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Pulled Pork Sweet Potato Bowls

Pulled Pork Sweet Potato Bowls

Cuisine:American

Course:Dinner

20m prep 8h cook 8h ready

Slow-cooked pulled pork in a paleo BBQ sauce served over baked sweet potatoes. A hearty, flavorful meal that's perfect for a weeknight dinner.

Ingredients

Servings:

Nutrition (per serving, estimated)

Estimated based off 6 of 6 identified ingredients (per 100 g food data, scaled by amount).

Energy
1265 cal
Protein
118 g
Carbohydrate
32.4 g
Fiber
2.93 g
Sugars
5.02 g
Sodium
500 mg
Total fat
71.7 g
Saturated fat
25.1 g
Monounsaturated fat
28.5 g
Polyunsaturated fat
11.4 g
Vitamins & minerals
  • Calcium: 345 mg
  • Iron: 5.25 mg
  • Magnesium: 125 mg
  • Phosphorus: 1318 mg
  • Potassium: 2093 mg
  • Zinc: 15.5 mg

Let's Prepare

Collect

Gather these ingredients - no prep needed yet.

  • 237 ml organic chicken stock or broth
  • 2.27 kg boneless or bone-in pork shoulder
  • Real Salt
  • pepper
  • Paleo BBQ Sauce
  • 8 Sweet Potatoes

Prepare

  • 2 medium onions, finely chopped
  • 2 medium garlic cloves, finely chopped

Let's Cook

  1. Step 1.

    Place the onions and garlic in an even layer in the slow cooker and pour in the stock.

  2. Step 2.

    Pat the pork dry with paper towels. Rub some salt and pepper all over the pork and place the meat on top of the onions and garlic.

  3. Step 3.

    Cover and cook following the slow cooker instructions, until the pork is fork-tender, about 6 to 8 hours on high or 10 to 12 hours on low.

  4. Step 4.

    About 1 ½ hours before the pork is finished, preheat the oven to 190C/375F to bake the sweet potatoes.

  5. Step 5.

    Lift the pork onto a large plate or tray. Set a fine-mesh strainer over a medium heatproof bowl. Pour the onion mixture from the slow cooker through the strainer and return the solids to the slow cooker. Set the strained liquid aside.

  6. Step 6.

    Remove any string from the pork and peel off any skin. Using 2 forks, break up the meat into chunky pieces, discarding any large pieces of fat. Return it to the crockpot.

  7. Step 7.

    Put all the Paleo BBQ Sauce into the crockpot with the roast. Mix to combine. Put the lid back on and continue cooking the roast until it's completely fork-tender.

  8. Step 8.

    While the pork continues cooking, wash and prick the sweet potato skins several times with a fork so they don’t explode in the oven. Drizzle them with a little olive oil. Sprinkle them with a pinch of salt.

  9. Step 9.

    Cook the sweet potatoes in the hot oven for 1 hour to 1 hour and 20 minutes, depending on how large your potatoes are.

  10. Step 10.

    When sweet potatoes are baked, shred the pork a bit more with a fork if necessary and carefully split the sweet potatoes open and stuff them with the pulled pork mixture.

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