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Loaded Potato Skins

Baked potato halves scooped out, brushed with butter and baked crisp, then filled with cheddar and bacon and finished with sour cream and green onions.

⏱ 1 hr 40 min (20 min prep, 1 hr 20 min cooking) 🍽 Serves 8 · 2 skins kid friendlymake aheadfreezer friendly gluten free

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Ingredients

Make 8 servings
  • 8 Russet potatoes, small to medium, scrubbed
  • 3 tbsp Butter, unsalted, melted
  • 1 tsp Kosher salt
  • Β½ tsp Ground black pepper
  • 8 strip Bacon
  • 2 cup Shredded cheddar, shredded
  • Β½ cup Sour cream
  • 4 Green onions, sliced

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Nutrition

Nutrition coming: the USDA numbers for these ingredients are being added.

Steps

You’ll need: baking sheet, skillet, spoon, pastry brush.

  1. Heat the oven to 400Β°F. Prick the potatoes with a fork and bake directly on the rack 50 to 60 minutes, until tender. Cool 10 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile cook the bacon in a skillet until crisp; drain and crumble.
  3. Halve the potatoes lengthwise and scoop out most of the flesh, leaving a ΒΌ-inch shell. (Save the flesh for mashed potatoes or potato soup.)
  4. Raise the oven to 450Β°F. Brush the skins inside and out with butter, season with salt and pepper, and bake cut side up on a baking sheet 10 to 12 minutes, until crisp.
  5. Fill with cheese and bacon and bake 5 minutes more, until melted. Top with sour cream and green onions.
Make aheadBake and scoop the potatoes and cook the bacon up to 2 days ahead; refrigerate. Crisp and fill just before serving.
❄️ FreezerFreeze crisped, unfilled skins up to 2 months.
β†Ί LeftoversRefrigerate within 2 hours; eat within 3 to 4 days. Reheat at 400Β°F until hot (165Β°F).
πŸ§’ With kidsKids can scoop the cooled potatoes with a spoon and sprinkle the fillings.
Vegetarian swapSkip the bacon; add sautΓ©ed peppers and onions or chopped broccoli.

Goes well with

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Good to know

Cooking Fats Compared Salted vs. unsalted butter Table salt vs. kosher salt vs. sea salt

An original Teddy Rook Book recipe, written for our Big game day party collection; safety steps follow USDA. Nutrition is estimated from USDA FoodData Central and changes with brands and portions.