Loaded Baked Potatoes
Set up a baked potato bar at your next party!
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
- 4 extra large russet potatoes
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1/4 freshly snipped chives
- 2 green onions thinly sliced, white and green parts
- 1 cup shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
- 6 slices crispy bacon crumbled
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°. Prick potatoes all over with a fork or sharp knife and wrap tightly in foil. Bake until soft, about 1 hour.
- Unwrap potatoes and cut lengthwise slits in the top of each. Carefully scoop out flesh from center of each potato into a medium bowl, then add butter, sour cream, chives, green onion, half the cheddar, and half the bacon. Season with salt and pepper.
- Spoon filling back into each potato, mounding it on top. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and return to oven until melted, about 5 minutes. Top with greens onions and remaining bacon.
- Alternative directions: Preheat oven to 400. Prick potatoes all over with a fork or sharp knife and wrap tightly in foil. Bake until soft, about 1 hour.
- Unwrap potatoes and cut lengthwise slits in the top of each. Using a fork, 'fluff up' the insides of the potatoes. Serve the potatoes with ingredients as for 'self serve' potato bar.
Notes
*Potato Bar Instructions: After potatoes have been baked in the oven, keep them warm by placing them in a slow cooker. Remove baked potatoes from oven, carefully remove foil, and place potatoes in the slow cooker. Turn slow cooker on warm setting and place on buffet table with remaining baked potato ingredients set out in covered bowls.
*This recipe makes 4 baked potatoes. This recipe can be changed to accommodate any number of servings. Double or triple the ingredients per servings needed.