Easiest Way to Diet Eating on a Dime Crispy BAKED Potato Skins

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Crispy BAKED Potato Skins. Browse Our Collection Of Simple Potato Skins Recipes and Prepare Yummy Meals! These easy baked potato skins are deliciously crispy with a garlic buttered exterior and then fully loaded with bacon, cheese and green onions! Serve these at any party for the perfect spread alongside Pigs in a Blanket, Spinach Artichoke Dip and Baked Buffalo Wings!

A crisp skinned baked potato starts with the correct potato.

When properly cooked, a russet potato will have the crispest skin, in part due to the starch content of the potato.

A red skinned potato will also gain a crispy skin when cooked correctly.

You can cook Crispy BAKED Potato Skins using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Crispy BAKED Potato Skins

  1. It’s 2 large of russet potatoes.

  2. It’s 1 of enough melted butter or margarine or oil to coat potato skins.

  3. Prepare 2 of strips of cooked bacon (crumbled).

  4. It’s 1 of diced tomato.

  5. Prepare 1/2 of Green pepper and yellow pepper.

  6. It’s 1 of sliced Green onion.

  7. Prepare 1/4 cup of shredded cheese (any kind will work).

  8. Prepare 1/4 cup of salsa and sour cream, and more for dipping.

  9. You need 1 of salt, pepper to taste (if needed).

Other potatoes can be baked but the skin won't be as crispy.

Hollowed out baked potato halves are loaded with melty cheese, bacon, and scallions (or some version of that) and either baked or fried.

Enjoy crispy potato skins from your own home with our favorite potato skin recipes.

Scrub potatoes with a vegetable brush, coat with vegetable oil and sprinkle liberally with sea or kosher salt.

Crispy BAKED Potato Skins step by step

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Baked potatoes in the microwave until fork tender but still firm (approx 8-10 minutes).

  2. Once potatoes are done, cut each one into 8 wedges. Place on a baking sheet and slightly flaten them using the back of a fork. Brush both top and bottom with melted butter or margarine or oil. Place in oven for about 10 minutes (just until crispy).

  3. Once crispy, take out of oven and load them up with the veggies, ending with cheese and bacon. Bake for an additional 5-10 minutes, until cheese Id melted.

  4. Top with green onions and sour cream /Greek yogurt and salsa (plus more for dipping) and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

How to Bake a Potato with Crispy Skin.

Making a baked russet potato shouldn't be so tricky, but if you've ever under cooked them, poked a million holes, over cooked it so they skin is like leather, or ended up with a bland potato, you need to read on.

Scrub your potatoes to remove any dirt.

BAKED and not fried, these BACON and CHEESE potato skins are easy to make and a crowd pleaser!

If you'd rather skip my (very helpful, I think) tips and tricks, essential cooking info, and similar recipe ideas - and get straight to this delicious & easy recipe - simply scroll to the bottom of the page where you can find the printable.