Loaded Salt Baked Potato
Servings:
4
prep time:
20 mins
cook time:
1 hour 5 mins
Total time:
1 hour 25 mins
Ingredients
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4 medium to large baking potatoes
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4 cups rock salt or Kosher salt
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Fresh rosemary and/or thyme sprigs, as desired
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Bay leaves, as desired
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Garlic cloves, as desired
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¼ cup fresh chives or scallions
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4 slices bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled
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2 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
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½ teaspoon salt
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½ teaspoon pepper
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Vermont Creamery Fire-Roasted Onion &Chive Sour Crème
½ cup
Directions
- Preheat oven to 450ºF.
- Rinse and scrub potatoes well; pat dry. Pour generous layer of salt to cover bottom of 9x9-inch baking pan; nestle potatoes into salt, spacing them evenly. Add fresh herbs and/or garlic as desired around potatoes; cover potatoes completely with remaining salt. Bake 1-1 1/2 hours or until potatoes are fork-tender.
- Carefully remove potatoes from salt, brushing off any excess. Place potatoes onto baking tray; cut lengthwise slit in top of each potato. Carefully scoop and fluff potato flesh. Top each evenly with chives, crumbled bacon, Cheddar cheese, salt and pepper. Return to oven; bake 3-5 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Top potatoes with dollop of sour crème. Serve immediately.
