Pulled pork baked potatoes are amazing! Cook them both together so the one pot dinner is done at the end of the day. Easy slow cooker pork shoulder recipe with russets cooked right on top!
Ever had this at your local county fair? We have and they were like beyond amazing. You can make these with leftovers but fresh is always best. Just 2 ingredients for fork tender protein and fluffy taters are one of our favorite easy Crockpot recipes. (affiliate links present)
Different Ways You Can you Cook Baked Potatoes
Ok so what is the best way to make baked potatoes? I will list a few choices below but that would be if you cooked them separately. Ain’t no need for that here friends. 😉 I bet you’ve made these before and served them as a side dish right? Filled with butter, sour cream and chives is boring. Period.
- Since we are using our Crock here, I will share slow cooker baked potatoes first. It is literally the easiest way to make them with very little prep on your part.
- Then we move on to our ahhhhhmmmaaaazing smoked baked potatoes, takes a while but so worth it.
- Baked potatoes in air fryer using the air crisp or air fryer function is the fastest and you’ll get the crispiest skin this way.
- You can get them tender using our pressure cooker baked potatoes method.
Ingredient Notes
- 6 russet potatoes is what we needed to feed our family
- I prefer boneless pork chops so the meat breaks down. If you wanted to cook separate with just the vegetables in the Crock you could cook more meat with Boston butt in the oven that way.
- We use a sweet and spicy Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce
- Shredded cheddar cheese is what we use but you could use any variety to fill the insides.
- To top we use diced green onions for a touch of color, texture and flavor too
- Then add seasonings of your choosing such as salt and pepper
Twice Baked Pulled Pork Potatoes
When Pulled Pork Twice Baked Potatoes are done you can just slice open, fluff the insides, shred meat and load it right in. If you wanted to make twice baked potatoes instead that is wonderful too. You’d just;
- Slice each potato in half lengthwise
- Scoop out 3/4 of the middle leaving a bit remaining on the edges of the potato shell so it doesn’t fall apart
- Put flesh, shredded pork, shredded cheese, bbq sauce if you want to make bbq pork, chives, cheese and green onions into a bowl and combine
- Spoon back into the potato jacket
- Put into preheated air fryer basket with more cheese on top and follow our air fryer potato skins timing.
You can brown these in a preheated oven at 400 degrees on a baking sheet too. 5-6 minutes usually does the trick to melt the cheese on top.
I will enlighten you here to the fact that just about anything and everything tastes delicious inside a fluffy baked potato. It can and should be served often as a main dish with vegetables, shredded as pulled pork sliders and all the things inside. We will convince you of that too after you make this one.
Pulled Pork Baked Potato Recipe
Equipment
- 1-2 slow cooker
Ingredients
- 6 potatoes
- 8 pork chops, boneless
- 1 c barbecue sauce
- 2 c cheese, shredded
- green onions, diced
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Spritz the liner of your Crock with nonstick cooking spray. Place the pork loin chops in the bottom of the slow cooker and season with salt and black pepper.
- Top with the barbecue sauce. Place a layer of aluminum foil over the pork. Place the potatoes (rinsed and dried) over the foil. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours or high for 3 to 4 hours or until the potatoes are cooked through and fork tender.
- Carefully remove the potatoes and foil from the slow cooker. Shred the pork with two forks. Split the potatoes open and top with pulled pork and shredded cheese.
- Serve with any topping desired such as sour cream, sliced green onions, additional barbecue sauce, or cooked bacon.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Leftover Pulled Pork Recipe
If you did have leftovers you could just cook the veggies alone using one of the methods above and be done. Pig isn’t the only protein that works well inside, and of course there are vegetables galore that you can pile inside if you want meat free.
What Goes well with Pulled Pork?
For years I would fill these with our Instant Pot chili, we still do this today. One I was thinking of a way to use up leftovers and it dawned me that pretty much any protein would taste great inside this Idaho staple like;
- It makes a great leftover taco meat recipe
- For a quicker method with the other white meat, follow our pressure cooker shredded chicken steps
- And for beef I would use our Instant Pot shredded beef recipe
We also love chopped up slow cooker bbq meatballs stuffed inside if I have leftover taters left. Jump to recipe below and let us know if you tweak it beyond this. You are just going to need barbecue sauce, taters, meat, salt and pepper and you will want to top with cheese and maybe some sour cream at the end.
