Game Day Potato Skins
September 21, 2018
The start of football season means game day foods! I spent this past football Sunday trying some new game day apps I haven’t tried before. The first was buffalo hummus (which came out great!) You can get the recipe here. The other was potato skins – they came out soooo good!! I didn’t try anything crazy with these just a basic potato skin, but they were delicious!
I used red potatoes because it is what I had in the house, but I think next time I will definitely use russet potatoes with a thicker skin. The red potatoes still tasted amazing, I just found it a little difficult to scoop the potato out without peeling the skin back. Once the potato was scooped out I was able to fill the potatoes with the cheese and bacon! They were so cheesy!!!
Ingredients:
- Potatoes
- 1 8 oz bag Sargento Shredded Cheddar Jack Cheese
- 4 slices bacon
- ½ cup chopped green onion
*I liked using the shredded cheese because it melted quickly!
Directions
- Cook potatoes in the oven at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes to an hour – or until potato is fully cooked and easy to scoop out.
- Remove potatoes from the oven and cut in half.
- Scoop out inside of potatoes – leave a small amount of potato, but not too much – you don’t want the skin to be too thick when you bite into it,
- Turn potatoes face down and butter the skins.
- Put skins back in the oven for a few minutes until they start to crisp up.
- You can cook the bacon in the microwave at this time until crispy and then smash into small pieces.
- Remove the potatoes from the oven and fill with cheese (yum!!) and then top with bacon.
- Back in the over until the cheese is melted!
- Remove from oven and top with green onion.
This was the perfect snack while watching the game! They did take a little longer than some of my other recipes, but they were definitely worth it and I will surely be making these again!
