Baked Potato Bar

Name: Baked Potato Bar
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 ½ tbsp Olive Oil (1 1/2 tbsp olive oil divided); 0 pieces Sea Salt (coarse salt); 1 lb Ground Beef (1 lb lean ground beef 90% or less, I use 93%); 4 oz Sausage (4 oz ground mild sausage); 2 cloves Garlic (2 cloves garlic pressed); 4 oz Sharp Cheddar Cheese (4 oz sharp cheddar cheese shredded from the block); 4 pieces Scallion (4 green onions chopped); 6 slices Bacon (6 slices center cut bacon); 0 pieces Butter (*optional- butter, sour cream and fresh chives *see post for more delicious topping ideas) — optional; 0 pieces Table Salt (salt and pepper to taste)

Baked Potato Bar - Main Course (American)

70 minAmerican

Servings6

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Gluten Free
Egg Free

Steps

1Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
2Rub potatoes with 1/2 tbsp oil and poke several holes on the top with a fork, then sprinkle with coarse salt.
3Bake potatoes for 40-60 minutes, depending on the size of your spuds.
4About 10 minutes before potatoes are done, pop the bacon in the oven along with the taters.
5Arrange bacon on a foil-lined baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes until desired crispiness.
6Allow bacon to cool before crumbling.
7Wrap potatoes in foil and put in the oven on the warm setting while you prepare the rest of your ingredients.
8Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat and cook the ground beef and sausage until no longer pink
9Drain any grease and add the garlic and cook until soft
10Season beef mixture with salt and pepper, to taste.
11Arrange beef mixture, chopped green onions, shredded cheese, butter, sour cream, and crumbled bacon in bowls and serve ingredients with potatoes, buffet-style.