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Thanksgiving Potato Skins
Turn your holiday leftovers into something new with these easy Thanksgiving Potato Skins. Stuffed with turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce!
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 50 min👤 Jess Rice📖 budgetbytes
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●oven
- ●bowl
- ●mixing bowl
- ●pot
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat
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Gather ingredients. Preheat oven to 400°F.
3
Bake
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Wash potatoes well and pierce each with a fork. Rub each potato with half the olive oil and half the salt. Bake on a lined sheet tray for ⏱️ 40-45 minutes, or until fork-tender.
olive oil ($0.18)1 Tbsp
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Cool
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Remove potatoes from the oven and allow them to cool so you can safely handle them.
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Scoop
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Carefully scoop out the inside of each potato. I like to leave a little extra potato on the bottom and around the edges so they are a bit more sturdy since the skin is very delicate after baking in the oven.
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Combine
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Scoop the potato flesh into a medium-sized mixing bowl and add the sour cream, butter, remaining salt, pepper, and oil.
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Mash until creamy, some chunks are ok!
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Fold the filling
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To the mashed potatoes, add the thawed frozen peas, leftover turkey meat, and leftover stuffing. Fold it all together.
leftover stuffing ($0.62)1 cup
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Stuff
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Then, stuff each potato skin with a heaping portion of the mashed potato mixture. (You may have some leftover, but it makes a great quick snack or can easily be added to a Turkey Pot Pie!)
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Add sauce
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Add cranberry sauce on top of each stuffed potato skin. The acid from the cranberry sauce really makes the flavors pop.
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Top each potato with about 2 Tbsp of shredded cheddar cheese.
cheddar cheese (shredded, $0.64)1 cup
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Melt
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Pop them back in the oven until the cheese has melted and the potatoes are warmed through, about ⏱️ 8 minutes.
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Make gravy
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Meanwhile, whip up some instant gravy (or you can skip this step if you have some homemade turkey gravy leftover from the holiday!) The instant gravy I found at Walmart could not be easier; mix with hot water and simmer until thickened.
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Serve
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Top your Thanksgiving leftover potato skins served hot, topped with sliced green onions and with gravy on the side for dipping!
Nutrition Facts
calories
297 kcal
fat Content
13 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sodium Content
589 mg
protein Content
11 g
carbohydrate Content
34 g
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