Healthy Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato Skins – A super simple recipe that is the perfect blend of sweet and spicy. Great for a game day appetizer or easy entertaining!
We all know that football game watching is 5% about the ACTUAL game, and 95% about the food. Let’s be real people.
And you can’t spell football with BUFFALO. Technically speaking, you can, but I’m all about those food metaphors, so we’re gunna go with that.
What makes these sweet potato skins healthy & delicious
- sweet potatoes
- rotisserie chicken
- buffalo sauce
- garlic powder
- greek yogurt
- green onions
How to make these buffalo chicken sweet potato skins
Start by preheating your oven to 400°F. Pierce three medium-sized sweet potatoes with a fork, wrap each in a paper towel, and microwave on high for 6 minutes, or until they are tender. Let potatoes cool to the touch, slice in half lengthwise, and scoop out the flesh, leaving enough in tact to keep their shape. (You can use the flesh to make these 2 ingredient pancakes!)
Place each sweet potato half on a baking sheet cut side up, and coat the inside with cooking spray. Bake in a preheated oven for 10 minutes.
While potatoes are cooking, add 1 1/2 cups of shredded, cooked chicken, 1/4 cup buffalo sauce, and a teaspoon of garlic powder until combined. Heat in microwave for 1 minute, or until heated. Remove potatoes from oven, and fill with buffalo chicken mixture. Thin 1/4 cup of plain Greek yogurt with 1 tablespoon of milk or water, and drizzle over the top of each potato. Top each with chopped green onions, and serve immediately.
Pro Tips:
- Swap the chicken out for crumbled tofu or chickpeas to make this vegetarian-friendly.
- Baking the sweet potatoes before filling helps them keep their shape.
- If you’re not a spicy fan, you can swap out the buffalo for BBQ sauce.
FAQs
Can you eat the sweet potato skins?
Yes! While sweet potato skins are a little firmer than those on a white potato, they are totally edible (and full of fiber!)
Do you make the potato skins crispy?
Baking them in the oven at a high temperature before filling helps keep them from getting soggy. If you want them even more crispy, you can bake after filling (before adding the greek yogurt) for 5-10 minutes.
Money-Saving Tips for these Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato Skins:
- Buy in bulk. Bigger packages, such as the chicken and Greek yogurt are a better bargain than smaller packages. You can freeze the chicken you don’t need, and use the Greek yogurt for a quick breakfast or snack!
- Use store-brand. Items such as the buffalo sauce can be bought using the store-brand, which tend to be less expensive.
more buffalo-inspired recipes
Buffalo Chicken Lasagna
Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Peppers
10 Buffalo-Inspired Recipes (that aren’t chicken wings)
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Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato Skins
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
Healthy Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato Skins – A super simple recipe that is the perfect blend of sweet and spicy. Great for a game day appetizer or easy entertaining!
Ingredients
- 3 sweet potatoes
- 1.5 cups cooked, shredded chicken
- 1/4 cup buffalo sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon milk or water
- cooking spray
- chopped green onions
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Scrub sweet potatoes, and pierce with a fork.
- Wrap each in a damp paper towel, and microwave on high for 6 minutes, or until softened.
- Let cool, cut each in half, and scrap out flesh leaving a thin layer behind.
- Place potato skins on a baking sheet, and coat each with cooking spray.
- Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, combine chicken, buffalo sauce, and garlic powder in a bowl.
- In a separate bowl, combine the yogurt with water or milk. Set aside.
- When potatoes are done baking, fill each with chicken mixture.
- Top each with a drizzle of yogurt, and green onions.
Notes
Meat free? Swap the chicken for cubed tofu or chickpeas in place of the chicken.
Not a buffalo fan? Mix the chicken with BBQ sauce instead!
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 potato skin
- Calories: 125
- Sugar: 3
- Sodium: 343
- Fat: 0.5
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.5
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 15
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 15
- Cholesterol: 38
Keywords: buffalo, sweet potato, appetizer, game day, football, gluten free, chicken
This is such a fun idea for a super bowl party! Everyone would be all over them
These look SO good! I just made some regular potato skins for my blog for superbowl – but love the idea of using sweets!
I love any and every type of potato skin!
These look amazing, I haven’t had potato skins in a long time. I like both sweet and spicy!
I’m right there with ya! 😀
I love finding awesome recipes for the super bowl! This is perfect! I’m not a fan of buffalo but this looks SO GOOD
Thanks Samantha! You could also make them with BBQ sauce instead!
Anything stuffed in a potato HAS to be amazingly good! Need to make this recipe asap
I like the way you think, haha!
Heck yes! These look so good. I make something relatively similar, and if I don’t already have precooked chicken I’ll just toss some chix breasts in buffalo sauce in the crockpot. Easy!!
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Such a great idea! Doesn’t get easier than that!
These look so delicious. I wonder if my kids would eat them. I know my husband and I would!
Hope you enjoy if you give them a try!
Goodness these look delicious – I am drooling!
These look soooo good!!! Perfect for the Super Bowl coming up!
Just in time for Superbowl! These look delicious.
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Love this idea! I’m in a recipe rut right meow so thank you!
I don’t eat chicken, but this looks oh-my-gosh DELICIOUS!! I totally need to make a plant-based version of this!
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Yum! These would totally be perfect for the Superbowl!
Oh my goodness…these look absolutely mouth-wateringly amazing! I love sweet potatoes + these look delicious! I am most definitely making these very soon 🙂
Perfect healthy party snack!
What a fun recipe! Fun fact – potato skins were my FAVORITE growing up, but I love this buffalo take!
Hubba Hubba!! I still have yet to try using Sweet Potatoes as the vehicle for food!! And I am OBSESSED with sweet potato – so I need to JUMP ON THIS TRAIN, asap!
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Oooo these look so good! I’ll have to make these for dinner soon.
What a fun idea, and a really tasty one. Can’t wait to try!