Grandmother's Kitchen

Baked Potato With Bacon

This baked potato with bacon dish, is a very basic recipe that combines two wonderful foods together. Serve with sour cream and dress it up with colorful argula for a bit of a nippy flavor.

Baked Potato With Bacon

Ingredients

  • rock salt
  • 4 medium russet potatoes, washed and dried
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 8 slices bacon
  • sour cream
  • handful of arugula
  • (Serves 4)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 ºF.
  2. Line a baking sheet with aluminium foil and sprinkle over a layer of salt. This will make the potato skins crispy.
  3. With clean hands, rub the potatoes with 1/2 teaspoon olive oil and transfer to the prepared baking sheet.
  4. Bake potatoes in the preheated oven until cooked through and soft on the inside, crispy on the outside. About for 1 hour.
  5. 10 minutes before the potatoes are done, fry the bacon in a large skillet set over medium heat, until crispy.
  6. Once potatoes are cooked, transfer them to serving plates.
  7. Top each potato with a dollop of sour cream, 2 slices of bacon, and a few leaves of arugula.
  8. Serve hot.

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Original source: food.com