Sweet Potato Skins Recipe
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Sweet Potato Skins Recipe
Description
The recipe begins by piercing and baking small sweet potatoes until tender. After cooling, the potatoes are halved lengthwise and partially scooped to create hollows for filling. A mixture of vegetable oil, Parmesan cheese, salt, garlic powder, paprika, and black pepper is brushed onto the skins, both inside and out, to enhance flavor and promote a crisp texture during baking. After a brief bake to set the coating, the skins are topped with cheddar cheese and crumbled bacon, then baked again until the cheese melts. Chopped green onions or chives add fresh brightness, and the sweet potato skins are served warm, typically with ranch or sour cream for dipping, balancing the salty and spicy seasoning.
Ingredients
- 5 small sweet potato
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp Parmesan Cheese grated
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- black pepper
- 10 trips Bacon cooked and crumbled
- cheddar cheese shredded
- sour cream
- green onion or chives
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Pierce potatoes with fork and place on foil-lined baking sheet. Bake for 45-50 minutes. Let cool completely when done.
- Cut potatoes lengthwise and scoop out ½ of the pulp. Place on a foil-lined baking sheet.
- In a small bowl combine oil, Parmesan cheese, salt, garlic powder, paprika and pepper. Mix well.
- Brush this mixture over the tops and bottoms of each potato skin.
- Bake at 400 for 15 minutes.
- Cut in half cross-wise. Add cheese and bacon and bake for 3-4 more minutes.
- Sprinkle on green onions or chives. Serve warm with ranch or sour cream
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 5Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 259 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 259kcal | 13% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 25g | 38% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Cholesterol | 29mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 539mg | 22% |
| Potassium | 87mg | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 215IU | 4% |
| Calcium | 13mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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