Looking for a tasty snack or just something to feast? Let's widen the menu without stretching the budget with tasty potato skins!
Course Main Course, Side Dish, Snack
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Ingredients
Beginner
1lbPotato peelabout two handful
Advanced
5piecesPotatoes
Filling
½cupBaconGuanciale or similar
½cupOniondiced
1cupMushroomsliced
½cupCheesegrated
1tablespoonChives or scallionfinely cut
Instructions
Potato skins filling
Beginner
Mix bacon, mushroom, onion together in a bowl.
Advanced
Heat skillet to medium-low and render the fat out from the bacon, guanciale or any other preferably a bit fatty meat.
Increase heat to medium-high, add diced onion and stir-fry until glassy / translucent look, about 5 minutes.
Add sliced mushroom and stir-fry until browned.
Potato skins
Beginner
Wash the potatoes. Pretend, potato peeler hasn't been invented. Use a knife to peel potatoes. Of course, we can use peeler made potato skins or pretend that the potato is made entirely of skin.
Deep fry the potato skins on medium-high until they start to turn golden brown, about 10 minutes. We can bake them in the oven too but that takes ages.
Divide the fried potato skins by a handful. Pick a filling and prepare it. Divide potato skins filling among the heaps of potato skins.
Sprinkle cheese and scallion on top. Place it on the middle rack of a 390°F / 200°C oven until the cheese melts, about 10 minutes.
Advanced
Wash the potatoes. Bake (60 min at 400°F / 200°C), Cook (30 min) or microwave (highest setting 8min) whole potatoes until soft in the inside. If a knife doesn't encounter much resistance, the potato is ready.
Cut potatoes in half.
Scoop out the middle, leaving a ¼" / 0.5 cm skin around the edge.
Pick a filling, prepare it then fill the potato skins up.
Sprinkle cheese and scallion on top. Place it on the middle rack of a 390°F / 200°C oven until the cheese melts, about 10 minutes.