Cheesy Bacon Baked Potatoes

Submitted by *OzMan*

"Just another baked potato, but it is very good. Great served with grilled steaks."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 large baking potatoes
• 4 slices bacon
• 1⁄3 cup onion, chopped
• 1⁄3 cup green pepper, diced
• 2 cups sliced mushrooms
• 1 1⁄2 cups grated cheddar cheese, divided
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Scrub potatoes, pat dry and pierce with a fork.
2. Bake at 425 for 55-65 minutes or until soft.
3. While potatoes are baking, cook bacon in a skillet until browned, cool and crumble.
4. In 2 Tbsp of bacon grease, saute onion and green pepper until still tender crisp, then add mushrooms and saute until mushrooms are cooked, then set aside.
5. When potatoes are cooked, cut a slice from the top of each.
6. Scoop out the flesh, keeping the shell intact.
7. Mash potato, adding 1 cup of the cheese, milk, butter, egg, salt, vegetable mixture and half of the bacon.
8. Spoon mixture into the shells, top with remaining cheese and bacon.
9. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until slightly brown on top.

Reviews

[peter coleman]

Great recipe. Didn't have mushrooms, but I don't think it would have been a major taste changer. I also have to admire anyone who can make only four slices of bacon! I made the whole pound.

 

[Troop Angel]

These were awesome!!! We did leave the mushrooms out as none of us like mushrooms, and only DH had the onions and green peppers in his, but still these were outstanding!! I think next time we'll just make a salad with this next time as these were really filling...we had hamburgers and nobody could finish the burgers but we all finished the potatoes! I also had a problem keeping the skins intact but I think I just need more practice so we'll be making this often! Thanks Oz for a wonderful recipe and congrats on the football pool win!

 

[Kim127]

Excellent potatoes!! I loved having so many of my favorite flavors all together. Believe it or not, I had no butter so I added a couple of tablespoons of sour cream which worked fine. Loved them!!!

 

[Nimz_]

This is total comfort food. Wonder flavor combination. Love the mushrooms in this. Served this with Steak Kabobs, which is a recipe I'm working on and will continue to work on since it just didn't come out like I would have liked. Thanks Oz and good luck next week.

 

[Fauve]

Excellent change from the plain old baked potato! A little extra work, but well worth the time. I loved the green peppers and onion as unexpected flavor additions... I did, however leave out the mushrooms (not a fungus fan...), but followed the rest of the recipe to the letter. The family loved it, served alongside standard-fare meatloaf. Thanks, Oz for a recipe for me to add to my "favorites" cookbook.