Best Skinny Skins Baked Potato Skins Recipes

Skinny Skins (Baked Potato Skins) image

Provided by Food Network

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

6 small to medium russet potatoes
6 to 8 chives, white and green, chopped
1/2 cucumber, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1 pint cherry tomatoes, diced
8 oz. mushrooms, chopped
2 Tbs. champagne vinegar (can substitute apple cider or balsamic vinegar)
Salt and pepper, to taste
Salt and pepper, to taste
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 - 1 cup light sour cream
1/2 - 1 cup blue cheese crumbles
6-8 oz. turkey bacon, cooked and diced (optional)

Steps:

Wrap potatoes in aluminum foil and bake at 400 degrees for approximately 45 minutes, or until tender.Let potatoes cool. When cool, cut potatoes in half lengthwise. Use a spoon to scoop out most of the soft center and place in bowl. Set aside.
Brush the potato skin halves lightly with olive oil or spray with canola oil and place them flat side down on a baking sheet. Put the skins in the oven at 400 degrees and cook until hot and crunchy, approximately 10-15 minutes. Add cucumber, celery, tomato, mushrooms and 3/4 of the chives to the potatoes. Add olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Toss well.
Pull the potato skins out of the oven. Fill each potato skin with the potato salad mixture. Top each with a dollop of sour cream, blue cheese crumbles, turkey bacon (if using), remaining chives and a grind of black pepper. Serve immediately.

Skinny Dippers (Baked Potato Skins for Dipping) image

Provided by Millereg

Time 1h25m

Yield 48 skinny dippers, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

6 potatoes
2 ounces butter, melted
coarse salt
6 -8 cloves garlic, finely minced
4 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
4 ounces vegetable oil
4 ounces olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
salt and pepper or lemon pepper

Steps:

----ToMake Garlic Dip----.
In a small bowl, combine the garlic, mustard, and egg yolks and stir until well blended.
Combine the vegetable and olive oils and slowly add the oils, a drop at a time at first, beating constantly.
As the mixture begins to thicken, add oil a little faster and beat until the mixture is smooth.
Add the lemon juice, salt and pepper.
----ToMake Potato Skins----.
Scrub potatoes and pat dry.
Pierce in several places with fork.
Bake potatoes at 375F to 400F for about 45 to 60 minutes or until tender.
Cool slightly and then cut in half.
Scoop out flesh leaving in 1/8” to ¼“ inch thick shell.
(Keep the potato flesh for recipes calling for mashed potatoes).
Turn oven up to 500F.
Using a kitchen shears or very sharp vegetable knife, cut the shells in half and then in half again giving you 8 sections for each potato.
Brush both sides of skins with melted butter and sprinkle with coarse salt.
Place on a baking sheet.
Bake about 10 to 12 minutes or until crisp.
Serve with garlic dip.