Loaded Sweet Potato Skins
These Loaded Sweet Potato Skins are sweet in taste with mouthwatering cheese and bacon, and some creamy sour cream and chives. perfection!
Loaded Sweet Potato Skins
Don’t forget to try my Spicy Maple Sweet Potato Wedges recipe as well! For a yummy side there’s also the ever-popular Roasted Red Potatoes side dish!
Now, I don’t even recall having sweet potatoes as a kid. That being said, as an adult I don’t think of cooking them either. Do you find that you are the same way as well?
Continually cooking foods and dishes that you were raised on, either in the same or similar fashions?
Once I realized that, and the fact that I didn’t even have a sweet potato dish in my recipe box – I decided to add one. With February being National Sweet Potato month, what a great excuse to start cooking more using this potato.
They are jam-packed with Vitamin A & C and if stored correctly {in a cooler place like the garage}, they can also last 3-6 months!
For my first sweet potato recipe at My Organized Chaos, I wan’t simple and a spin on a classic. So, today I’m featuring Loaded Sweet Potato Skins, and you’ll notice the recipe is similar to how you’d make loaded baked potatoes.
Or, one of the many ways you could make loaded potatoes rather, since there’s so many little variations on such a popular recipe.
Sweet Potatoes are, well, sweet. So, if your stores carry the larger ones like mine, keep that in mind. Once person most likely couldn’t finish one half all on their own.
For that reason I only made 2 {4 halves} and it was more than enough for the kids and I. Plus, add as little or as much of the cheese and bacon as you want.
In fact, I encourage overuse of bacon for the Loaded Sweet Potato Skins – it helps to balance the sweetness. ok, that and I just love bacon.
Loaded Sweet Potato Skins
Ingredients
- 2 large Sweet Potatoes
- 4 tablespoons Vegetable Oil
- 6-8 slices Bacon
- 3 tablespoons Whole Milk
- 1 cup Shredded Cheese {cheddar or mozza or a mix of both}
- 3 Green Onions (chopped)
- Salt and Pepper (to taste)
- Sour Cream (if desired)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Scrub sweet potato skins to clean and pat dry.
- Poke holes into the sweet potatoes and place them on a foil-lined {and greased} baking sheet. Bake until sweet potatoes are tender, about 45 minutes.
- While the sweet potatoes are baking, cook slices of bacon in a skillet over medium-low heat until crispy, about 10-15 minutes. Drain bacon on a paper towel, then crumble.
- Remove sweet potatoes from oven and cool until you can handle them in your hands. Cut them in half, lengthwise and scoop out most the flesh into a bowl, leaving about ¼ inch of flesh in the skin.
- Brush the sweet potato skins with oil, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place them back on the baking sheet skin side down and bake for 10 minutes to get them a little crispy. Remove from oven and allow to cool enough to handle as before.
- Mash the sweet potato flesh with a fork until smooth and mix in the cream. Add filling to skins, then top with bacon and cheese. Broil the skins until cheese has melted, about 3 minutes.
- Top with bacon and sour cream. Serve warm.
You really make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find
this matter to be actually something which I
think I would never understand. It seems too complex and very broad for me.
I’m looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!
looks so good
I love sweet potatoes! I’ve never thought to use them for loaded skins. Definitely going to give this a try! I wish I had seen this for the Superbowl. 🙁
This is a nice change. I love sweet potatoes
These look delicious! I rarely have white potatoes on hand, but do buy sweet potatoes once in a while. This would be a nice change from roasting them, which is what I usually do.
This looks fabulous! I can’t wait to try it
I don’t really like sweet potatoes, but I wish I did, however my husband loooves them. He will want to make these I’m sure!
these look amazing, my husband would love them, maybe I’ll make these for valentines
Great idea Lynda!
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oh man my boys who just started eating sweet potatoes would love these! will definitely try for an easy meal
I am not a sweet potato fan, but I want to be … maybe these loaded potatoes will change my mind !@
this looks good. the only thing is I would make it without onions because I cant stand onions lol
omg i need to try these they look delish thank you
You are very welcome, enjoy!!
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1. These look amazing!! + 2. Your photos are just unbelievable. So clear, just great.
These look so good. We love sweet potatoes here and sweet potato fries are a huge treat. (I only deepfry once a month) But I may just have to make these.
LOVE SWEET POTATOES. I will be trying this for sure, just pinned it.