Lucky Irish Twice Baked Potatoes

Lucky Irish Twice Baked Potatoes

Recipe type: appetizer Yield: 4 Prep time: 1 hour 10 mins Cook time: 25 mins Total time: 1 hour 35 mins

The luck of the Irish smiles on these cheesy stuffed baked Idaho potatoes with California Avocado and guacamole

Ingredients:

2 Large Idaho Russet potatoes, scrubbed
2 tbsp of Butter
¼ cup of Sour cream or plain yogurt
¼ cup of Milk
½ tsp of Salt
12 tsp of Freshly ground pepper
1 cup of Grated jack cheese or grated cheddar-jack cheese
½ cup of Chopped chives
1 Fresh California Avocado, peeled, seeded, and cut into chunks
Salt and pepper, to taste
– For Guacamole –
1 Fresh California Avocado, peeled, seeded, and cut into chunks
1 tbsp of Fresh lime juice
2 tbsp of Chopped cilantro leaves
½ tsp of Salt, to taste

Directions:

1. – For Guacamole –
2. Mash avocado chunks with lime juice in a medium bowl
3. Add cilantro and salt; blend until creamy
4. – For Baked Potatoes –
5. Preheat oven to 450 degree F. Bake whole potatoes in oven for 1 hour; remove potatoes and reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
6. Let potatoes rest for 5 minutes, then cut in half lengthwise and scoop our potato flesh into large bowl. Reserve potato jackets
7. Add butter, sour cream, milk, salt, pepper, and cheese to potato in bowl; whip until creamy with electric hand mixer
8. Taste and adjust seasoning with additional salt and pepper
9. Gently stir in chives and avocado pieces
10. Spoon mixture into halved potato jackets and cake in 350 degree F oven for 20 minutes
11. Top each with a heaping spoonful of guacamole to serve

Published on February 25, 2015 by Teri Williams