. then stop and rotate then do all 4 tog. again for 3 min? thanks
Yes you can cook them all at once – just rotate or flip them over and continue cooking until soft