Description
This Twice-Baked Potatoes recipe features creamy, cheesy potato filling mixed with bacon and green onions, baked until golden and bubbly. Perfect as a hearty side dish, these loaded potatoes combine the comforting flavors of sour cream, cheddar, and smoky bacon for an irresistible treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Potatoes
- 4 large russet potatoes, scrubbed clean
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Filling
- ½ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
- 4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Preheat and bake potatoes: Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Rub the potatoes with olive oil and place them directly on the oven rack or a baking sheet. Bake for 45–60 minutes, or until tender when pierced with a fork.
- Cool and scoop: Let the potatoes cool slightly, then slice each in half lengthwise and carefully scoop out the flesh into a mixing bowl, leaving a thin layer of potato inside the skins.
- Mash filling: Mash the scooped-out potato with sour cream, milk, butter, garlic powder, salt, and pepper until smooth and creamy. Stir in half the cheddar cheese, half the bacon, and half the green onions.
- Fill and top: Spoon or pipe the filling back into the potato skins, mounding it slightly. Top with the remaining cheese.
- Second bake: Return the potatoes to the oven and bake for another 15–20 minutes, or until heated through and the tops are golden and bubbly.
- Garnish and serve: Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the remaining bacon and green onions before serving.
Notes
- These can be made ahead and reheated just before serving.
- Add broccoli, chopped ham, or use Greek yogurt instead of sour cream for variation.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 half
- Calories: 230
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 330mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
