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.