Chef Kenny
Senior Cook
So I’m eating like a Bachelor this week as my wife is out of town. No, it’s not because I can’t cook, I do 95% of the cooking in my house. The wife does dishes…and does them like the sweetheart she is, but it’s my lazy splurge to take a break from the cooking I’m usually doing.
I can’t help myself at some points though, which is where the idea of this thread comes from.
I got some takeout fried chicken from a local place here and they give you 2 sides. I chose baked potato for both since I would not be eating this food till later and I am getting plenty of veggies from garden harvesting.
As I was placing the order…the plan was already forming in my head…”potato skins!”. I have to make these for myself because this place don’t sell ‘em.
So that’s what I did and here’s a pic. Yes, I am not a great “plater” so it’s nothing fancy. Not a great pic either but the are in my intestines now so too late for a re-shoot! They are not as burned as they look, they were fantastic...(flavor in the brown, baby!). Also I realize these should have chives or green onions on them. I have chives growing nearly year round…but hey, this is bachelor food…I’m being too lazy to go out and cut some…he, he, but not too lazy to make the skins…I know, stupid, but I am stupid sometimes.
So here’s my request from the community:
What to do with the potato guts I scooped out to make the skins?
My instinct is fried potato cakes…been there, and there’s the old faithful “mashed potatoes”…done that. If you have recipes for either, I welcome them. I may learn something I don’t know.
I’m wondering if you have something “out of the box thinking” to share?????
As an added bonus the meal came with slices of semi-garlicky Texas toast. So coming up with something to use both in one recipe would be even more awesome!
Let ‘er rip folks. School me!
I can’t help myself at some points though, which is where the idea of this thread comes from.
I got some takeout fried chicken from a local place here and they give you 2 sides. I chose baked potato for both since I would not be eating this food till later and I am getting plenty of veggies from garden harvesting.
As I was placing the order…the plan was already forming in my head…”potato skins!”. I have to make these for myself because this place don’t sell ‘em.
So that’s what I did and here’s a pic. Yes, I am not a great “plater” so it’s nothing fancy. Not a great pic either but the are in my intestines now so too late for a re-shoot! They are not as burned as they look, they were fantastic...(flavor in the brown, baby!). Also I realize these should have chives or green onions on them. I have chives growing nearly year round…but hey, this is bachelor food…I’m being too lazy to go out and cut some…he, he, but not too lazy to make the skins…I know, stupid, but I am stupid sometimes.
So here’s my request from the community:
What to do with the potato guts I scooped out to make the skins?
My instinct is fried potato cakes…been there, and there’s the old faithful “mashed potatoes”…done that. If you have recipes for either, I welcome them. I may learn something I don’t know.
I’m wondering if you have something “out of the box thinking” to share?????
As an added bonus the meal came with slices of semi-garlicky Texas toast. So coming up with something to use both in one recipe would be even more awesome!
Let ‘er rip folks. School me!
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