Best Perfect Potato Skins Recipes

PERFECT POTATO SKINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F (218°C)
• Wash the potato well and place on a baking sheet.
• Place into the oven and bake for 1 hour. Test for doneness by gently squeezing the potatoes.
• Remove the baked potatoes from the oven and allow to cool for 1 hour.
• Cut up the bacon slices and cook in a skillet until crispy. Remove the cooked bacon pieces from the skillet, draining of bacon fat, and place in a ramekin until ready to use.
• Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C)
• Cut the baked potatoes in half and remove the pulp leaving 1/4" boarder. I use a spoon for this and store the removed potato pulp for another use.
• Next, line a baking sheet with foil.
• Next, brush each potato skin, flesh and skin side with vegetable oil.
• Place flesh side down on the baking sheet. Bake the potato skins for 25 minutes.
• Remove the potato skins from the oven and turn over then season with salt and pepper.
• Fill the potato skins with grated cheddar and cooked bacon pieces then return to the oven for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
• Remove the potato skins and top as desired, with a dollop of sour cream and fresh chives or other toppings of your choice.

HOMEMADE POTATO SKINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Rub potatoes with olive oil and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tender, about 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let sit until cool enough to handle, about 10 minutes. Increase the oven temperature to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Cut potatoes in half lengthwise. Scoop out the flesh, leaving 1/4 inch on the skin. Brush canola oil all over the potato skins, outside and inside, and sprinkle with salt. Reserve flesh for another use.
• Bake skins in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Flip and continue to bake for 10 minutes more. Remove from the oven. Turn on the oven's broiler.
• Meanwhile, place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels; crumble.
• Arrange the potato skins flesh-side up on a roasting pan or rack. Sprinkle the insides with pepper, Cheddar cheese, and crumbled bacon. Return to the oven and broil until cheese is bubbly, about 2 minutes. Remove from the oven.
• Add a dollop of sour cream to each skin and sprinkle with green onions.

POTATO SKINS BAR

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Wash the potatoes and rub the skins liberally with vegetable oil. Put the potatoes on a baking sheet and bake until fork-tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Slice the baked potatoes in half lengthwise, then scrape out the inner flesh with a cookie scoop or spoon, leaving a small margin of potato in the skins. Brush both sides of the potato skins with vegetable oil. Salt both sides liberally. Place the skins cut-side down on the baking sheet and return to the oven. Bake for 7 minutes, then flip the skins to the other side. Bake until the skins are crispy, about 7 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, fry the bacon in a skillet until crisp, then remove to a paper towel-lined plate to cool.
• When ready to serve, chop the bacon into bits and transfer to a small bowl. Put the cheese, ham, salsa, sour cream, ranch and chives in separate bowls. Lay out the fixings, put the skins on a platter and have everyone help themselves at the skins bar.

POTATO SKINS

Steps:

• Lightly grease outside of potatoes, cut small slit in top and bake at 425 degrees F for 45 minute or until soft. Let stand until cool enough to handle, about 15 minutes.
• Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out cooked potato, leaving a very thin layer of potato. (Save cooked potato for mashed potatoes or hash browns.)
• Brush outside and inside of skins with melted butter. Sprinkle inside with steak seasoning and Parmesan cheese.
• Place on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake 8 minutes or until crisp and bubbly.
• Fill with cheddar cheese and bacon. Bake 3 minutes or until cheese is melted. Top with a dollop of sour cream and sprinkle of chives.
• Variation: Twice Baked Potato Fingers Bake 3 large (about 5-inch) potatoes for 1 hour; cool. Cut in half lengthwise, and then lengthwise in half again, making 12 long fingers. Scoop out and proceed as above.

VEGETARIAN CLASSIC POTATO SKINS

Steps:

• Scrub the potatoes, and bake them at 375 for about 1 hour-90 minutes. Lower the oven temp to 350 when they're done.
• Let the taters cool for about 10-15 minutes, until they are cool enough to handle.
• Slice the taters in half and scoop the "meat" out. Put the meat aside to use for mish mash, home fries, potato farls, or another potato dish you'd like to make.
• Fill the hollowed tater halves with broccoli and cheeses.
• Put the filled taters back in the oven, preferably on some foil or a foiled baking sheet in case there's cheese run-off.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the cheese is browned. Salt and pepper to taste, and if you like, serve with some sour cream.
• Variation tip: replace the broccoli with some black or pinto beans to make tex-mex potato skins!