Loaded Baked Potato Bar

Looking for something fun and easy to make for the Super Bowl Party? Everyone loves Baked Potato Bar night at our house.  My husband loves the bacon.  I love the simplicity of it, and my daughter loves the variety of toppings.  This is fun for everyone, and would be great for a crowd, too.

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One of the perks of Baked Potato Bar is : it’s simplicity.  Have a bag of potatoes on hand?  Then this meal is for you – a filling meal for many, and fun for a cozy winter’s night.  Not to mention, it makes for a really affordable meal, too!

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Idaho or Russet potatoes – scrubbed clean and towel dried.

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Use a heaping pile of your favorite shredded cheese.  Mine is Colby Jack.  Use this for making the homemade cheese sauce.  Then add more for extra cheesy-ness!  Why not, right?

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Add green onions – if you desire.

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Whip up the Homemade cheese sauce: butter, flour, milk, cheese, salt, and pepper.  By the way, I use this all the time for any type of cheese sauce or often times as a substitute for a condensed soup version.

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Add all of your favorite toppings and load up that potato: bacon (ham pieces would be good too), sour cream, green onion, cheese sauce, shredded cheese, broccoli – and enjoy!

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Baked Potato Bar
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Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • 6 whole potatoes - scrubbed and cleaned
  • 4 bunches of broccoli - steamed
  • 1 c. sour cream
  • 8 slices of bacon - cooked & crumbled
  • 4 green onions - sliced
  • 1 c. shredded cheese (such as Colby jack)
  • 2 T. butter
  • Homemade cheese sauce
  • 2 T. butter
  • 2 T. flour
  • 1 c. milk
  • 1½ c. shredded cheese
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Place cleaned and pricked potatoes in aluminum foil. Add a teaspoon of butter on each and wrap with foil. Place in the oven and bake at 350 for 1 hour - or until soft.
  2. While potatoes are baking, prepare broccoli and bacon.
  3. Then make Homemade Cheese sauce:
  4. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
  5. Add flour then whisk for one minute.
  6. Slowly whisk in milk then season with salt and pepper.
  7. Stir and cook until thickened, about 4-5 minutes.
  8. Remove from heat, then add cheese and stir until melted and smooth.
  9. Season with additional salt and pepper if necessary. Serve immediately on top over potatoes. Add your favorite fixin's!

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