Baked Potatoes With Chive Sauce Recipes

LOADED SCALLOPED POTATOES WITH BACON, CHEDDAR & CHIVES

Steps:

• Position racks in upper and lower third of oven; preheat to 425 degrees F.
• Toss potatoes with oil in a large bowl until well coated. Divide between 2 large baking sheets and spread in an even layer. Roast, rotating the pans from top to bottom about halfway through, until tender and beginning to brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook bacon in a large saucepan over medium heat, stirring frequently, until just crisp, about 3 minutes. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon to a paper towel-lined plate. Add onion to the pan; cook, stirring frequently, until very soft and golden brown, 5 to 8 minutes. Add flour, salt and pepper; cook, stirring, for 1 minute more. Add milk; cook, stirring and scraping up any brown bits at the bottom of the pan. Increase heat to medium-high; cook, stirring, until the sauce thickens and bubbles, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• When the potatoes are done, remove them from the oven. Preheat the broiler.
• Transfer half the potatoes to a 2-quart broiler-safe baking dish. Spread half the sauce over the potatoes and top with 1/4 cup cheese and 2 tablespoons chives. Add the remaining potatoes, sauce and cheese. Top with the bacon. Broil, watching carefully, until the sauce is bubbling and the cheese is beginning to brown, 1 to 5 minutes depending on your broiler. Let stand 10 minutes. Serve topped with the remaining 2 tablespoons chives.

TWICE BAKED POTATOES WITH SOUR CREAM AND CHIVES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 425 F. Scrub potatoes; pat dry.
• Pierce the top of the potatoes with a fork. Bake for about 50 minutes, or until potatoes ​are tender. Remove a thin slice from the top of each potato and scoop out most of the potato into a bowl, leaving the shells intact. If baking the same day, reduce the oven temperature to 375 F before preparing the potato mixture.
• In a bowl, combine the potato with the sour cream, 3 tablespoons milk, and the butter and beat until well blended. Add more milk or half-and-half if needed. Beat in salt and pepper, then spoon the mixture into the potato skins. Sprinkle with the chives.
• Cover and refrigerate until the next day, or bake at 375 F for about 10 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• If the potatoes have been refrigerated, preheat the oven to 375 F and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until hot and lightly browned.

BAKED POTATO WITH YOGURT SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 225°C (approximately 425°F). Rinse the potatoes and pat dry. iIndividually wrap potatoes in foil and cook on a baking sheet in the oven for 60-70 minutes.
• Meanwhile, halve, core and rinse bell peppers. Cut bell pepper halves into small cubes. Cut chile peppers lengthwise, remove the seeds, rinse and dice finely. Mix with vegetable oil.
• Peel the onion and chop. Halve avocados, remove pits, and puree the pulp with the finely diced onion, vinegar and yogurt. Season with salt and pepper. Rinse chives, shake dry and cut into thin rings.
• Mix chives and vegetables with avocado sauce. Unwrap potatoes from foil, cut crosswise and squeeze until they open up slightly. Sprinkle with salt. Serve baked potatoes with avocado sauce and mint or chives.

CHEF'S CHEESE SAUCE FOR BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Scrub potatoes with vegetable brush; dry well.
• For crunchy skins, sprinkle each potato with 1 tablespoon garlic flavored olive oil (or substitute plain olive oil), rubbing oil all over potato.
• Sprinkle with coarse salt and coarsely ground black pepper.
• Pierce potato several times with tip of sharp knife in order to allow steam to escape.
• Do NOT wrap in foil.
• For soft potato skins, DO wrap in foil.
• Bake at 400°F for about one hour or until done.
• When potatoes are done, roll gently under hand to make mealy inside.
• Immediately cut crosswise in top of each potato, pushing up on ends to fluff up.
• Top each with some of the sauce.

BOILED POTATOES WITH CHIVES

Steps:

• Place butter in a serving bowl.
• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water by 1 inch; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain and cool until potatoes can be handled; cut potatoes in half.
• Place potatoes into serving bowl with butter, season with salt and black pepper, and toss with chives until potatoes are coated.

BAKED POTATOES WITH CHIVE SOUR CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Skewer the baking potatoes with metal skewers, so they cook through faster and place them directly on the middle oven baking rack for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Meantime add the sour cream to a bowl with the whole-grain mustard, salt, white pepper and chopped chives, leaving a teaspoon back to sprinkle on top. Stir all the ingredients together and scatter over the remaining chives. If you are not eating it straight away store it covered in plastic wrap in the refrigerator.
• When the potatoes are ready with a crisp skin and soft inside, remove them from the oven, take them off the skewers and cut a cross in the top of each of them and slightly squeeze them so they open out and place them into bowl. Serve the potatoes with the chive sour cream on the side and have people help themselves.

BAKED POTATOES WITH CHIVE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Slice potatoes lengthwise into thin spears (8 to 10 per potato).
• Place in medium bowl and toss with oil to coat well.
• Arrange in single layer on 2 large nonstick baking sheets.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Turn them over and bake 10 minutes longer or until golden brown and slightly crisp.
• In small bowl, combine yogurt, mayonnaise, sour cream and chives.
• Let stand 10 minutes before serving over baked potatoes.
• Dust with paprika.

SKINTASTIC BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Prick potatoes all over with a fork. Place each potato on a piece of aluminum foil large enough to cover completely. Spread 1 tablespoon butter on each potato; coat liberally with hot sauce and sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Wrap each potato tightly in foil. Place potatoes into a 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are tender, 45 minutes to an hour depending on size. Unwrap and serve.

TWICE-BAKED SOUR CREAM AND CHIVE POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Rub potatoes with vegetable oil. On a baking sheet, bake until potatoes are easily pierced with a paring knife, about 45 minutes. Let cool slightly.
• With paring knife, cut a thin slice lengthwise off the top of each potato and discard. Using a spoon, scoop out all but 1/2-inch potato flesh from inside skin. Transfer to a bowl and add sour cream, milk, butter, and chives; mash until combined. Season with coarse salt and ground pepper. Spoon mixture into potato skins. Bake until lightly browned on top, 20 minutes. Serve sprinkled with more chives.

MAKE CHIVE BUTTER TO USE IN A VARIETY OF RECIPES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large bowl, mash butter with a potato masher or just squish with hands. You can even cream butter using paddle attachment of a stand mixer-the goal is to get the butter soft enough to be able to incorporate chives.
• Add chopped chives and continue mashing/squishing/mixing butter until fully mixed.
• Spread out a large (1-foot or bigger) square of plastic wrap across work surface, then scoop mixed butter onto plastic. You are now going to roll the butter into a cylinder inside the plastic wrap
• Tie excess plastic wrap at ends of the cylinder into a knot, or just use little pieces of string to tie off the ends. You can even make a string out of a short section of plastic wrap and roll it into a little rope.
• Chill or freeze until needed.