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Chicken and mushroom baked potato

A baked potato filled with chicken, mushrooms and a spoonable yoghurt sauce.

By The foodose editorial team. Nutrition calculated from USDA FoodData Central. Checked on paper on 12 September 2026; not yet cooked in a test kitchen or photographed, so the times and yield are estimates. How we develop our recipes
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  • Confirm the potatoes bake through in 55 to 65 minutes
  • Photograph the finished potatoes
Time
About 1 hr 15 min
estimated
Serves
2
see below
Energy
385 kcal
per serving
Protein
38 g
per serving
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Ingredients for 2 servings

2 servings

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Contains milk.

Cooking steps

  1. Heat the oven to 200°C / 400°F (180°C fan) and bake the potatoes for 55 to 65 minutes, until the skins are crisp and a knife goes in easily.

  2. Warm the oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat and cook the mushrooms for 6 to 8 minutes, until browned.

  3. Add the chicken and heat it for 3 to 4 minutes, until steaming hot right through.

    Cooked when: 74°C / 165°F, steaming hot throughout. A food thermometer is the reliable way to tell.

  4. Take the pan off the heat, wait for it to stop sizzling and stir in the yoghurt.

  5. Split the potatoes, fluff the insides with a fork so the filling works in rather than sitting on top, and spoon the filling over. Finish with the chives.

The useful detail

Fluff the potato centre before adding the topping. A fork through the flesh gives the sauce somewhere to go; without it the filling slides off the first forkful.

Make it work for you

One serving is One filled potato. You can switch to a smaller portion in the ingredients above; it is three quarters of this, and it contains correspondingly less energy and protein. It is an option, not a goal.

  • Cooked turkey instead of chicken

    Leaner and drier.

    Per serving: about 15 kcal less, about 1 g less protein, about 1 g less fat.

  • 2% Greek yoghurt

    Thicker, and less likely to split in the warm pan.

    Per serving: about 5 kcal more, about 3 g more protein, about the same fat.

  • Sweet potato instead of baking potato

    Sweeter, and it bakes in about 45 minutes.

    Per serving: about 20 kcal more, about 1 g less protein, about the same fat.

Estimated nutrition

Per standard serving, calculated from the ingredients above. Nutrition changes with substitutions, brands and how much oil stays in the pan.

A filled jacket potato where the sauce is yoghurt stirred in off the heat rather than butter or cream.

Nutrition per serving
Energy385 kcal
Protein38 g
Fat7 g
of which saturates2 g
Carbohydrate43 g
of which sugars8 g
Fibre5 g
Sodium130 mg
Show calculation notes

Each ingredient’s weight is multiplied by its USDA FoodData Central values per 100 g. The whole recipe is added up and divided by 2. Raw weights are used for meat, fish and vegetables; beans and lentils are drained weights. All of the oil is counted as eaten. Added salt is not included; sodium from stock, bread, cheese and tinned food is.

Calculation, whole recipe
IngredientWeight usedSourceEnergyProtein
potatoes400 gFDC 170026Potatoes, flesh and skin, raw308 kcal8.2 g
olive oil4.5 gFDC 171413Oil, olive, salad or cooking40 kcal0.0 g
mushrooms200 gFDC 169251Mushrooms, white, raw44 kcal6.2 g
cooked chicken180 gFDC 171477Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted297 kcal55.8 g
plain yoghurt120 gFDC 170886Yogurt, plain, low fat76 kcal6.3 g
chives5 gFDC 169994Chives, raw2 kcal0.2 g
Whole recipeDivided by 2766 kcal76.7 g

Per serving the energy is rounded to the nearest 5 kcal, grams to the nearest whole gram and sodium to the nearest 10 mg. Calculation method 1.0, September 2026. How the calculation works.

Storage and reheating

In the fridge
Cool, cover and refrigerate within 2 hours of cooking. Eat within 3 to 4 days. Cooked chicken should be reheated only once, which has already happened here.
In the freezer
Freezing keeps food safe indefinitely; the texture is best if it is eaten sooner rather than later.
Reheating
Reheat until it reaches 74°C / 165°F, steaming hot throughout.

Checked against US Food and Drug Administration, Refrigerator and Freezer Storage Chart, USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, Leftovers and Food Safety, FoodSafety.gov, Safe Minimum Internal Temperatures and FoodSafety.gov, Cold Food Storage Chart. UK guidance from the Food Standards Agency is shorter, at two days for most leftovers.

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