Tgi Fridays Baked Potato Skins Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375F.
• Brush potato shells with melted butter and sprinkle season all to taste and bake for 15-20 minutes until crisp but not dry and hard.
• Remove and sprinkle with cheese, bacon and onion, place back in oven until cheese is melted.
• Serve with sour cream.
• For a bit of variety try Ranch dressing.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Wash and dry potatoes.
• Prick in several places and bake for 45 minutes to one hour, until baked through.
• Let cool enough to handle.
• While they are cooling, mix the chives with the sour cream and set aside.
• Make 2 lengthwise cuts through each potato.
• You'll wind up with three slices.
• Discard the middle and save for other potato dishes.
• This gives you two nice sized potato skins for each potato.
• Scoop out some of the potato from each skin, but leave about 1/4" of the potato inside the skin so it doesn't collapse.
• Brush with some melted butter (yes, you can use Canola, too).
• Place on a cookie sheet, skin side up and run under broiler for about 5 minutes, just until edges begin to turn brown.
• Sprinkle the cheese among the 8 skins.
• Crumble the bacon and sprinkle it on top of the cheese.
• Broil for about 2 more minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Serve hot, arranged on a plate surrounded by sour cream chive dip.
• Other Good Toppings: Don't stop here.
• Think of your own likes- salsa, green onions, chopped tomatoes, guacamole, etc.