Jamaican Loaded Baked Sweet Potatoes with Pulled Pork and Mango Rum Salsa
Updated Feb 13, 2015
It's hard to feel guilty about devouring a loaded baked potato with pulled pork when it's a beta carotene-packed sweet potato topped with fiber-filled mango. Shave down prep time by using two cups of thawed Make-Ahead Oven-Roasted Pulled Pork!
Jamaican Loaded Baked Sweet Potatoes with Pulled Pork and Mango Rum Salsa
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 15 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
Sweet Potatoes
- 4 large sweet potatoes (red-fleshed)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Mango Salsa
- 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dark rum
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped gingerroot
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped seeded jalapeño chile
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1 cup diced mango
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Toppings
- 2 cups oven-roasted pulled pork
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons jerk seasoning
- 1/4 cup crumbled queso fresco cheese (1 oz)
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. Line rimmed cookie sheet with foil; spray with cooking spray. Place sweet potatoes on cookie sheet, and poke all over with fork. Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes or until completely tender when pierced all the way through with knife. Cool about 10 minutes or until easy to handle.
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Step2Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir together brown sugar, lime juice, rum and gingerroot until brown sugar dissolves. Add jalapeño chile, onion and mango; toss to coat. Stir in cilantro; cover and refrigerate.
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Step3In medium microwavable bowl, mix pork, olive oil and jerk seasoning. Microwave uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes or until steaming hot.
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Step4Cut open sweet potatoes. Using fork, mash up the flesh of each potato in their jackets. Divide salt among potatoes, and stir in with fork. Divide pork mixture, salsa, then cheese among the 4 potatoes.
Nutrition
400
Calories
18g
Total Fat
16g
Protein
43g
Total Carbohydrate
16g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 400
- Calories from Fat
- 160
- Total Fat
- 18g
- 28%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 28%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 50mg
- 17%
- Sodium
- 670mg
- 28%
- Potassium
- 810mg
- 23%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 43g
- 14%
- Dietary Fiber
- 5g
- 22%
- Sugars
- 16g
- Protein
- 16g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 440%
- 440%
- Vitamin C
- 20%
- 20%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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