Potato Skins
Ingredients
- Your favorite kind of potatoes
- Your favorite kind of shredded cheese
- Bacon
- Melted Butter
- Salt
- Sour cream for serving (optional)
- Chives for serving (optional)
Steps
- Preheat oven to 450 (f).
- Wash potatoes and pat dry with a paper towel. Pierce the skin all over with a fork.
- Brush the outside of the potatoes with melted butter and then sprinkle salt over the entire outside.
- Place potatoes on a baking sheet lined with tin foil and the put in the oven to cook for 30 minutes or until soft all the way through.
- Cook the bacon in a skillet to your preferred chewiness/crispiness.
- Crumble or chop the bacon into small bits.
- Remove from the oven and let cool until you can safely handle the potatoes.
- Cut the potatoes in half and carefully scoop out most of the insides, leaving enough for the potato skins to retain their shape, but removing enough to create a divot for toppings to sit in..
- Preheat the oven broiler
- Layer in shredded cheese and bacon and organize the potato skins on the baking sheet again..
- Cook the potato skins under the broiler for 2-3 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
- Serve hot topped with sour cream and chives if desired.
Notes!
Temperature and cook time in recipe listed for russet potatoes, adjust as needed if using a different kind potato.
Along with salt and butter I also like to season the potato skins with black pepper or cayenne.
Save the potato that you scoop out of the skins and make mashed potatoes or gnocchi!