By Culinary Kickoff 2021

Michael Mina's Bacon Baked Potatoes

Name: Michael Mina's Bacon Baked Potatoes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: pot;  2 large yukon gold potatoes;  8 paper-thin slices bacon;  16 chives, cut in half;  1 cup sour cream

3 steps

Prep:15minCook:15min

These tools are the ones we find especially helpful when making this dish. 1. Panini press. The panini press isn’t just for making sandwiches anymore. Here, it’s the perfect tool for caramelizing the bacon around the potato while cooking the potato itself. The list below includes all the equipment you’ll want to make this dish.  Knife and cutting board  Saute pan  Small baking sheet with rack

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:32:39 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories413.1 kcal (21%)

Total Fat29.4 g (42%)

Carbs27.3 g (10%)

Sugars4.3 g (5%)

Protein10.7 g (21%)

Sodium370.4 mg (19%)

Fiber4.1 g (15%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

8 slicesbacon

1 cupsour cream

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat panini press to 350°F, or “medium.”

Step 2

Cut the 2 sides off the raw potatoes the long way. Then cut 1⁄4 inch slices the long way. Trim the long round sides of the potato slices off.

Step 3

Bake bacon in oven at 325 degrees until crisp (please bake bacon ahead of demo). Reserve all bacon drippings. Cut potatoes into 1⁄4 inch slices long way. Fry potatoes in a pan using the bacon drippings. Garnish potato with chopped chives, sour cream and crispy bacon.