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These BBQ Twice Baked Potatoes are everything you love about barbecue stuffed in a baked potato skin and baked to perfection. A hearty, satisfying meal!
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This BBQ twice-baked potatoes are so yummy and filling! It’s an entire meal stuffed into a potato shell, with tender beef in tangy barbecue sauce, fluffy potato, cheese, zesty Ranch, and sour cream. They’re so much fun to serve while watching a big game, or when you’re having friends over for a movie night. We serve it with a simple side salad for a complete meal.
This side dish is layered with texture and is bursting with flavor! This bbq potato is packed with mashed potatoes, and tender, shredded ribs, then topped with cheese and green onions. Make this twice-baked potato with bbq ribs for an amazingly delicious meal. You will love the flavor combination!
BBQ Twice Baked Potatoes Ingredients
Twice-baked potatoes are simple to make and taste amazing! This potato recipe has a slight twist when adding in shredded bbq ribs to create one of the best types of twice-baked potatoes. You will need ribs, a creamy mixture for the potatoes, and toppings to garnish with. It is so simple to layer and comes together quickly!
- Ribs – Boneless beef country-style ribs are just what you need to make this the best bbq twice baked potatoes.
- Barbecue sauce – Make your own homemade bbq sauce or store-bought. Pick your favorite brand and kind and you will love how delicious these ribs turn out.
- Potatoes – Medium sized russet potatoes are best! The outer skin holds together and can withstand the heat compared to other types of potatoes.
- Butter – This butter will melt in the potato and give it that creamy taste and texture we all love.
- Ranch dressing – Homemade ranch dressing or store-bought dressing sinks into the butter and potatoes for a creamy layer.
- Sour cream – Thicken your cream mixture with softened sour cream.
- Green onion – Cut into small pieces that are garnished on top!
- Cheddar cheese – Sprinkle on top right away for it to melt over the potato and shredded bbq ribs.
How to Make Easy BBQ Twice Baked Potatoes
Layer the inside of a twice-baked potato with bbq, and a creamy mixture, and top it off with green onions and cheese! This can be a light dinner, a side dish, or an appetizer! Each step is simple to make and put together. It all comes together by layering each ingredient on top of each other!
- Cooking ribs – Place ribs in slow cooker and cover with BBQ sauce. Cook on low for 8 hours (or 4 hours on high). Remove from slow cooker and shred, return to slow cooker and keep warm until ready to serve. About an hour before serving bake potatoes.
- Baking potatoes – Take baked potatoes and cut an oval hole, lengthwise, from the top. Scoop out the potato, leaving a small amount of potato around the edges (you don’t want to scoop out too much and rip a hole in the skin).
- Add-ins – Place the potato “scooping” into a medium-sized bowl and add butter, ranch dressing, sour cream, salt, pepper, chives, and cheese.
- Layer the potatoes – Mash together with a fork until well mixed. Place mashed potatoes evenly back into the potato skins and make a depression in the top with the back of a spoon. Spoon a large scoop of shredded beef into the top of the potato and top with extra shredded cheese.
- Finish cooking – Place back in 350-degree oven for about 15 minutes or until potatoes are hot all the way through.
Suggestions for this Potato Recipe
Potatoes are so fun and delicious to make! Add in all the extra ingredients and make this bbq twice-baked potato recipe. It is so simple and can be made just the way you love it. Create the best potato just the way you like it!
- Feeding a crowd – If you’re serving a crowd and want to make this as more of a side dish, just cube the potatoes after baking instead of scooping them out. Place the potatoes in a glass baking dish, top with the remaining ingredients, and bake as you would the twice-baked potatoes. So easy!
- Lighter and healthier- To lighten things up you can leave out the ranch dressing and use light sour cream.
- Extra sauce – If you need extra flavor, drizzle additional BBQ sauce over the top. It looks pretty, too!
- Protein – You can easily swap the beef out for chicken, pork, or any other meat you like. Just follow the same method as the beef. Shred and serve over the potatoes.
- Scooping – When scooping out the potato make sure that you don’t go too deep. You can use either a spoon or a cookie dough scoop to help make the perfect oval shape.
- More toppings – Everyone loves bacon! Add chopped bacon, sliced red onion, or add garlic or onion powder to the cream mixture.
- Potato flesh – Make sure that you have a sturdy potato skin that can withhold the heat of the oven and not fall apart. If you want a real twist of flavor and texture, try using sweet potatoes instead!
“This is really good! My family keeps on requesting it!”
-Toni
Questions About Twice Baked Potatoes
If your potatoes are gummy, it usually means they were either over or under-baked. Make sure not to wrap the potatoes with aluminum foil. This will make it harder for the potato to cook.
They are called “twice baked potatoes” because the potatoes are being baked first, then you scoop out the middle of the potato leaving the flesh or potato skin intact. On the side, you will mash the scooped-out potatoes, put them back into the potato skins and recook for the second time.
These are perfect as an appetizer or side dish. Beef them up with some bacon, cheese, or other favorite toppings and they are also great as an entree. My favorite way to serve them is as a hearty side with grilled meat – whether it be chicken, ribs, burgers, pork chops, you name it!
Storing Leftovers for Twice Baked Potatoes with BBQ Ribs
Store the baked potatoes in an airtight container using a lid in the fridge for four to five days long. Place the ribs in a separate airtight container and store them in the refrigerator as well. When ready to reheat place it in an air fryer, the stove, or a microwave to warm up until it is hot again.
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How to Make BBQ Twice Baked Potatoes
BBQ Twice Baked Potatoes
Equipment
- Crock Pot Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless beef country-style ribs
- 20 ounces barbecue sauce
- 6 medium-sized potatoes baked (click HERE for our perfect baked potato method)
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup ranch dressing
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup chopped green onion
- salt and pepper to taste
- cheddar cheese shredded, to taste
Instructions
- Place ribs in the slow cooker and cover with BBQ sauce. Cook on low for 8 hours (or 4 hours on high). Remove from slow cooker and shred, return to slow cooker and keep warm until ready to serve. About an hour before serving bake potatoes (see link above for baking method).
- Take baked potatoes and cut an oval hole, lengthwise, from the top. Scoop out the potato, leaving a small amount of potato around the edges (you don't want to scoop out too much and rip a hole in the skin).
- Place the potato "scooping" into a medium-sized bowl and add butter, ranch dressing, sour cream, salt, pepper, chives, and cheese.
- Mash together with a fork until well-mixed. Place mashed potatoes evenly back into the potato skins and make a depression in the top with the back of a spoon (the potatoes may seem to overflow.. you can remove a little of the filling if needed).
- Spoon a large scoop of shredded beef into the top of the potato and top with extra shredded cheese.
- Place back in a 350-degree oven for about 15 minutes or until potatoes are hot all the way through.
- Serve immediately.
This is really good! My family keeps on requesting it!
Best potatoes ever! I could eat these with every dinner
I am SO excited to make this! My husband is going to love it!