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Quick & Easy Baked (Not Fried!) Potato Skins

Make homemade potato skins with all the fixings
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword Baked Potato Skins
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Author Jayme

Ingredients

  • Potatoes (like russet)
  • Cheese (like cheddar)
  • Bacon (either fried yourself or cheat and use bacon bits)
  • Green onions (optional)
  • Sour cream (optional for some people; required for me)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400°F.
  • Using a fork, poke holes in clean, but dry potatoes. Do as many as you want. If you want to get fancy, lightly cover the potatoes with olive oil and sea salt before baking. But that’s a fancy step.
  • Bake potatoes for an hour.
  • Take the potatoes out of the oven and cut in half horizontally (so they look like a boat). They’ll be HOT, so I usually hold them with a towel as I slice them.
  • Scoop out the potato pulp. Leave some in, but take most of it out. You can use the “leftover” potato for other purposes – mashed potatoes, potato soup, skinless baked potatoes, whatever you want.
  • Put some cheese in the potato boat.
  • Put some bacon and green onions (if using) in potato boat.
  • Place on a cookie sheet.
  • Bake for another 5-10 minutes until cheese is melted.
  • Take out of the oven. Put on a plate. Smother with sour cream, if desired, and serve.