Hamburger Potato Skins Food

POTATO SKIN BURGERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º. Season potatoes with salt and pepper and rub with olive oil. Bake until tender, 1 hour 30 minutes. Raise oven temperature to 450º.
• Let potatoes cool, then halve lengthwise and scoop out potatoes, leaving 1/4" potato on all sides.
• Place potato skins facedown and brush with oil. Bake until golden, 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, shape ground beef into burgers the same size as buns. Season with salt and pepper and cook until medium, 5 minutes per side.
• Flip and fill potato skins with bacon and cheese. Return to oven until cheese is melty, 5 minutes.
• Fill skins with sour cream and chives, then top one with a cooked burger and another potato skin.
• Serve.

POTATO SKINS BAR

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Wash the potatoes and rub the skins liberally with vegetable oil. Put the potatoes on a baking sheet and bake until fork-tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Slice the baked potatoes in half lengthwise, then scrape out the inner flesh with a cookie scoop or spoon, leaving a small margin of potato in the skins. Brush both sides of the potato skins with vegetable oil. Salt both sides liberally. Place the skins cut-side down on the baking sheet and return to the oven. Bake for 7 minutes, then flip the skins to the other side. Bake until the skins are crispy, about 7 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, fry the bacon in a skillet until crisp, then remove to a paper towel-lined plate to cool.
• When ready to serve, chop the bacon into bits and transfer to a small bowl. Put the cheese, ham, salsa, sour cream, ranch and chives in separate bowls. Lay out the fixings, put the skins on a platter and have everyone help themselves at the skins bar.

ITALIAN HAMBURGER POTATO SKILLET

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown ground beef and drain off fat.
• Slice or chop the onion, whichever you prefer, and add to the ground beef toward the end of browning.
• While the ground beef is browning, wash and slice the potatoes leaving the skins on.
• Add the potatoes to the hamburger/onion mixture, and mix together.
• In a large 4 cup liquid measuring cup, measure the 2 cup Italian dressing, and add 2 cup water to make 4 cups of liquid.
• Pour the dressing/water mix over the hamburger/potato mixture, and cook at high heat until liquid reaches a boil.**.
• Sprinkle seasoning salt over mixture (or seasoning of your choice, as desired), and stir.
• Turn heat down to low and cover skillet.
• Simmer mixture for 20-30 min., stirring occasionally, adding seasoning if desired.
• The dish is done when the potatoes are soft, and the liquid is cooked down, and the entire mixture is "saucy", but not watery.
• **You may need to add water during cooking time, if liquid cooks down too fast, and potatoes aren't soft yet.