What I love about twice baked potatoes is that you can not only have these as a side dish, but also serve as supper itself.
The potatoes can also be baked ahead of time and finished up in a flash for a weeknight meal.
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To begin, wash your baking potatoes. Dry them off and poke a few times with a fork. Rub the skins with a little olive or vegetable oil and bake on a baking sheet for about an hour at 375 degrees, or until a knife inserted in the center can go in easily.
Once they are done baking, remove them from the oven and cut them in half to let them begin cooling. (You can bake these ahead of time and simply store them in the fridge in an airtight container until you are ready to make them.)
In a skillet, cook 8-10 slices of bacon that have been diced. I use turkey or beef bacon, with some added butter. Sauté these until nice and crispy. Remove to a paper towel lined plate.
Reserve about 1/4 cup of the bacon drippings in the skillet. If needed, add butter so that you have 1/4 cup.
Mince 3 cloves of garlic and finely dice a small onion (about 1/3 cup onion)
Sauté the garlic and onion in the bacon drippings until tender and slightly golden.
Meanwhile scoop the insides of the potatoes out into a bowl.
Leave about a 1/2 inch layer of potato in the skin.
Once you have scooped out all of the potatoes, lightly brush olive oil on the inside and outside of all of the potatoes.
To the potatoes in the bowl, add 1 cup of sour cream along with 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, pepper, oregano, and a teaspoon of parsley.
Add in the sautéed garlic and onions (with the drippings that are in the skillet) and using a potato masher, mash this all together.
Stir in 1 1/2 cup shredded Colby-Jack or sharp cheddar cheese.
Spoon the filling back into the potatoes skins.
Top with the crispy bacon and some more shredded cheese. Bake these for 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees or until the cheese is melted and slightly golden.
Aren’t these gorgeous?
Enjoy!
Twice Baked Potatoes
Ingredients
- 5 baking potatoes
- olive oil or vegetable oil
- 8-10 slices bacon, beef or turkey
- 2 Tb butter, more if needed
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/3 c onion, diced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 1 c sour cream
- 2 1/4 c colby-jack or sharp cheddar cheese, shredded (divided)
Instructions
- To begin, wash your baking potatoes. Dry them off and poke a few times with a fork. Rub the skins with a little olive or vegetable oil and bake on a baking sheet for about an hour at 375 degrees or until a knife inserted in the center can go in easily.
- Once they are done baking, remove them from the oven and cut them in half to let them begin cooling. In a skillet, cook the diced bacon with butter. Sauté these until nice and crispy. Remove to a paper towel line plate. Reserve about 1/4 cup of the bacon drippings in the skillet. Add additional butter as needed.
- Mince the garlic and finely dice a small onion. Sauté the garlic and onion in the bacon drippings until tender and slightly golden.
- Meanwhile scoop the insides of the potatoes out into a bowl. Leave about a 1/2 inch layer of potato in the skin. Once you have scooped out all of the potatoes, lightly brush olive oil on the inside and outside of all of the potatoes.
- To the potatoes in the bowl, add the sour cream, salt, pepper, oregano, and parsley.
- Add in the sautéed garlic and onions (with the drippings that are in the skillet) and using a potato masher, mash this all together.
- Stir in 1 1/2 cup shredded Colby-Jack or sharp cheddar cheese.
- Spoon the filling back into the potatoes skins. Top with the crispy bacon and some more shredded cheese.
- Bake these for 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees or until the cheese is melted and slightly golden.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
If nutritional values are provided for this recipe, they are an estimate and will vary depending on the brands of ingredients you use. The values do not include optional ingredients or when ingredients are added to taste or for serving. If nutritional values are very important to you, I suggest using your favorite nutritional calculating tool with the brands you use.
Wow these look SOOOOO good. Bacon!
Those look delicious! I forget how easy twice baked potatoes are to make. Thanks for the reminder!
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