Chili Cheese Potato Skins
Chili Cheese Potato Skins

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chili cheese potato skins. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chili Cheese Potato Skins is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Chili Cheese Potato Skins is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

Chili Cheese Potato Skins Chili Cheese Potato Skins. Potato skins are baked until crisp, then filled with chili and cheese and topped with sour cream and chopped green onions. To make these Chili Cheese Stuffed Potato Skins, you start by baking the potatoes until tender.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook chili cheese potato skins using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chili Cheese Potato Skins:
  1. Get 6 small russet potatoes (about 3 in. long, select unblemished potatoes as we are using the skins.)
  2. Make ready 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  3. Make ready 1/2 tsp paprika
  4. Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
  5. Prepare 1/4 tsp pepper
  6. Prepare 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  7. Prepare 1 cup to 2 cup Chili (I use leftovers from when I make homemade, but you can use canned chili)
  8. Make ready 2 cup shredded cheese (I like cheddar or pepper jack)
  9. Take 8 oz sour cream (will not use all)
  10. Take 1 Optional - crumbled bacon (or Oscar Mayer Selects real bacon bits for a shortcut)
  11. Make ready 2 tbsp sliced green onions or chopped chives - for garnish

Brush the skins with melted butter on both sides. Brush inside and outside of each potato half with oil; season with salt and pepper. Arrange potato halves on baking sheet. Spoon chili into potato shells; top with cheese.

Steps to make Chili Cheese Potato Skins:
  1. Scrub potatoes clean, poke a few holes in each with a fork or knife tip. Place in microwave and cook until fork tender, usually 12 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, in a small bowl combine olive oil, paprika, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Set aside.
  3. When potatoes are done let cool until they are easy to handle. Gently slice potatoes in half lengthwise being careful not to tear the skins.
  4. Using a spoon carefully scoop flesh out of the center leaving behind about 1/4 in. intact on the skins. Again be careful not to tear the skins. (And let's not be wasteful. Save the scooped out flesh for another use like potato cakes, mashed potatoes or gnocchi.)
  5. Preheat oven to 450°F, brush each potato half with oil mixture, inside and out. Place skin side up on baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Flip flesh side up so our little "wells" are ready to fill and bake another 10 minutes.
  6. Meanwhile reheat chili slightly in microwave. Warming the chili helps it spread out to fill the skins. Remove potato skins from oven. Fill each with about a tablespoon or so of chili (depends on how full you want them) and top with a small mound of cheese.
  7. Return to oven until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes. You can broil here, but only about 2 min for that and keep an eye on them so they don't burn.
  8. Remove from oven, top each with a dollop of sour cream, green onions/chives and bacon if desired. Eat and enjoy!

Top with sour cream and green onions or chives. I top the finished potato skins in the classic style of sour cream, scallions, and crispy bacon bits, but the toppings don't have to stop there. Try adding some hot sauce or chili powder, spoon on leftover chili for chili cheese potato skins, opt for broccoli and cheddar, or try a pizza topping. The next day, microwave the leftover potato insides and top with sour cream and chopped fresh chives or green onions for a quick side dish. Season the inside of potatoes with salt and pepper, and broil to brown the flesh a bit.

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