Oven Baked Potato Skins
Recipe: #4269
January 22, 2012
Categories: Side Dishes, Bacon, Appetizers, Potatoes, Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day, Oven Bake, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, more
"This is a great appetizer I have been making for ages. It goes over very well on game night!!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (221.5 g)
- Calories 326.8
- Total Fat - 17.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 4 g
- Cholesterol - 15.5 mg
- Sodium - 268.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 33.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
- Sugars - 1.2 g
- Protein - 9.7 g
- Calcium - 186.8 mg
- Iron - 1.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 10.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Wrap potatoes in foil and bake in a 425 degree Fahrenheit oven until tender, about 50 to 60 minutes.
Step 2
Allow to cool and cut in half lenghtwise.
Step 3
Scoop out the pulp leaving just a bit in the skin. (The pulp can be used for something else some other time or return it to the potato as a previous reviewer did).
Step 4
Brush oil on skin.
Step 5
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Step 6
Top potatoes with bacon, cheese and chives; place on a baking sheet coated with non-stick spray.
Step 7
Bake in a 450 degree Fahrenheit oven until cheese is all melted, about 10 to 12 minutes.
Step 8
Top with sour cream and serve.
Tips
No special items needed.