Healthy & Delicious Stuffed Potatoes Recipe

Stuffed with Delight

Stuffed potatoes can be a simple, affordable and delicious dish, which can bring joy to the dining table without the investment of much time and with simple ingredients. The dish is also known as twice baked potatoes and not without reason.

Here you need to just bake the potatoes (large russet potatoes are ideal for this dish), scoop out most of its flesh and then mix that potato flesh with ingredients like sour cream, cheddar cheese, bacon,  salt and pepper, paprika, onions, garlic, etc.

Thereafter this mixture of potato flesh and other ingredients are inserted again into the potato skins and then baked again until it become golden in hue.

As far as stuffed potatoes recipe goes, one can say there are several ways to arrive at this delectable dish, which can be very well suited as a side dish for breakfast, lunch as well as dinner. It can also go well as a hearty appetizer.

Now the question how to make stuffed potatoes must be intriguing you. In this health conscious age with perpetual time crunch, the demand is that an ideal recipe must be healthy and must not take too much time and the same must go for your recipe.

So healthy stuffed potatoes which taste good are preferable than comparatively less healthy stuffed potatoes which may taste great. Similarly it is pragmatic to explore for an easy stuffed potatoes recipe with which you can pleasantly surprise your family and/or guests despite your busy schedule.

Let us now explore a delightful recipe of stuffed potatoes, which might not give you the best stuffed potatoes in the world, but can easily induce your family and/or guests to urge you to make stuffed potatoes every now and then.

Stuffed Potatoes Recipe

Ingredients

5 russet potatoes (preferably large sized)

2 tbsp of unsalted butter

½ cup sour cream at room temperature

2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese

4 slices of cooked bacon, chopped into ½ inch pieces

2 scallions, preferably thinly sliced

Salt and black pepper

Method

Clean the potatoes and then prick them several times with a fork.

Rub the potatoes with unsalted softened butter.

Place a large rack in the oven on a baking sheet and place the potatoes on it and then get them baked in the oven for 30-40 minutes. Ensure that the potatoes are soft by pressing with your fingers. If they are not, bake them for some more time.

After their baking is over, let the potatoes cool for 15 minutes or so.

In the meanwhile, cook the chopped bacon in a skillet until the pieces are brown, tender and crisp. Also cook the scallions.

When the potatoes cool down, cut them into half and then scoop out most of the inside flesh from the potatoes. Leave little bit of flesh around the top edges and a little bit on the bottom and sides so as to prevent the potato skin from tearing.

Now place the near empty potato shells back on the baking sheet and bake them at 400 degrees F for 5-10 minutes so that the potato skins become firm and crispy.

Then place the cooked potato flesh in a bowl. Use a potato masher to smash potato flesh together with sour cream until they are mixed together.

Now bring in cheddar cheese, bacon and scallions and season with salt and pepper, according to your taste, in the same bowl. Stir until the mixture becomes soft and fluffy.

Now spoon the mixture in the potato shells. Bake the mixture in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until the stuffed potatoes turn golden brown on the edges.

Now your stuffed potatoes are ready to enjoy. Of course, the portion size mentioned are not stringent and would vary depending on the guests in your table.

It is always better to spruce your stuffed potatoes with toppings. They can be icing on the cake and add more taste to the dish. Cheese, avocado, tomato, meat and chicken morsels can serve as some of the options for delectable toppings.

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