Potato skins question?

[Chile Chef]

If I have only 3 potatoes that will make only 6 skins, How long in the oven just for the potatoes skins?


I just want to cook the skins, I've alrwady made the filling and I have a cheese fondue set to keep the cheese melted!

 

[katybar22]

Well...

You have to bake them first. Either in the oven for about an hour, or the microwave til soft, but not too soft. I rub them w/ oil and sprinkle with coarse salt. I always scoop out the potato, leaving an even amount of potato around the edges. Then I either do twice baked w/ butter, sour cream, bacon and chives mixed with scooped out potato, or I have just put cheese and bacon in the shells and served w/ sour cream and ranch. Either way, once they're stuffed just pop em back in the oven to heat and melt cheese.

What are you putting in them?

 

[Chile Chef]

You have to bake them first. Either in the oven for about an hour, or the microwave til soft, but not too soft. I rub them w/ oil and sprinkle with coarse salt. I always scoop out the potato, leaving an even amount of potato around the edges. Then I either do twice baked w/ butter, sour cream, bacon and chives mixed with scooped out potato, or I have just put cheese and bacon in the shells and served w/ sour cream and ranch. Either way, once they're stuffed just pop em back in the oven to heat and melt cheese.

What are you putting in them?

If I do them in the oven, How many degrees should the heat be, maybe 300, 375?

 

[katybar22]

If I do them in the oven, How many degrees should the heat be, maybe 300, 375?

I usually go 400 for about an hour. I think oven is the best way to go because the shells stay crisper.

 

[Chile Chef]

How do these look everyone?

 

[katybar22]

Yum!! They look great to me!!

 

[Chile Chef]

Yum!! They look great to me!!

Thanks Katybar, I cooked the skins by them selfs at 400 for an hour, then with the meat and cheese filling then I cooked them at 400 for 10 minutes.

Then ate them.

 

[backybay]

How do these look everyone?

YUMMY!!!

 

[Chile Chef]

Thank you, backybay They were tasty!

 

[attie]

Then ate them.

Good idea, they do look yummy

 

[Chile Chef]

Good idea, they do look yummy

They were, Next time I'm going to make a crab filling probably with lump crab meat.