Baked Potato Bites

Baked Potato Bites are the perfect appetizer to serve guests. They’re hearty and can be made ahead of time.

Everyone loves baked potatoes, right? In my opinion, when you find something that everyone loves, you NEED to turn it into an appetizer. That’s how these baked potato bites were born.

I really like these as a hearty appetizer for when people are coming over and I want to know that people are satisfied while I finish making dinner. Potatoes are nice and filling and do the trick really well.

There are two things that I want to tell you about this recipe. First, I serve these potato bites at room temperature. Why is that? It’s so that I can make them ahead and have them ready whenever. Also, I find that the sour cream melts into a puddle around the potatoes if I try to serve them warm. If you really want to serve these warm, I’d skip the sour cream and instead melt some cheese onto the potatoes before serving.

The second thing, well, I know you’re asking, “What gives with the asparagus??? Asparagus doesn’t usually show up on baked potatoes!!!”

I know that, and I agree with you. But, asparagus and potato go really well together, and I wanted to add a bit of healthiness to these. You can absolutely skip the asparagus and go with finely chopped chives or green onions though.

If you’re going to go with the chives or green onion instead of the asparagus, you’ll save a bit of time. The other thing you can do to save some energy is buy bacon bits instead of crisping your own bacon. And, another thing you could do is cook the potatoes in the microwave. Head over here to learn how to bake potatoes in the microwave. For these small potatoes, the time will be much shorter but the method is the same.

The printable recipe for the baked potato bites is below. I hope you love them as much as I do!

Christine
xo

Baked Potato Bites

Contributor: Christine Pittman

Baked Potato Bites are the perfect appetizer to serve guests because they’re hearty and can be made ahead of time.

• Author: Christine Pittman
• Prep Time: 5 Minutes
• Cook Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 25 minutes
• Yield: 4 servings 1x
• Category: Appetizer
• Method: Baked
• Cuisine: American

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Ingredients

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• 8 small potatoes, cut in half
• 2 tsp olive oil, divided
• Salt
• Pepper
• 1 slice of bacon
• 6 spears of asparagus, trimmed of tough ends
• 4 tsp. sour cream

 

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Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 450ºF. Line a 9×11 cake pan with foil and spray lightly with cooking spray.
2. Put potatoes in prepared pan.
3. Drizzle potatoes with 1 teaspoon of the olive oil and sprinkle with ¼ teaspoon salt and ⅛ teaspoon pepper. Toss to coat.
4. Scoot the potatoes to one side of the pan and arrange them cut side up. Lay the slice of bacon along the other side of the pan.
5. Bake until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork and bacon is crisp, about 12-15 minutes. If bacon is done before potatoes, remove it to a kitchen towel to blot and cool. When the potatoes are done, remove the pan from the oven and allow them to cool as well.
6. Meanwhile, toss the asparagus with the remaining 1 teaspoon of oil, a good pinch of salt and a bit of pepper. Put the spears on a baking sheet and pop it into the oven.
7. Cook asparagus until bright green and only just yielding to the pressure of a fork (4 minutes for thin asparagus, 7 for really thick ones). Remove from the oven and transfer them to a plate to cool. Cut each asparagus spear into three equal lengths.
8. Chop up the bacon.
9. Arrange the potato halves on a serving plate, cut side up. If any are particularly tipsy, cut a thin slice off of the rounded bottom, making it flat on the bottom.
10. Top each potato half with ¼ teaspoon of sour cream, a little sprinkle of bacon, and one length of asparagus.