Mashed potatoes recipe

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Savory Baked Potato Soup Recipe

Savory Baked Potato Soup Recipe
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Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 60 mins
Total time: 1 hour 20 mins
Serves: 6
Here we have a perfect dish for lunch and dinner that’s more than enough to fill you up. A soup that is creamy and filled with baked potato will surely stimulate your taste buds and make you crave for more. Since potatoes originated in South America, savory Baked Potato soup is a very popular dish in America and in other western countries. This recipe will serve 6 hungry people; it will only take an hour to finish this recipe.
Ingredients
  • 4 large potatoes
  • 3/4 cup butter (191 g)
  • 3/4 cup flour (113 g)
  • 7 cups milk (875 g)
  • 10 slices bacon
  • 8 green onions
  • 8 ounces sour cream (226 g)
  • 8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese (200 g)
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt (more or less to taste)
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper (2.5 g)
  • 2 cups water (500 ml)
  • 1 teaspoon salt ( 5 g)
  • 3/4 teaspoon pepper ( 3.75 g)
  • 1/2 teaspoon basil ( 2.5 g)
  • 1/8 teaspoon thyme ( 0.63 g)
  • GARNISH
  • 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (50 g )
  • 1/4 cup crumbled cooked bacon (113 g)
  • 1 chopped green onion (green part only)
Instructions
  1. Wash and scrub potatoes thoroughly.
  2. Microwave until tender or bake potatoes a day before in a 400 degree oven for one hour and refrigerate them.
  3. While cooling the potatoes, Chop Green onions and Shred cheese (Or buy pre-shredded) and set aside.
  4. Slice bacon into 1/2 inches pieces and sauté in a medium pan until desired crispness is attained, remove and save the grease.
  5. Slice cooled potatoes into cubes or into your desired shape and size.
  6. In a large pot over low heat, melt your butter and sauté green onions until light brown.
  7. Add in your flour, stir until smooth to make a roux.
  8. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly, until sauce has thickened (to the consistency you would want the soup to be).
  9. Add up the potatoes and the remaining ingredients, continue to cook, stirring constantly
  10. Reduce your heat and simmer for about 10 minutes or until it is thick
  11. Garnish with cheddar cheese, crumbled bacon and green onions. Serve baked potato soup while it’s still hot
  12. ENJOY your rich and tasty baked potato soup!
Notes And Extra Tips

For a much creamier baked potato soup, you can always add a little more milk to it. For a much thicker soup, add some instant potato flakes or mashed potatoes into the pot.






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Stuffed Baked Potato Recipe

Stuffed Baked Potato Recipe
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Prep time: 12 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Total time: 42 mins
Serves: 4
Stuffed Baked Potato is a very fancy dish. Although it looks like a complicated dish, but the real thing is, it’s very simple and fun to make. Stuffed baked potato recipes are common but this recipe stands out because of its heavy cover of cheese, bacon and savory seasoning. You will surely love and enjoy this delightful meal. It makes you crave for more! So, hurry and follow these few simple steps! This recipe will make 4 servings and will only take you 30 minutes to finish.
Ingredients
  • 4 large baking potatoes
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted ( 30 g)
  • 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese (45 g)
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed ( 2.5 g)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt ( 1.25 g)
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper ( 0.63 g)
  • 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese ( 50 g)
  • 1/4 cup real bacon bits ( 56 g)
  • 1 green onion, chopped
Instructions
  1. Wash and Scrub potatoes. Using a sharp knife, slice the potatoes thinly down the middle, leaving slices attached at the bottom.
  2. Lay the potatoes on a microwave-safe plate and spread with butter evenly.
  3. Mix the Parmesan cheese, rosemary, salt and pepper on a mixing bowl. Sprinkle the mixture over potatoes and between slices.
  4. Microwave, uncovered, and on high for 12-18 minutes or until potatoes are soft and tender.
  5. Sprinkle with cheddar cheese, bacon and onion as toppings. Microwave for 1-2 minutes or until cheese is melted.


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Cheesy and Meaty Baked Potato Recipe

Cheesy and Meaty Baked Potato Recipe
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Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 60 mins
Total time: 1 hour 10 mins
Serves: 1
A delicious topping for your baked potatoes is all you need to please your appetite. This is probably the simplest recipe for baked potatoes. With a little help of your left over ingredients like cheese and ham, you can easily have a cheesy and meaty baked potato that’s very fulfilling. This dish is high in protein and suits your low-calorie diet. This recipe makes one serving; it is very quick and simple to do. Here’s how to do it.
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil (7.5g)
  • 1 ounce ham, diced (30 g)
  • 2 tablespoons minced onions (30 g)
  • 1 1/2 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded (38 g)
  • 2 teaspoons minced parsley (10 g)
Instructions
  1. First, wash and scrub potatoes thoroughly while pre-heating the oven to 400 degrees. Bake the potatoes at 400 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until well cooked.
  2. While allowing the potatoes to cool, sauté oil, ham, and onion in a saucepan. Another alternative is to place these in a microwave-safe dish and microwave on high for 1 minute.
  3. Sprinkle cheese over hot split baked potato and microwave 30 seconds. Lastly, spoon over ham and onion mixture to the hot split baked potato and sprinkle with parsley.
Notes And Extra Tips

You can also add a small amount of nutmeg and peanuts as toppings to make it more sophisticated.

Oh…and this is a recipe only for the topping. Something tasty to put on your baked potatoes. Bake as many potatoes as you want and adjust the ingredient amounts accordingly.


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Cheese Burger Baked Potato Madness Recipe

Cheese Burger Baked Potato Madness Recipe
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Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 90 mins
Total time: 1 hour 40 mins
Serves: 4
Now, here’s a dish that your family will surely love and be addicted to. If you have been bored eating the ordinary hamburger, here is a new version of it using baked potatoes that’s not just fun to make but also affordable. Cheese burger potato madness is a popular and traditional dish in the west. You would spend less than two hours to prepare this and on a scale of 1-5, this dish is 3 in degree of difficulty. Its unique mixture of cheese, butter, meat and potato makes this dish very mouthwatering. Not only delicious, this dish is healthy because it is high in potassium and carbohydrates. So grab out those potatoes and follow a few quick steps for a dish that could be nutritious, fancy and savory. This recipe is enough to satisfy 4 hungry people.
Ingredients
  • 1 lb ground beef (200 g)
  • 1 large garlic clove, minced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil (15 ml)
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 4 large russet potatoes
  • 1/3 cup hot milk (80 ml)
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened (30 ml)
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (100 g)
  • 2 tablespoon Bacon bits (30 g)
Instructions
  1. First, preheat oven to 400 degrees. While heating up the oven, wash and scrub potatoes to clean. Bake potatoes at 400 degrees for 1 hour or until well cooked. While cooling the potatoes, heat olive oil in skillet and Sauté garlic. Add ground beef and continue to fry over medium heat until browned. Remove and drain fat, add salt and pepper to taste.
  2. When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, slice thinly the top of each potato, scrape out the pulp, leaving a 1/4″ shell. Set aside the scraped potato pulp in a mixing bowl then place potato shells on a baking pan.
  3. In the mixing bowl, pour out milk and add butter to pulp and beat until smooth. Then, add the half cup of cheddar cheese. In an express air form bag, place the pulp mixture and zip close. Make a small hole by cutting the tip from the corner of the bag. Then stuff it with cooked ground beef. Pipe out potato mixture on top of potato shells and finally, sprinkle it with the remaining 1/2 cup cheddar cheese and bacon bits. Return to oven and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
Notes And Extra Tips

You can also pour out some ketchup or a little Worcestershire sauce to make it saucier.


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Irish Twice-Baked Potato Dish Recipe

Irish Twice-Baked Potato Dish Recipe
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Cook time: 105 mins
Total time: 1 hour 45 mins
Serves: 4
This is a unique recipe of baked potatoes. It is kinda fruity, creamy and cheesy. The taste of the rich baked potatoes, cheese, sour cream and green avocados blended perfectly. This recipe is quite simple, with just a little mixing, slicing and baking; you easily could make this deserving savory side dish, a perfect match for a roasted meat for dinner! Here’s how to do it.
Ingredients
  • 2 large russet baking potatoes
  • 2 tablespoons butter ( 30 g)
  • 1/4 cup sour cream or 1/4 cup plain yogurt (60 ml)
  • 1/4 cup milk (60 ml)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt (2.5 g)
  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper (2.5 g)
  • 1 cup grated Monterey jack cheese or 1 cup grated colby-monterey jack cheese (100 g)
  • 1/2 cup chopped scallions or 1/2 cup chives (150 g)
  • 1 ripe Hass avocado, peeled, seeded, cut in chunks
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • guacamole
Instructions
  1. Wash and scrub potatoes.
  2. Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit and bake whole potatoes for about one hour; take potatoes out, let it cool and reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.
  3. When cool enough to touch, slice baked potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out potato flesh into a large bowl. Set aside potato jackets.
  4. Mix butter, sour cream, milk, salt, pepper, and cheese to potato in a bowl, and whip until creamy and smooth with an electric hand mixer.
  5. Taste and adjust seasoning with additional salt and pepper.
  6. Mix scallions and avocado pieces and stir gently. Spoon mixture and place into halved potato jackets.
  7. Bake in 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes.
  8. Top each potato half with a heaping spoonful of guacamole to serve. Enjoy!


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Stuffed Barbecue Baked Potato Recipe

Stuffed Barbecue Baked Potato Recipe
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Cook time: 90 mins
Total time: 1 hour 30 mins
Serves: 8
When summer is approaching and you have left-over barbecues and mash potatoes in the fridge, grab these out and make this stuffed barbecue baked potato. This is a quick and simple recipe for a deliciously meaty dish that you will surely bring out with you on picnics and beach outings. All you have to do is follow these steps.
Ingredients
  • 6 slices bacon
  • 1 (22 ounce) package frozen mashed potatoes (616 g.)
  • 2 cups milk (480 ml)
  • 1 cup shredded Monterey jack pepper cheese ( 100 g)
  • 0.5 (8 ounce) package light cream cheese, cut into cubes (224 g)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt (2.5g)
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper (2.5g)
  • 3 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided (300 g)
  • 1 (8 ounce) container light sour cream (240 ml)
  • 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies, drained (112 g)
  • 3 cups shredded barbecued pork (675 g) or 3 cups barbecued beef (450 g)
  • 3/4 cup barbecue sauce (180 ml)
  • fresh parsley
Instructions
  1. In large skillet, Sauté bacon over medium-high heat for 8-10 minutes or until crispy. Remove bacon from skillet and drain on paper towels, reserving 2 tablespoons of bacon. Crumble bacon into smaller bits and set aside.
  2. Mix together reserved bacon, potatoes, next 5 ingredients, and 2 cups cheddar cheese in a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high for 4 minutes. Add the sour cream and chilies. Continue stirring until well blended.
  3. Scoop potato mixture into a lightly greased 13X9” baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with bacon and remaining 1 cup cheddar cheese. Assemble pork evenly over cheese. Pour barbecue sauce evenly over pork.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Let it cool down for 5-10 minutes. Arrange with chopped parsley as garnish.
  5. Enjoy!
Notes And Extra Tips

You can add more cheese and green onions on top of it before serving.


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Baked Potato Pizza Recipe

Baked Potato Pizza Recipe
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Cook time: 90 mins
Total time: 1 hour 30 mins
Serves: 4
Baked Potato pizza! Anyone would surely love this since pizzas are everybody’s favorite dish. This dish is enhanced because of the rich baked potatoes and Italian dressing on it. The rest of the toppings are what we commonly love on other pizzas. This dish surely has everything! On a scale of 1-5, this recipe is a 3 in degree of difficulty but it deserves your time and effort. Follow these quick steps and enjoy this heavy, delicious meal.
Ingredients
  • 1 large prepared pizza crust
  • 3 medium potatoes, baked & cooled (unpeeled)
  • 1 tablespoon margarine, melted (15 ml)
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (2.5 g)
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning (2.5 g)
  • 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream (30 ml)
  • 1 lb bacon, cooked & crumbled (338 g)
  • chopped green onion
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (200 g)
  • 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese (25 g)
Instructions
  1. Lightly spray 14inch pizza pan. Place dough on pizza pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 6 minutes or just until crust begins to brown.
  2. Slice the baked and cooled potatoes into 1/2 inch slices. In mixing bowl, mix together margarine, garlic powder, and dried Italian seasoning. Add potatoes and gently toss to coat. Spread sour cream over pizza crust. Pour potato mixture, then bacon, onions and both cheeses as toppings.
  3. Bake at 400 degrees for 17-20minutes or until cheese begins to brown and bubble. Allow the potato pizza to cool for 5 minutes.
  4. Cut pizza into parts, serve and Enjoy!
  5. Variations
Notes And Extra Tips

You can add up some broccoli on top of it to make it vegetarian.

Baked potato pizza recipe


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Creamy Baked Potato Salad with Italian Dressing Recipe

Creamy Baked Potato Salad with Italian Dressing Recipe
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Cook time: 165 mins
Total time: 2 hours 45 mins
Serves: 16
This Creamy Baked potato salad recipe is a unique and sophisticated dish but worth your time and energy. Potato salad is a very common and popular dish in Western countries, but this recipe is quite unique since potatoes are baked with oil and Italian dressing mix instead of boiled. This will surely be a savory and creamy dessert perfect for summer picnics! It is not only delicious, but also healthy. It is high in potassium, protein and carbohydrates! So, hurry and follow these steps.
Ingredients
  • 4 1/2 lbs potatoes, peeled and cut into 3/4 inch chunks (2 kg)
  • 1/4 cup olive oil (60 ml) or 1/4 cup vegetable oil (60 ml)
  • 2 envelopes Italian salad dressing mix
  • 1 medium green pepper, chopped
  • 1 medium sweet red pepper, chopped
  • 1 bunch green onion, chopped
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 2 large tomatoes, chopped
  • 4 hard-boiled eggs
  • 5 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
  • 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise (350 ml)
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar (15 ml)
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice (15 ml)
  • 2 teaspoons dried basil ( 10 ml)
  • 1 teaspoon salt (5 g)
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper( 2.5 g)
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder ( 1.25 g)
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, mix and toss the potatoes with oil and Italian dressing mixes.
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. While waiting, Place the potato mixture into 2 ungreased 13x9x2 inch baking pans.
  3. Bake potatoes, uncovered at 400 degrees for 45 minutes or until cooked.
  4. Allow the potatoes to cool then transfer to a large bowl.
  5. Add peppers, onions, tomatoes, eggs and bacon.
  6. Toss gently and mix thoroughly.
  7. Combine mayonnaise, vinegar and lemon juice and the remaining ingredients in a small bowl and mix thoroughly.
  8. Pour the mixture over salad and mix gently.
  9. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
  10. Serve it cool and Enjoy!
Notes And Extra Tips

If you don’t have Italian dressing mix, use 2 tbsp of Italian seasoning plus 1/2 tsp garlic powder, it will turned out just the right flavor. Baking time will differ depending on the size of the potato slices, so you could slice potato into smaller bits to take only few minutes to bake.

Creamy baked potato salad


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Baked Potato Meat Pie Recipe

Baked Potato Meat Pie Recipe
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Cook time: 105 mins
Total time: 1 hour 45 mins
Serves: 8
This recipe is an excellent twist on the usual baked potatoes. Loaded with cheese, bacon and sour cream in each layer, you will surely wish you have a larger stomach, so you could eat more of this dish! On a scale of 1-5, this recipe is 2 in degree of difficulty, and not only that, its ingredients are low priced and handy. Here’s how to make it.
Ingredients
  • 5 lbs baking potatoes ( 2 kg)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt ( 1.25 g)
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper (1.25 g)
  • 6 -8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
  • 1 cup sour cream (240 ml)
  • 1 cup mayonnaise (240 ml)
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, if desired (240 g or more)
  • 2 green onions, chopped
Instructions
  1. First, preheat oven to 400 degrees. While waiting, spray a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish with nonstick pan coating or grease lightly with solid shortening.
  2. Scrub potatoes and prick with a fork. Bake for 1 hour or until tender. Allow the potatoes to cool.
  3. When cool enough to handle, slice baked potatoes into 1 inch cubes or smaller. Place half of the potato mixture in a prepared baking dish. Sprinkle half of the salt, pepper and bacon. Pour with half of the sour cream & cheese.
  4. Repeat instructions for another layer. Make 2-3 layers. Finally, bake it uncovered, at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until cheese is melted.
  5. Sprinkle with chopped green onions to garnish. Serve dish and enjoy!
Notes And Extra Tips

For a very cheesy potato meat pie, you could top it with more shredded cheese after baking. You could also include ranch dressing mix to the potato mixture before baking to make it more flavorful!

Baked potato meatpie recipe


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Indian Style Baked Potato Cakes Recipe

Indian Style baked potato cakes Recipe
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Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 20 mins
Total time: 40 mins
Serves: 8
Indian Style <strong>baked potato cakes</strong> can be your yummy side dishes for lunch and dinner. You can also have these for snacks! Its diverse combination of spices makes it a unique baked potato recipe that you’ll absolutely love. On a scale of 1-5, this recipe is 2 in degree of difficulty. So, it will just take you a little effort and a few minutes to make this deliciously spicy dish. Here’s how to do it! Read this out and follow the instructions.
Ingredients
  • 1 teaspoon canola oil ( 5ml)
  • 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds ( 2.5 g)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed ( 2.5 g)
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt ( 5 g)
  • 4 1/2 cups peeled shredded baking potatoes ( 1013 grams/1 kg)
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley (30 g)
  • 2 tablespoons canola oil (30 ml)
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric ( 1.25 g)
  • 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper ( 1.25 g)
  • 1 dash ground red pepper
  • cooking spray
  • 5 tablespoons light sour cream ( 75 ml)
  • 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh cilantro (30 g)
  • 1 teaspoon of minced garlic ( 5 g)
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder ( 5 g)
Instructions
  1. Heat up oven to 400°F.
  2. In a small frying pan over medium heat, pour 1 teaspoon oil. Add mustard and cumin seeds to pan; Sauté for 2 minutes or until mustard seeds pop, stirring constantly. Remove from pan and set aside.
  3. Place the spice mixture and salt in a mortar; pound seeds into small bits with a pestle and set aside.
  4. Remove excess moisture from shredded potatoes by gently squeezing them.
  5. Mix shredded potatoes, spice mixture, parsley, 2 tablespoons of oil, turmeric, and peppers in a large bowl.
  6. Disperse mixture evenly into 10 parts, about 1/3 cup. Place evenly on baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Flatten to 1/2 inch thickness.
  7. Bake at 400°F for 16 minutes or until golden. Turn them over and bake for an additional 5 minutes.
  8. Serve 2 potatoes with 1 tablespoon of sour cream for each person
  9. ENJOY your <em>baked potato cakes</em>!

baked potato cakes


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