Cheesy Potato Skins with Bacon Recipe
This cheesy potato skins recipe takes the humble potato and turns it into something seriously irresistible. Simple to make, they're the perfect balance of crunchy, creamy and indulgent.
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Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 526kcal
Equipment
- Baking tray
- Non-stick frying pan
- weighing scales
- measuring spoons
- Kitchen knife
- Oven proof dish
Ingredients
- 4 medium sized baking potatoes (approx 250g per potato)
- 2 teaspoon olive oil (optional)
- 200 g low fat garlic & herb cream cheese
- 4 rashers streaky bacon (cut into smaller strips)
- 5 spring onions (thinly sliced)
- 200 g vintage cheddar cheese (grated)
- sea salt & black pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Place the potatoes onto a baking sheet, rub ½ teaspoon of oil on each potato, and season with a little salt.
- Now place the potatoes in the oven to bake at 200C/180CFan/390F for 1 hour, turning once after 30 minutes.
- After 1 hour insert a sharp knife into the centre of the potato to ensure it is soft and cooked through, if not return to the oven until cooked. Remove the tray from the oven and set aside to cool.
- Meanwhile cook the bacon pieces in a dry non-stick frying pan until crispy.
- Place the cream cheese, bacon pieces and ⅔ of the spring onion into a large bowl.
- Once the potatoes have cooled, slice then in half lengthways. Take each potato half and gently scoop out the potato flesh, taking care to leave just a little potato around the inside of the potato skins.
- Place the potato flesh into the bowl with the cream cheese, season well with salt and pepper and using a fork mash it all together. You want to achieve a rough texture.
- Place the empty potato skins into an ovenproof dish and spoon the potato and cream cheese mixture equally into the empty potato skins.
- Next mix the remaining spring onion with the grated cheddar cheese and sprinkle equally over the potato halves.
- Turn the oven down to 180C/160CFan/350F and return the potatoes to the oven and bake for a further 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and serve immediately.
Notes
This recipe uses garlic and herb cream cheese, if you would prefer substitute with regular cream cheese or sour cream.
Spring onions add a lovely freshness to the mix, however you can also use leeks or chives instead.
If feeding vegetarian diners leave out the bacon and ensure that the cheese you are using is suitable for a vegetarian diet.
Nutrition Facts
Cheesy Potato Skins with Bacon Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 526
Calories from Fat 243
% Daily Value*
Fat 27g42%
Saturated Fat 15g94%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 7g
Cholesterol 77mg26%
Sodium 541mg24%
Potassium 1246mg36%
Carbohydrates 52g17%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 21g42%
Vitamin A 929IU19%
Vitamin C 17mg21%
Calcium 471mg47%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
• Please note that the nutrition information provided above is approximate and meant as a guideline only •
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