Air fryer BBQ chicken baked potatoes
Fluffy baked potatoes with crackly salted skins, piled with saucy BBQ chicken, melted cheddar and green onions.
- 55 min total
- 15 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 2
- About $2.44 a serving
- 530 calories
- Gluten-free
Dolly says: Most of the time here is hands-off, so you can sit down while it cooks.
Ingredients
For 2 servings.
- 2 russet potatoes, scrubbed
- 1 cup rotisserie chicken, shredded
- ⅓ cup bbq sauce
- ½ cup shredded cheddar
- 2 stalks green onions, sliced
- 2 tbsp sour cream (optional)
From your pantry
- 1 tsp olive oil
- ½ tsp salt
Each serving has about 530 calories, 30 g protein, 63 g carbs and 19 g fat, and costs about $2.44 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No russet potatoes? Yukon Gold potatoes work.
- No shredded cheddar? Cheddar cheese or Mexican blend cheese or Monterey Jack cheese works.
- No green onions? Chives work.
- No sour cream? Plain Greek yogurt works.
Steps
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Scrub the potatoes, dry them well, and poke each one 5 or 6 times with a fork.
Dolly’s tip: The holes let steam escape so the potatoes don’t split open.Rub them all over with the oil and salt.
Air fry at 400°F for 40 to 45 minutes, turning them halfway, until a fork slides into the middle with no push at all.
Timer: 42 min
Dolly’s tip: Big potatoes can need 50 minutes. Test the thickest part, not the ends.While they cook, the chicken and it with the BBQ sauce in a bowl.
Shred. Shredding means making thin strips, either on the big holes of a grater or by pulling cooked meat apart with two forks. Shreds soak up sauce and mix evenly through a dish.
How you’ll know: Cooked chicken pulls apart into strands with little effort, and cheese comes off in long, loose strips.
Stir. Stirring means moving food around with a spoon or spatula so it cooks evenly and doesn’t stick. Unless the recipe says constantly, every so often is plenty, and it gives food time to brown.
How you’ll know: When you drag the spoon across the bottom, nothing is sticking or scorching.
Cut a slit along the top of each potato, squeeze the ends toward the middle to open it up, and fluff the inside with a fork.
Pile the BBQ chicken into the potatoes, pressing it down a little, and top with the cheddar.
Air fry 4 to 5 minutes more, until the cheese is and the chicken is hot.
Melt. Melting means gently heating something solid, like butter or cheese, until it turns liquid. Low or medium heat keeps it from browning or burning.
How you’ll know: It’s smooth and liquid, and butter may foam a little but hasn’t turned brown.
Timer: 4 min 30 sec
Food safety: Rotisserie chicken, deli meat, canned tuna and cooked shrimp are already cooked. Keep them cold until you use them, and heat them until steaming hot if the recipe warms them.
Top with the green onions and a spoonful of sour cream.
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