These cheesy broiled potatoes are a perfect side dish for so many meals. Simple but delicious they come together in just over 30 minutes and perfectly compliment any dinner.
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Hello my friends!
We woke up to snow Monday and Tuesday and the kids are loving it. We took them sledding on President’s Day (did you see my Instagram stories?). And it was so much fun. I’ve decided winter is not so bad when you can go play in it.
Today I’m back with a delicious side dish–these cheesy broiled potatoes– that is very adaptable for whatever you need it to be.
Baked potatoes are yummy but they take soooo long to make.
A quick side dish
But guess what? Broiling them using the method in this recipe cuts the cooking time to just 30 minutes. This discovery was made by my husband Brandon who is full of brilliant ideas like that.
We love serving these as a side dish with any type of meat. Brandon’s an Idaho boy so meat and potatoes is always a good thing. This BBQ Chicken Recipe I shared Monday is an obvious winner (in fact you can see from the pictures that’s what I served with it). But this Easy Roast Beef would also make an excellent choice.
The cheese in this recipe is totally optional, but it comes highly recommended. It takes a good potato to a great one in my opinion.
And if the cheese gets all brown and bubbly and even a little bit black under the broiler. I’m not talking charcoal black here, but just to where it’s starting to turn dark. Oh boy. Get ready for some yum. I love burnt cheese. So so good.
Cheesy Broiled Potatoes
Simple but delicious they come together in just over 30 minutes and perfectly compliment any dinner.
Ingredients
- 4-5 medium russet potatoes see note
- 2 tablespoons canola or other cooking oil
- coarse salt & pepper to taste
- ½ cup grated cheese see note
- butter & sour cream for serving
Instructions
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Preheat broiler and move oven rack to the center. Wash potatoes, scrubbing skins well. Slice potatoes lengthwise and place in large baking pan.
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Pour cooking oil over potatoes and rub potatoes around, making sure they are generously covered with oil. Sprinkle coarse kosher salt over both sides of potatoes.
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Place potatoes skin side up and broil for 20 to 25 minutes or until skin begins to brown and bubble up (see note for larger or smaller potatoes). Remove pan and flip potatoes over. Return to broiler and broil for 5 minutes more or until you can pierce the potatoes easily with a fork.
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Remove pan and sprinkle a generous amount of cheese over the potatoes. Return to broiler and broil for 1-2 minutes more, watching closely, until cheese is bubbly and starts to brown.
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Add additional salt and pepper, to taste and serve with butter and sour cream.
Recipe Notes
1. You can use any size of potato in this recipe just keep in mind that smaller potatoes will cook faster and larger potatoes will need longer than the recipe states.
2. For the cheese, I usually use a mixed cheddar cheese blend, but feel free to use whatever cheese you would like.
Recipe Source: Heather @ The Cook’s Treat
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