Bacon Stuffed Potatoes Recipe 435 Food

BACON 'N' CHEESE STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Bake potatoes at 400° for 1 hour or until tender. Cool slightly. Reduce heat to 350°. , Cut each potato in half lengthwise. Scoop out pulp, leaving a thin shell. In a large bowl, mash the pulp with butter. Stir in the sour cream, cheese, bacon and onions. Spoon or pipe into potato shells. , Place on a baking sheet. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until heated through.

TWICE BAKED POTATOES (STUFFED JACKET POTATOES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 220°C / 430°F (200°C fan). Place a rack on a tray (recommended but not critical).
• Prick potatoes: Wash, scrub and dry potatoes well. Prick each potato 8 times with a fork.
• Oil and salt: Put potatoes in a bowl, pour over oil and rub onto potatoes. Then sprinkle over salt and use your hands to coat. (Just do this as best you can. Some will stick, much will not!)
• Bake: Place potatoes on rack and bake for 75 minutes or until you can pierce with a small knife with no resistance.
• Cook bacon: Place bacon in a cold non-stick pan over medium heat. When the fat starts to melt, turn the heat up to high and cook bacon until golden. Drain on paper towels.
• Heat butter and cream: Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Then add cream and heat until hot, but don't let it boil. (You could also do this in a microwave)
• Lower oven: Turn oven down to 200°C / 390°F (180°C fan).
• Scoop out potato flesh: Allow potatoes to cool enough so you can handle them (or use a tea towel). Cut in half lengthwise and scoop out potato flesh, leaving 0.7cm (1/3") thick layer of potato still stuck to skin.
• Mash potato: Place potato flesh in a bowl and mash while hot until smooth.
• Add-ins: Add half the cheese (save the rest for topping), most of the bacon (save a bit for garnish), all the green onion, hot cream and butter, salt and pepper. Stir to combine.
• Stuff and top with cheese: Fill potato skins with the mashed potato mixture. Top with remaining cheese.
• Bake: Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until the cheese is melted, golden and bubbly.
• Serve: Serve immediately, garnish with sour cream, reserved bacon and chives.

DOUBLE STUFFED POTATOES WITH THE WORKS

Steps:

• Preheat a small nonstick pan over medium high heat. Rub potatoes with a drizzle of oil. Place potatoes on a microwave safe plate and microwave on high for 12 minutes, rotating once. While potatoes cook, add chopped bacon to hot skillet and brown until bits are crisp. Add scallions and cook scallions together with bacon 1 minute more. Transfer bacon bits and green onions to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Allow potatoes to cool enough to be handled, 5 minutes. Preheat broiler to high. Cut potatoes in half and scoop out the flesh into a small bowl. Smash potato flesh together with sour cream until combined using a potato masher. Stir in cheddar cheese, bacon and scallions and season with salt and pepper, to your taste. Scoop filling back into potato skins and place on a cookie sheet. Place potatoes in oven and brown under broiler, 6 inches from heat 5 minutes.

BACON AND CHEESE-STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Pierce each potato in several places with fork or sharp knife. Bake 1 hour or until tender. Cool 5 min.
• Cut potatoes lengthwise in half; scoop out centers into medium bowl, leaving 1/8-inch-thick shells. Add cheese, butter, milk and pepper to potatoes in bowl; mash until desired consistency. Stir in bacon and chives; spoon into potato shells. Place in shallow baking dish.
• Bake 30 min. or until heated through.

SUPER-STUFFED BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat, turning, until crisp. Transfer to paper towels to drain and reserve 1 tablespoon of the drippings. Chop the bacon.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Rub the potatoes with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place on a baking sheet and bake 30 minutes. Pierce each potato in a few spots with a fork and continue baking until tender, 15 to 20 more minutes.
• Meanwhile, fit a medium pot with a steamer insert, fill with 2 inches of water and bring to a boil. Add the cauliflower, cover and steam until crisp-tender, about 10 minutes. Transfer the cauliflower to a food processor. Add the buttermilk, garlic, vinegar, paprika, the reserved bacon drippings, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste; pulse until smooth. Set aside 1/4 cup of the cauliflower puree for topping.
• Slice a thin layer off the top of each potato, then scoop the flesh into a bowl, leaving a 1/4-inch-thick wall. Mix the potato flesh with the remaining cauliflower puree, three-quarters each of the cheese and scallions, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Stuff the potato skins with the potato-cauliflower mixture and sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake until the cheese melts and the filling is warmed through, about 12 minutes. Top with the reserved cauliflower puree, the remaining scallions, the bacon and more paprika.

POTATO, CARAMELIZED LEEK, AND BACON-STUFFED PUFF PASTRY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Caramelize the leeks by cooking them in 1 tablespoon olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper in a large skillet over medium heat for 10 minutes.
• Roll out the puff pastry into a 20 by 10-inch rectangle, move the pastry to a baking sheet and start by layering the potato slices on one half of the rectangle (we are going to fold the other empty half over and on top in order to seal it up, sort of like a calzone). Season the potatoes with salt and pepper, then add the crumbled bacon and leeks. Top with the Parmesan and seal up the puff pastry square, then crimp the edges. Brush the top of the puff pastry with the egg and cut 3 slits in the top of the puff pastry to allow the steam to escape.
• Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown and puffed. Serve warm.

BACON & BLUE CHEESE POTATO STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS #5FIX

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a large skillet, cook bacon until well done and crispy. Remove to paper towels to blot, then crumble and set aside. Reserve the bacon drippings in the skillet.
• Trim chicken breasts of any fat and cut a wide lengthwise slit in the center of the side of the chicken breast, being careful not to cut all the way through.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine Simply Potatoes Traditional Mashed Potatoes, bacon crumbles, blue cheese, and half of the sliced green onions. Mix with a wooden spoon until blended. Spoon about ¼ cup of the potato mixture into the slit in the chicken breast and secure with long tooth picks. Place remaining potato mixture into a greased baking dish.
• Over medium high to high heat, in the same skillet with the reserved bacon drippings, brown the chicken breasts on both sides until golden brown, about 8 minutes. Turn with tongs and be careful to keep potato mixture inside the chicken breasts. Place stuffed chicken breasts in a baking dish and cover with foil.
• Place chicken and remaining mashed potato casserole in the oven. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and continue to bake both dishes another 20- 25 minutes.
• Remove from oven, place on a platter. Pour pan drippings over chicken, tent with foil and let rest for 7-10 minutes. Garnish chicken breasts and extra casserole with remaining green onion slices. Serve stuffed chicken breasts and pass remaining mashed potato casserole.

LOADED POTATOES-STUFFED WITH BACON, CREAM CHEESE, AND SCALLIONS

Steps:

• Microwave potatoes till soft about 10 minutes.
• Cut lenghtwise in 1/2 scoup out flesh leaving some so to hold the shape.
• Mix the scouped potato with the rest of the ingredients mashing the potatoes.
• Fill back into skins and bake 20 minutes at 425 degrees.

ONION BACON CHEESE STUFFED BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Bake potatoes at 350 degrees for one hour or until done.
• Scoop out potato.
• Put potato in large bowl and mash.
• Fry chopped bacon until crisp.
• Remove from pan.
• Fry onions in bacon grease.
• Drain grease.
• Add bacon, onion, and cubed cheddar cheese to the potatoes.
• Add sour cream and milk.
• Mash and mix until smooth.
• Pile into baked potato skins.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 10-15 minutes.
• Sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top and put back in oven until cheese is melted.
• These can be frozen when put potato mixture into baked potato skins.

STUFFED JACKET POTATOES

Steps:

• Equipment you will need: medium mixing bowl, small mixing bowl, dessertspoon, fork, baking tray, grater, oven gloves.
• Get an adult to heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and bake the potatoes for about 1 hr until cooked and the skins are crispy. Leave to cool completely. This can be done up to 2 days ahead.
• To stuff the jacket potatoes, heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Ask an adult to cut the potatoes in half. Using a spoon, carefully scoop out the middle of the potato, leaving the skin unbroken (like a boat). Place the scooped potato into a mixing bowl.
• Using the fork, mash the potato until there are no lumps. Add the cheese, sweetcorn and peppers and mix well. Gently pick the leaves from the herbs. You can rip the larger leaves into smaller pieces. Stir the herbs into the cheesy potato mixture.
• Using the spoon, carefully scoop the mixture back into the potato boats. Make sure that you use all the mixture up. Sprinkle with a little extra grated cheese and place on a baking tray. Using oven gloves, place the tray in the oven and bake for 10-15 mins until golden.