Twice-Baked Potatoes with Goat Cheese and Chives
Twice-Baked Potatoes with Goat Cheese and Chives is a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian side dish. One portion of this dish contains about 8g of protein, 12g of fat, and a total of 260 calories. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. If you have chives, butter, russet potatoes, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.
Instructions
Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 375°F. Rub oil over potatoes. Pierce in several spots with fork.
Place directly on oven rack; bake until very tender, about 45 minutes.
Transfer to rack; cool 10 minutes. Using oven mitts, grasp 1 potato in hand. Using serrated knife, cut off top 1/4 of potato. Using spoon, scoop out potato, leaving 1/2-inch-thick shell; transfer potato flesh to large bowl. Repeat with remaining potatoes. Mash potatoes until smooth.
Mix in cheese, then half and half, butter, and chives. Season with salt and pepper.
Spoon about 3/4 of potato mixture into shells, dividing evenly.
Transfer remaining potato filling to pastry bag fitted with large star tip. Pipe filling atop potatoes.
Place potatoes on baking sheet. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate.)
Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375°F.
Bake potatoes until filling is heated through and tops brown, about 20 minutes.