Super Bowl Week: Baked Potato Bites

by Bob Sassone, Posted Jan 28th 2008 @ 11:28AM

Baked Potato Bites I believe the reason I thought of these is because over the weekend I bought Lays Loaded Potato Chips, the ones that haven't everything you could possible put on top of a baked potato in a chip. They're OK, I guess, though I think that there's a limit to how much flavor should be put in a potato chip.

These Baked Potato Bites come from Rachael Ray's magazine, and they look quite tasty. They're red potatoes sliced into rounds and topped with sour cream/cream cheese mixture, bacon, and chopped chives. Who says you have to have just potato chips on Super Bowl Sunday?

Baked Potato Bites

4 red potatoes, sliced into 1/4 inch rounds and patted dry
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
salt
1/2 pound bacon
1/3 cup sour cream
1/3 cup cream cheese
1 tablespoons finely chopped chives

Preheat the oven to 375°. Place the potato rounds on a rimmed baking sheet. Toss with the olive oil, season with salt and arrange in a single layer. Bake for 25 minutes, flip and bake for another 10 minutes. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate to drain.

Meanwhile, cook the bacon until crisp; crumble and set aside. In a medium bowl, stir together the sour cream and cream cheese until smooth.

Arrange the potato slices on a platter in a single layer and top each round with a dollop of the sour cream mixture, some bacon bits and the chives. Serve warm.