Loaded Baked Potatoes Food

LOADED BAKED POTATO

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F. Pierce each potato with a paring knife and roast in the oven until tender, about 1 hour, depending on the size of your potatoes.
• Meanwhile, dice up the bacon. Heat a saute pan over medium heat and cook the bacon until crispy, about 7 minutes. Drain the bacon fat and reserve.
• Return the saute pan to the heat and add the reserved bacon fat. Cook the broccoli and red pepper for 2 minutes. Add the water and allow to cook until water has evaporated. Remove from heat.
• When potatoes are done cooking, remove and allow to cool until you can handle them. Cut them in half and with a spoon, scoop out the insides, leaving about 1/4 inch border on the skins.
• Place the scooped-out potato in a bowl and mix with half the bacon, broccoli, red pepper, sour cream, salt, pepper, and half the Cheddar. Divide this filling back among the potato skins.
• Return the stuffed potatoes to the 400-degree oven and bake until heated through, or until an instant-read thermometer reads 165 degrees, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove and top with remaining bacon, Cheddar, and green onions.

EASY LOADED BAKED POTATOES (4 WAYS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Clean potatoes and wrap with foil.
• Bake for 1 hour or until tender.
• Cut a large X on top of potato and make an opening.
• Load with topping.
• Variation #1 Ham and Alfredo:.
• Pour Alfredo sauce in a sauce pan and stir in ham.
• Cook over medium heat until mixture is hot.
• Spoon mixture over potatoes.
• Variation #2 Broccoli and Cheese:.
• Heat Brocoli and cheese mixture in a sauce pan over medium heat until hot.
• Spoon mixture over potato.
• Variation #3 Tex Mex:.
• Spoon 2 Tablespoons of salsa on each potato.
• Top with sour cream and guacamole.
• Variation #4 Chili and Cheese:.
• Stir chili and cheese together in a medium sauce pan and heat on medium heat.
• Cook until cheese is melted and spoon mixture over potatoes.

LOADED BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Toss potatoes with oil in a large bowl until well coated. Add garlic salt, chili powder, and pepper and continue to toss until spices are evenly distributed.
• Place potatoes directly on the center rack of the preheated oven. Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Continue baking until a toothpick inserted in the center of a potato offers little resistance, about 40 minutes more.
• Slice each baked potato lengthwise down the center, add sour cream, green onions, Cheddar cheese, and bacon. Serve piping hot.

LOADED BAKED POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and spray a 3-quart casserole dish with nonstick spray. Set aside.
• Cook the bacon in a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until brown and crispy, 6 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the bacon drippings.
• Put the potatoes into the prepared casserole dish. Toss with the reserved 2 tablespoons bacon drippings, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Roast until the potatoes are soft and begin to brown, about 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix together the cream cheese and 1 cup Cheddar in a bowl until well combined. Dollop over the potatoes, then sprinkle with the remaining cup Cheddar and bake until the cheese is melted and bubbly and the potatoes are completely cooked through when poked with a knife, 13 to 15 minutes.
• Dollop the sour cream evenly over the casserole and sprinkle with the scallions and bacon pieces.

LOADED BAKED POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Position 2 racks in the center of the oven, and preheat to 375 degrees F. Thoroughly wash and dry the potatoes, then prick each all over 8 to 10 times with a fork. Rub the butter evenly on the potatoes, and sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper. Place the potatoes on a baking sheet with at least 1 inch of space between them.
• Put the bacon in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Place both baking sheets in the oven, the bacon below the potatoes. Cook the bacon, flipping halfway through, until golden brown and crispy, 18 to 20 minutes; transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate, let cool and then crumble. Bake the potatoes, flipping halfway through, until the skin is crispy and a small knife inserted in the center goes in and out without any resistance, 45 to 50 minutes. Transfer the potatoes to a cutting board and let cool completely, about 2 hours; quarter each cooled potato lengthwise, then cut into 1-inch pieces.
• Whisk together the sour cream, mayonnaise, apple cider vinegar, 2 tablespoons water and 1 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add the potatoes, bacon, Cheddar and white parts of the scallions, and gently stir to combine. Season with additional salt and pepper if needed.
• Serve immediately, or refrigerate until ready to serve. Garnish with the scallion greens right before serving.

LOADED MINI BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the top third of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and arrange the bacon slices in a single layer on top. Bake until the bacon is golden brown and crispy, 15 to 20 minutes, flipping once halfway through. Transfer the bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate to absorb any excess fat and let cool. Crumble cooled bacon.
• Discard the parchment and pour off the remaining excess bacon drippings from the baking sheet, leaving only a thin coating of fat on the baking sheet. Reserve the poured-off drippings. Increase the oven temperature to 450 degrees F.
• Toss the fingerling potatoes with 2 tablespoons of the reserved bacon drippings, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Place the potatoes cut-side-down on the baking sheet in a crowded single layer. Bake until the potatoes just start to brown, 15 minutes, then flip and continue to bake until cooked through, golden brown and crisp, about 15 minutes more.
• Remove the potatoes from the oven and place the baking sheet on a heat-safe surface. Use a spatula or wooden spoon to push the potatoes together so that they are all touching but remain in a single layer. Sprinkle the potatoes with the cheese and bacon, return to the oven and bake until the cheese is melted, 2 to 4 minutes.
• Transfer the potatoes to a platter with a large spatula. Top with dollops of sour cream and the scallions. Finish by squeezing the lemon over the top. Serve hot.

LOADED BAKED POTATO TOTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, add the hash browns, eggs, flour, green onions, steak seasoning salt and some salt and pepper and mix. Scoop 1/4 cup of the hash-brown mixture into your hand and form it into a disk. Press some broccoli, a few pieces of bacon and some Cheddar into the center of the disk and form into a cylinder. Place the stuffed potato tots on to a baking sheet lined with parchment and brush with melted butter.
• Bake until the potato tots are golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes, flipping halfway through.
• Loosen the sour cream slightly with a tablespoon of water and squirt or drizzle over the tots. Garnish the tots with the chives. Serve hot, with the sour cream on the side.

LOADED MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• Mix first six ingredients in mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy.
• Spoon into a greased 9x13-inch pan or casserole dish and sprinkle with cheese and bacon.
• Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.

LOADED BAKED POTATO SKINS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Prick potatoes several times with a fork and place onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are easily pierced with a fork, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from the oven.
• When potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut them lengthwise and scoop out flesh to within 1/4 inch of skin. Reserve flesh for another use. Place skins back onto the baking sheet.
• Combine olive oil, Parmesan cheese, salt, garlic powder, paprika, and pepper in a small bowl; brush over both sides of skins.
• Return to the oven and bake until very crisp, about 10 minutes, turning skins halfway though.
• Sprinkle skins with Cheddar cheese and bacon. Return to the oven and bake until cheese is melted, about 2 more minutes.
• Serve topped with sour cream and green onions.

LOADED DEVILED BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F, and line baking sheet with foil.
• Brush the potatoes with olive oil, and sprinkle with a light covering of sea salt. Arrange the potatoes on the baking sheet; bake for one hour.
• Carefully cut a "lid" in the top each potato (lengthwise) and scoop the flesh into a large mixing bowl. Set the jackets aside.
• Add butter and sour cream to the mixing bowl and beat until smooth. Slowly beat in vinegar and ketchup, keeping a smooth consistency. Add remaining ingredients, and beat until well-blended.
• Fill the jackets with the potato mixture, and close the lids.
• Bake 15-20 minutes, until skin is crispy.

LOADED BAKED POTATOES WITH SLAW

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Wash and pierce the skins of the potatoes a few times with a sharp knife. Rub the skin with a little olive oil and bake for 1 hr 30 mins until soft inside and crisp on the outside.
• Meanwhile, make the coleslaw. Mix the yogurt and mustard together in a bowl. Then, use a grating attachment on a food processor, or a box grater, to grate the cabbage and carrots. Either grate the onion or chop as finely as you can. Tip all of the vegetables into the bowl and stir through the yogurt and mustard.
• Once the potatoes are crisp on the outside and soft inside, remove from the oven and cut in half. Scoop out the flesh and mash with the butter and yogurt, stir in the spring onion and sweetcorn and most of the cheese, reserving a little of the cheese for topping. Season if needed.
• Turn the oven up to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Load the filling back into the crisp potato skins, top with the remaining cheese and put them back in the oven on a baking sheet for about 10-15 mins, or until the cheese is melted and the edges are browning. To serve, sprinkle with chives and serve alongside the coleslaw with a dollop of natural yogurt.

LOADED MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place the bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels.
• Place potatoes into a large pot of lightly salted water; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain potatoes and return them to the pot.
• Mash butter into the potatoes with a potato masher or electric hand mixer until melted completely into the potatoes; add sour cream and continue to beat until combined. Crumble bacon into the potato mixture; add Cheddar cheese and chives and stir. Season potatoes with salt and pepper.

LOADED BAKED POTATO WONTONS

Steps:

• Fill a large pot halfway up with oil and heat to 365 degrees F. Cook the bacon in a large skillet, over medium heat, until crispy on both sides, about 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer onto paper towels to drain, and then roughly chop.
• Prepare the mashed potatoes according to package directions and then stir in half of the bacon, 2 tablespoons chopped chives, and half of the cheese. Let cool to room temperature.
• To shape the wontons, work with one wrapper at a time. Add about a teaspoon or two of the potato mixture in the center. Brush the edges with egg wash and then seal and crimp into a triangle. Fold 2 points together, brush with egg and pinch to seal. Continue shaping until all the filling has been used.
• Once vegetable oil is hot, carefully add a few of the wontons at a time and fry until golden brown, about 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate and continue frying the rest.
• To make the sauce, stir together the sour cream, garlic, salt, pepper and scallions. Set aside.
• Arrange the wontons onto a baking sheet, piling them up in the center. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and bacon and bake in a 350 degree F oven for about 10 minutes, just to melt the cheese.
• Remove from the oven and sprinkle with remaining bacon and chives. Serve with scallion sour cream sauce on the side.

TWICE-BAKED LOADED POTATOES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400˚F (200˚C).
• Rub each potato with 1 teaspoon of oil, and prick the top with a fork.
• Place the potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet and bake for 1 hour.
• Transfer potatoes to a cutting board, and cut in half.
• Using a spoon, gently scoop out the inside flesh of the potatoes and transfer to a medium bowl. Reserve the skins.
• Add the sour cream, melted butter, salt, pepper, ½ of the shredded cheese, and ½ of the scallions, and combine with a hand mixer until smooth.
• Use a spoon to transfer the potato mixture back into the scooped out potato skins.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle the potatoes with remaining cheese, and bake for 5 more minutes, until the cheese is melted.
• Top with sour cream, bacon, and the remaining scallions.
• Enjoy!

LOADED BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Wash the sweet potatoes and puncture with a fork then wrap in aluminum foil.
• Place on baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour.
• When the potatoes are almost done, melt butter and mix with brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Remove potatoes from oven and change oven temp to broil.
• Unwrap potatoes leaving the foil under them to catch any drippings.
• Slice potatoes down the middle and spoon butter mixture evenly into all 5 potatoes.
• Top each potato with 1/4 cup marshmallow cream.
• Place pan in broiler and broil for 1-3 minutes. (watch closely because they can burn easily if forgotten).
• ENJOY!