Pork Carnitas Stuffed Sweet Potato

This is ridiculously fast and simple, provided you have your carnitas on hand already, or get some from a local mexican market or restaurant. In my case I had a package on hand from Trader Joe’s. Here’s the whole process. Nuke or bake your sweet potato. If you nuke it, I find that about 5 minutes does the trick, perhaps 7 minutes for a big one. I use white sweet potatoes almost exclusively, as I don’t care much for the orange ones people often refer to as yams. Cut them in half and spread them open a bit on a…