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Smoky Bacon Chive Hasselback Potatoes

Smoky Bacon Chive Hasselback Potatoes

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Side Dish
Servings 2 potatoes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 russet potatoes
  • ½ lb. bacon cut into 2-inch slices
  • For the Smoky Butter Sauce
  • 4 TBSP unsalted butter melted
  • 1 TBSP garlic pressed
  • 1 TBSP rub of your choice

For the Chive Cheese Sauce

  • ¾ cup milk
  • 7.5 oz chive and onion cream cheese
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • ¼ tsp fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 TBSP dried chives

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425°F.
  • Make crosswise cuts in each potato, about ⅛ inch apart, stopping about ¼ inch from the bottom (hint: use chopsticks as a stopper).
  • Microwave your potatoes for 5 minutes per potato.
  • Mix together melted butter, garlic, and rub.
  • Insert a slice of bacon into the slot in the sliced potatoes.
  • Brush each potato with Smoky Butter Sauce.
  • Bake until the outsides are browned and crisp, about 40 minutes.
  • In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the milk, chive, and onion cream cheese, kosher salt, and black pepper. Whisk until smooth.
  • Add the dried chives to the cream cheese sauce.
  • Spoon the Chive Cheese Sauce over the crispy Hasselback potatoes.
  • Serve and smaklig måltid
Keyword hasselback, potato