Cheap but tasty: recipe for hearty baked potatoes with sour cream and bacon

When it comes to cheap cooking, we can't avoid one ingredient: we're talking about the good old potato.

Not only is it versatile, it also keeps you full for a long time and you can get a kilo for less than two euros. What's more, it is also popular with children, one of the most important criteria when cooking for the family.

With today's recipe we want to pay homage to potatoes: Our delicious deluxe baked potatoes are easy to prepare, super tasty and you only need a few ingredients. The heavenly potatoes therefore cost less than 2 euros per serving.

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Baked Potato Recipe: Simple and delicious

You need for 4 servings:

• 4 very large, floury potatoes
• 2 cups of sour cream
• Salt and pepper
• 1 tbsp frozen chives
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 1 small package of grated cheese
• 1 pack of bacon cubes

And it's that easy:

1. Wash the potatoes and brush them with a brush (Shop here on Amazon*) rub thoroughly. Pour plenty of water into the kettle and bring to the boil. Put the potatoes in a pot, add the boiling water and cook for around 15 minutes. Then drain, pat dry with kitchen paper and wrap in aluminum foil.

2. Open the oven200 degrees circulating airpreheat. Place the potatoes on the middle rack and cook in the oven for about 20 minutes. Use a knife to stick into the potatoes to see if they are soft when the cooking time is over.

3. While the baked potatoes are baking, you can take care of the topping. To do this, first mix the dip made from sour cream, salt, pepper, chives, sugar and vinegar. Then fry the bacon cubes in a pan.

4. Wearing gloves, take the baked potatoes out of the oven and cut them lengthways through the aluminum foil. Then carefully unfold it.

If you like, you can sprinkle cheese on top and bake it briefly in the oven. Then take out the baked potatoes, top with the homemade sour cream, some chives, the fried bacon cubes and cheese. Complete!

Make a vegetarian version of the baked potato recipe

The great thing about the basic recipe for baked potatoes: you can modify it however you like. Just try a vegetarian version and replace the bacon cubes with small pepper cubes. They give the dish a wonderful freshness and are nice and crunchy.

As an alternative to sour cream, you can prepare a pesto topping. Simply mix the sour cream with two teaspoons of pesto and top the baked potatoes with it. Finally sprinkle with grated mozzarella.

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We hope you like our recipe and wish you a lot of fun cooking, baking and trying it! Feel free to write to us tooInstagramor onFacebook: We are always happy to receive suggestions and recipe requests!