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Shredded Beef Taco Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 8 1x

Ingredients

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Shredded Beef

  • 34 pounds boneless chuck roast, sliced into 45” chunks
  • 1/211 oz. can chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (reserve 1/2 for sauce, below)
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Sweet Potatoes

  • 4 large sweet potatoes, washed and cut in half lengthwise
  • 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Chipotle Sauce

  • 1/211 oz. can chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
  • Juice of 1 large lime
  • 2 Tablespoons water

Toppings

  • Cheddar Cheese, shredded
  • Olives, sliced
  • Jalapeños, sliced
  • Red onion, sliced
  • Tomatoes, chopped
  • Avocado, chopped
  • Cilantro

Instructions

Shredded Beef

  1. In a pressure cooker, add olive oil and set to brown/sauté. Rub salt and pepper generously over the outside of beef. Add in beef and brown on each side for about 3-4 minutes. Change setting to meat or manual and set to 45 minutes. Add in water, close lid and allow pressure cooker to work it’s magic.
  2. For a slow cooker, add oil to a large skillet, Rub salt and pepper generously over the outside of beef. Add in beef and brown on each side for about 3-4 minutes. Remove from skillet and add beef and water to slow cooker and cook on low for 8+ hours.
  3. Once finished, remove from cooker, drain water and shred meat with two forks.
  4. Note: You can prepare meat ahead of time, even a day or 2 before you need it!

Sweet Potatoes

  1. Preheat oven to 450 °F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Place sweet potatoes, cut side up on baking sheet and massage with olive oil to evenly coat all sides of sweet potatoes. Sprinkle with salt.
  3. Place in oven and bake for 25-20 minutes, or until fork tender.
  4. Once cooled (~5 minutes), mash middle with back of fork to create a well for meat and toppings

Chipotle Sauce

  1. In a blender add chipotle peppers, lime and water until well combined and smooth.
  2. To make sweet potatoes, add beef and top with desired toppings finishing with chipotle sauce.


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 stuffed potato