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Loaded Potato Skins

Name: Loaded Potato Skins
Cook time: 18 min
Ingredients: 4 medium Russet potatoes; 1 cup Cheddar cheese; ½ cup Bacon bits; 1 tbsp Olive oil; ½ tsp Salt; ¼ tsp Black pepper; for serving Sour cream; 2 tbsp Green onions

⏱ 18 min🌡 400°F / 204°C

Crispy potato skins loaded with cheddar cheese, bacon bits, and sour cream. The air fryer makes the skins shatteringly crispy in half the oven time.

Ingredients

Russet potatoes

baked and cooled

4 medium

Cheddar cheese

shredded

1 cup

Bacon bits

cooked and crumbled

½ cup

Olive oil

for brushing skins

1 tbsp

Salt

½ tsp

Black pepper

¼ tsp

Sour cream

for serving

Green onions

sliced, for serving

2 tbsp

Chef tips

💡Crisp the empty skins first — filling before crisping = soggy skins every time

💡Leave ¼ inch of potato flesh inside — too little and the skin collapses, too much and it stays soft

💡Don't overfill — cheese overflows and burns on the basket before the skin is done

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