Pizza Potato Skins – Your guest will love these

Pizza Potato Skins are a fun take on classic potato skins featuring mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, Italian seasoning with pizza sauce for dipping!

Origin

Potato skins, also sometimes referred to as potato jackets, are a snack food or appetizer made of unpeeled potato halves, hollowed and dressed with bacon, cheddar cheese and green onions before being baked again. They are commonly found on the menus of casual dining restaurants in the United States. While popularly eaten in restaurants and pubs, these snacks are also commonly made at home.

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Pizza Potato Skins

A fun take on classic potato skins featuring mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, Italian seasoning with pizza sauce for dipping!

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Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: potato skins

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes minutes

Total Time: 22 minutes minutes

Servings: 8

Calories: 223kcal

Author: Center Cut Cook

Ingredients

• ▢ 4 medium russet potatoes baked
• ▢ 2 tbsp butter
• ▢ dash salt
• ▢ dash pepper
• ▢ 16 slices pepperoni
• ▢ 8 oz Mozzarella cheese shredded
• ▢ 1 cup pizza sauce
• ▢ 1 tbsp italian seasoning

Instructions

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  Preheat your broiler to high. When your baked potato are cool enough to handle, make two cuts down the potato lengthwise so that you are left with three pieces. Discard the middle slice of the potato (or save for other use) so that you are left with just the ends of each potato. Use a spoon to slightly scrape some of the pulp out of each potato skin so that you have only about 1/4 inch of potato left.
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  In the microwave, melt 2 tablespoons of butter (30-40 seconds does the trick). Brush both sides of the potato skin with the melted butter. Lightly salt and pepper the potato skin and place in the broiler for 8 minutes, flipping the potatoes once after four minutes so that each side of the potato is able to crisp up.
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  Take the potato skins out of the broiler and top with shredded mozzarella cheese and two pepperoni slices per potato skin.
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  Sprinkle each potato skin with Italian seasoning.
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  Place the potato skins back in the broiler for another 2-4 minutes, or until the cheese has melted.
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  Serve with pizza sauce or marinara sauce on the side.

Nutrition

Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 439mg | Potassium: 586mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 424IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 171mg | Iron: 2mg