Baked potatoes with bacon recipe
Tuck into this classic comfort food on a cold winter evening.
See method- Serves 4
- 10mins to prepare and 1hr 20mins to cook
- 297 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 4 baking potatoes
- 8 rashers of back bacon, tails removed
- small bunch of chives, finely chopped
- 4 tbsp soured cream
- salt
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 1245kJ 297.0kcal
- Fat
- 12g
- Saturates
- 5g
- Salt
- 2.3g
- Sugars
- 2g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 33.6gProtein 12.8gFibre 3.6g
Method
- Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C.
- Prick thepotatoesa few times and season. Wrap in sheets of aluminium foil and bake for 60-70 minutes until soft. Remove from the oven and keep wrapped in the foil.
- Finely chop the bacon tails. Heat a frying pan over a medium heat until hot then fry the chopped bacon for a few minutes until golden brown and crispy.
- Heat the grill to hot and grill the main parts of the bacon for 4-5 minutes, turning once. Unwrap the potatoes and cut in half. Top with the choppedbacon, sour cream, chives and main parts of bacon before serving.
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