Tex-Mex Potato Skins

If you have been following my site for any time, you will know that my loaded potato skins are a big hit with many folks. It’s obvious in what user pin, and comment on. I mean who doesn’t love a great potato skin, right? I love them so much that they have their own category on my site, as well as their own website at http://www.bakedpotatoskins.com/ that’s how much I love them. Recently, I have been thinking of all of the great Tex-Mex I had while living in Dallas, Texas. There was a restaurant right down the street from my first job called Chuy’s. The place was dangerous. I say that because I probably ate there once a week, and the plates were loaded with great beans, rice, and things like enchiladas, burritos, and chimichangas. It was Tex-Mex heaven. With that said, I have been craving Tex-Mex food, and upon looking around my kitchen, I had some of the basic ingredients, but I was dying to use up the leftovers from the nacho night a couple of days ago. This is when the light sparked, and why I decided to come up with these Tex-Mex potato skins. They were heavenly.

Let’s get started.

Ingredients:

• 2 russet potatoes
• 1 1/2 cups refried beans, cooked
• 1/2 cup enchilada sauce
• 1 cup ground chuck, cooked
• 1/2 small onion, diced
• 1 jalapeno pepper, cored, seeds removed, diced
• 1/2 tomato, diced
• 1/2 avocado, diced
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 cups shredded cheddar jack cheese
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
• sour cream, optional

Begin by preheating your oven to 400 degrees. Poke the top of each potato with a fork and place on a baking sheet. Cook in the oven for 1 hour. Once cooked, remove from the baking sheet, and place on a plate to let cool for about 15 minutes.

Once your potatoes are cooled, use a sharp bread knife and you will cut lengthwise.  With a small spoon, being careful, scoop out about 70 percent of the potato, as you still want some potato in your boat.

To a skillet, add in the cooked ground beef, the enchilada sauce, and the onion. Cook for about 5 minutes on medium heat until the sauce comes to a slow boil and the onion softens.

Next, melt your butter in the microwave. Get your broiler heated to high. Brush the butter on the inside and outside of each potato skin and place them back onto the baking sheet. Season the inside of each skin with salt and pepper.

Place them under the broiler for 8-10 minutes until the insides get a bit crispy from the melted butter. Remove, then fill each potato skin with a layer of refried beans. Top the beans with the meat mixture and then top each one with cheese.

Place these back into the oven, and cook until the cheese is nice and melted.

Remove, and top with the diced tomatoes, jalapeno, avocado, and cilantro. Top each with a dollop of sour cream, and then go to town.

Now did these Tex-Mex potato skins satisfy my craving for Tex-Mex food? Absolutely. They were awesome, and what’s not to love when you get everything you love in a couple of bites! Not only that, but I was able to use my leftovers, which I am a total fan of transforming those into something playful.

If you ever get that craving like I did, give these a shot and let me know what you think. Did I mention these are totally worth making for any game day event?

Tex-Mex Potato Skins

Dax Phillips

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 35 minutes mins

Course Appetizers

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 2 russet potatoes
• 1 1/2 cups refried beans cooked
• 1/2 cup enchilada sauce
• 1 cup ground chuck cooked
• 1/2 small onion diced
• 1 jalapeno pepper cored, seeds removed, diced
• 1/2 to mato diced
• 1/2 avocado diced
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro chopped
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 cups shredded cheddar jack cheese
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter melted
• sour cream optional

Instructions

 

• Begin by preheating your oven to 400 degrees. Poke the top of each potato with a fork and place on a baking sheet. Cook in the oven for 1 hour. Once cooked, remove from the baking sheet, and place on a plate to let cool for about 15 minutes.
• Once your potatoes are cooled, use a sharp bread knife and you will cut lengthwise. With a small spoon, being careful, scoop out about 70 percent of the potato, as you still want some potato in your boat.
• To a skillet, add in the cooked ground beef, the enchilada sauce, and the onion. Cook for about 5 minutes on medium heat until the sauce comes to a slow boil and the onion softens.
• Next, melt your butter in the microwave. Get your broiler heated to high. Brush the butter on the inside and outside of each potato skin and place them back onto the baking sheet. Season the inside of each skin with salt and pepper.
• Place them under the broiler for 8-10 minutes until the insides get a bit crispy from the melted butter. Remove, then fill each potato skin with a layer of refried beans. Top the beans with the meat mixture and then top each one with cheese.
• Place these back into the oven, and cook until the cheese is nice and melted.
• Remove, and top with the diced tomatoes, jalapeno, avocado, and cilantro. Top each with a dollop of sour cream, and then go to town.