By
delicious. team
A baked potato recipe with a difference. Turn a plain potato into a tasty treat using leftover sprouts and bacon.
Ingredients
- 8 medium floury potatoes
- 200g cream cheese
- 4 spring onions, thinly sliced
- 8-10 leftover crispy bacon rolls, sliced, and 75g cooked brussels sprouts, shredded
- 50g chopped, crisply fried streaky bacon rashers
- 30g mature Cheddar, finely grated
Method
- 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. Prick the potatoes with a fork, then rinse and sprinkle over lots of sea salt. Bake on a baking tray for 1 hour until crisp, golden and cooked through.
- 2. Remove from the oven, leaving it on, and use a sharp knife to split the skins in a cross shape and ease open. Scoop out the fluffy cooked potato into a large bowl, keeping the skins as intact as possible. Stir through the cream cheese, spring onions, shredded sprouts, bacon, most of the grated cheese and seasoning.
- 3. Spoon the filling back into the skins and sprinkle over the remaining cheese. Return to the oven for 10 minutes until heated through.
Nutritional info
Per serving: 288kcals, 15.1g fat (8.8g saturated), 6.8g protein, 33.2g carbs, 1.8g sugar, 0.5g salt