I love potato skins, they make a create snack! They’re the perfect food when watching basketball!
Start with a few potatoes. Preheat the oven to approximately 400 degrees F. While the oven is heating, thoroughly scrub the potatoes, then them dry with a paper towel.
Use a paper towel or with clean hands to rub canola oil all over the skins until they’re nice and moist and wonderful. Place them on a baking sheet and bake until the skins are crisp and the potato is tender when pierced with a fork, about 30 to 40 minutes or so, depending on the size of your potato.
While the potatoes are baking, cook your bacon. I like the thick cut and like to cook it in a microwave for crisp bacon. Once cooked, chop it on your cutting board.
Next, grate up some sharp cheddar, mild cheddar or your favorite cheese! Then slice/chop the green onions.
Once the potatoes are done, let them cool just a bit, then slice them down the middle. I like to use an ice cream scoop to scoop out the insides. I place the potato into a bowl and use them for mash potatoes the next day.
I like to brush the outside of the potato skin with melted butter. If you want the outside skin to be really crisp place them back into the oven skin side up and back for 2 to 4 minutes until crisp. Or just place them back on your baking sheet right side up. Place the cheese into the potato, then your bacon. Then stick the potato skins back into the oven just long enough to totally melt the cheese and sizzle the bacon.
…Yum!
The green onions are next, add sour cream if you like! You’ll love these a lot!! 🙂 In the south, some people call thme tater skins!
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Can you believe I’ve never had potato skins? ONce I almost ordered them in a restaurant as an appetizer, but ended up choosing something else. Now you got me very very curious 😉
Good evening Sally! Oh no, you should give them a try, they are easy to make and are good! 🙂 I can’t wait to read more about your trip!?!
These do look good Michael!
they look great.
yum yum—I looove potatoes skins
Me too!! 🙂
Wow! These look really good, never had one before, will be making soon.
Do you ever make them as “twice baked” potatoes? I do them just like you up until the scooping. I salt the empty skins, and then mash the potato in a bowl with butter, cheese, sour cream, thawed spinach, herbs, and some sauteed or dehydrated onion. The mixture is then scooped back into the potatoes, topped with more sharp cheddar and some chili powder, and baked for another 20 minutes or so. You could certainly add pig parts in there if they make you happy, and top with those lovely green onions. Not a snack, but a delicious, creamy almost good for you meal… Best wishes, WG
Yes, in fact the potato I saved will be used today in twice baked potatoes! I use broccoli instead of spinach.:-)
We love them that way, too. Somehow the green vegetable makes them appear like a healthy treat 😉 Enjoy!
I agree with you on that!! 🙂
Now if you could just figure a way to incorporate some green vegetable into your wonderful chocolate fudge desserts….
Not sure how to do that one! haha 🙂
Love that food, so authentic and tasty! 🙂 ela
Mt too, makes a great snack!
they taste yummie even if you don’t watch baseball and own a tv 😉
They are good anytime! 🙂
YUM! These look great – we’ll be watching the season finale of Walking Dead tonight so I think I will make some!
Hi Kelli! Sounds like a good idea to me!
When potato skins came on the appetizer menu years and years ago my father said, “What? They’re eating garbage? We were poor but we never had to eat garbage.” I’ll never forget it and it makes me laugh when I think of it.
It’s not garbage to me and there are a few restaurants who serve skins here in Australia and I always order them.
I make them at home but not often enough! Yum.
Great story Maureen, sounds like something my dad would say too! Not garbage to me either, I have always eaten the skin of my baked potato and love it! 🙂
My hubby would love to eat these during the Final Four! In fact, so would I!!! They would be his snack and my dinner 🙂
🙂 They are delicious!
These look so good, Michael. I bet they disappear within minutes of being served.
Yes they do, they are really good! 🙂
Now I’m hungry! :-9
They are delicious! 🙂
You’re making me hungry too! Love potato skins. Hope you have a great weekend!
I love them too!! Enjoy your weekend Christin!
These look really good Michael! Love potato skins, and now we are very tempted to make them soon.
Cheers,
J+C
thank you! 🙂