Cheesy Potato Bites
Bar food at it's best! All the taste of your favorite potato skin appetizers without all the work.
Ingredients
- 4 large russet potatoes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- salt & pepper
- 5-6 strips bacon
- 1 tsp Ranch seasoning
- ½ cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- chopped chives or green onions, for garnish
- ½ cup sour cream or Ranch dressing, to serve
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°
- Wash potatoes and dry. Cut each potato into 1/2 thick slices and place on a cookie sheet.
- Brush each slice with olive oil and top with salt & pepper.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- While potato slices are in the oven, cook bacon until crisp, drain on paper towels. Reserve bacon fat in the pan.
- Chop bacon and set aside.
- Remove potato slices from the oven. Baste both sides of each slice with the reserved bacon fat and season with salt & pepper.
- Return potato slices to the oven and bake for an additonal 10 minutes.
- Check doneness by pricking slices with a fork, they should be lightly browned on top and soft on the inside.
- Remove potato slices from the oven and top each slice with a sprinkle of Ranch seasoning, a teaspoon of crumbled bacon and some cheddar cheese.
- Return to the oven and bake for about 3-5 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Turn oven to broil and cook until cheese is lightly browned along the edges. Watch closely so they don't burn, this will only take a minute or two.
- Serve slices topped with a sprinkle of chives or green onions and a generous dollop of sour cream.