Potato Skins

Bake the Potatoes

• Thoroughly clean the potatoes and pierce them with a sharp fork a few times and rub some olive oil over them.
• Put them to bake in an oven at 400°F for about an hour until the potatoes are cooked through.
• If baking in a microwave, place them on a higher setting at roughly 5 minutes per potato.

Cook the Bacon

• Fry the bacon strips in a pan on medium flame until they turn golden brown and crisp.

Prep the Potatoes

• Once baked, allow the potatoes to cool down.
• Cut them into halves, scoop out the flesh.

Bake the Skin

• Brush the potato skins inside out with canola oil, sprinkle some salt and place on a baking rack in a preheated oven @ 450° F.
• Cook for 10 minutes on both the sides.

Add Bacon and Cheese

• Add the grated cheese, crumbled bacon and top it with some ground black pepper.
• Bake again for about 2 minutes until the cheese melts.

Garnish with Sour Cream and Green Onions

• Add a generous dollop of sour cream and green onions over each potato skin and serve immediately.

Trivia

• Potatoes is the world's most popular vegetable and the fourth largest food crop.
• Not all of them have brown skin. Ireland's popular potatoes known as rooster have red skin and the ones in Scotland have purple skin.
• There are about 5000 varieties of potatoes!
• On an average, a person eats 33 kgs of potato per year.