Fake Baked Loaded Sweet Potato
- Prep: 10
- Cook: 12 mins
- Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 4 sweet potatoes
- 1 cup reduced-fat mozzarella cheese, grated
- 300 g cooked or BBQ chicken breast, sliced or shredded
- 250 g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup basil leaves
- to taste pepper
Method
- Scrub skins and cut any blemishes off sweet potatoes. Use a fork to prick sweet potatoes at least a dozen times each.
- Place sweet potatoes onto a plate under a microwave-safe cover and microwave on HIGH for 5 minutes, turn over and cook a further 5 minutes until softened and cooked in the centre. Be careful when turning over the sweet potato - steam will burn!
- Carefully cut potatoes in half lengthways and place each on a serving plate open-faced. Sprinkle halves with cheese then layer on chicken and tomatoes. Microwave for another 2 minutes if desired.
- Top with torn basil leaves and black pepper and serve.
Variations
- Top with other salad ingredients such as baby spinach leaves, microwaved sliced red onion, canned corn kernels or beans, sliced red capsicum, mushrooms or spring onions.
- Add drained artichokes, olives, sundried tomatoes, roasted pepper strips or other chargrilled vegetables.
- Top with dried chilli flakes or chopped red chilli for some heat.
- Replace basil with fresh coriander leaves and sprinkle yoghurt with ground cumin or paprika for a Mexican-style flavour.
Nutrition information
| per serving | per 100g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 2087 kJ | 414 kJ |
| Protein | 39.9 g | 7.9 g |
| Fat, total | 12.9 g | 2.6 g |
| — saturated | 6 g | 1.2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 49 g | 9.7 g |
| — sugars | 22.4 g | 4.5 g |
| Fibre | 11.4 g | 2.3 g |
| Sodium | 294 mg | 58 mg |
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