Stuffing Potatoes in jackets with cheese, bacon & Sausage!
Ingredients
4Jacket potatoes
8Rashers Smoked or Unsmoked Bacon
4good Quality Sausages
Black pepper
Dash of milk
50ggood Cheddar Cheesegrated
Good Handful Chopped Flat Leaf Parsley
serve with Baked Beans
Instructions
Preheat oven 190C / 375F / Gas 5
Get your Potatoes in the oven and bake until soft inside and crispy outside - approx. 60-90 minutes
Using the heat for the oven (why not) place your bacon and if using sausages on a baking tray and bake until crispy (approx. 20 - 30 minutes)
Remove bacon (and sausages if using) and leave to cool. I cut my bacon up with kitchen scissors into 1cm square pieces, put on one side
When your potatoes are done - remove from oven and slice longways in half (careful very hot) scoop out the potato inside using a teaspoon and place in a bowl ( keeping the skins on one side)
Mash the potato with a fork, add the bacon pieces (sausage pieces if using) black pepper , dash of milk and 1/2 the grated cheese, finally add 1/2 the flat leaf parsley
Fill the skins with the potato mixture using a teaspoon, then sprinkle with the remaining cheese & parsley
Place in an ovenproof dish and bake at 200c/400F/ Gas 6 until golden (approx. 25 -30 minutes)
Remove from oven, serve with beans - dig in and watch those fireworks!
Notes
*** All nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide only
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Easy Stuffed Jacket Potatoes
Amount per Serving
Calories
658
% Daily Value*
Fat
44
g
68
%
Saturated Fat
16
g
100
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
6
g
Monounsaturated Fat
19
g
Cholesterol
104
mg
35
%
Sodium
923
mg
40
%
Potassium
1210
mg
35
%
Carbohydrates
38
g
13
%
Fiber
5
g
21
%
Sugar
2
g
2
%
Protein
26
g
52
%
Vitamin A
214
IU
4
%
Vitamin C
43
mg
52
%
Calcium
128
mg
13
%
Iron
3
mg
17
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.