A Baked Potato Recipe by Amos (2024)

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Ingredients

• Idaho baking potatoes (as many as you have guests)
• butter (a pat or two)
• olive oil
• springs of fresh thyme (one for each potato)
• smoked bacon (one strip for every 2 potatoes
• sea salt & cracked black pepper

Directions

1. Lay out 2 sheets of aluminum foil for each potato
2. Wash the spuds
3. cut the strip(s) of bacon in half
4. rinse the thyme
5. Carefully cut the potato lengthwise, but DO NOT cut all the way through, then, give your chef's knife a slight twist until you hear a faint 'crack', creating a hinge
6. CAREFULLY: with a dinner fork, pierce the inside of each side of each potato 4 times horizontally, then 3-4 times vertically. This will give you a more tender inside and will 'permeate' the spud with the butter & thyme
7. Place the potato on the double foil
8. Cut thin slices of butter (or 1 long thin slice) and pry the potato open just enough to slip the butter between the halves
9. Lay a sprig of thyme on the slit and, with the back of your knife, push the sprig between the halves, into the butter
10. Rub any 'oozing' butter all over the skin, lube it up!
11. Lay a half strip of bacon over the slit
12. Drizzle olive oil over the potato
13. Loosely fold the first sheet of foil over the potato and scrunch up the ends to cover
14. Loosely fold the second sheet of foil over the first and fold to seal
15. Place on the grill (or in a 350^ oven) for 1 hour

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Reviews

• Arturo Féliz-Camilo

  Wow, wow and wow! This dish is like a sidekick! As beautifully simple as it is strong!

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• Stacey Maupin Torres

  Words fail me - this is fabulous!

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• A.L. Wiebe

  LOL!! This looks so fabulously easy and delicious, Amos, that I cannot wait to get home from work at the lodge to try it. However, it will have to wait until September. I will, for sure, try this a.s.a.p.
  Thank you for sharing

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• paristarr

  Hi Amos, this is a great recipe for company. I love how the flavours from fresh herbs add so much to vegetables. I made this recipe but substituted the thyme for rosemary and it was scrumptious!

• Claudia lamascolo

  Nice job with these thyme and bacon amazing combo here!

• Kimberly Bishop

  sounds good. i like bacon and potatoes.

• marnie

  I agree with the chef, the calorie count on this is way over kill. Potatoes do not have to be bad for you and if you control and count the fat this recipe could be a regular part of your summer grilling diet. A small to medium potato is only 90-120 calories. A half strip of bacon is reasonable and you don't have to float the whole thing in butter and oil for it to be good. A moderate amount of both does the trick as the thyme goes along way to flavor. In my experience there are so few good recipes that can't be adjusted a bit to be healthy. Just a thought for the people who do the nutritional facts count. Those numbers may keep many from even trying this simple but good recipe.

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• Daniel Saraga

  I did a variation of this and it turned out awesome. Thanks for the inspiration, Amos!

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• Rick

  Will try it soon!

• Beverly

  have not tried this, BUT, it sounds so simple and tasty as well....something to use mt thyme on rather than just it being a great looking plant! thanks!

• Mark Hargesheimer

  These were simple and delicious, served with grilled salmon, tomato pesto chicken, spaghetti squash, and cole slaw. First potato I've eaten with no salt or pepper,(I forgot to add it)
  it was fine fresh off the grill. Great as a leftover too..even more seasoned. I plan on trying chives or rosemary next time, and maybe a little more bacon..bacon is gooood =)
  

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• HealthyGlutenFree

  I would leave the bacon out and use parchment paper to separate the potatoes from the aluminum foil.

• Jo T Larney

  I had never thought to cook my taters on the grill since i do a lot of hobo cooking and have always laid them in the coals. I also only fork my taters before rapping them tightly in foil. So looking forward to cutting them open and trying on the grill. Will post as soon as I try them out. Look forward to eatting them.

• Ralph Simmons

  I cooked Amos' recipe this week for my cousin visiting from France. Excellent! Easy! The bacon and thyme add a new dimension that I have not tasted before. The potato skin was crispy too!

• maia

  sounds awesome!

• Salad Foodie

  This was dinner tonight....as in DINNER......the main event. What a great excuse to have baked potato with not bacon bits, but .....BACON! I found though that 350 degrees for an hour was insufficient to bake my spud, but it was a fairly large one, and took nearly twice as much time, with me chomping at the bit hoping it would "get there" soon. I was not disappointed: a terrific way with baked potatoes.

• Marilyn

  I'm "afraid" I'm going to have to try this one! ;-)

• Robyn Savoie

  Wow...this is similar to a recipe I have. I slice the potato in half place slices of onion in between then wrap in bacon. Finish it off with a good sprinkle of black pepper. Adding thyme sounds like a great combination, I'll try it next time.

Comments

• ShaleeDP

  It does sound so good. I am tempted to do this and i think i would soon. I enjoy potatoes and having different varieties for it to try is just great.

• Tiffanee Gould

  Oh yum! This recipe sounds amazing!! As an Idaho girl I know the goodness of the Idaho potatoes, something I truly miss here in Washington. Can't wait to make this recipe!!

• Ronalee Hanson

  Wow, better than desert, and so easy to make a lot for a crowd
  Economical too

• Alida

  This is so simple and so tasty at the same time. Makes a great lunch!
  Thank you for your nice comment and yes, I am really please to have joined this community and to find such nice recipes and great ideas!

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• Smokinhotchef

  Potatoes and Bacon, very much a staple like Air and Water. Combined, the gratification is through the roof. Grill in the mix- A trifecta of sumptuousness!! Alas, I digress.

• Rick Hall

  Amos i don't pay much attention to the nutrition labels they seem to be very inaccurate at times.
  I just did a recipe with all my information on hand and it was way off

• Iudit Paton

  i am in diet and i am crying, it sounds and looks delicious...today i am eating only vegetables and no day with this combination...

• suzybel56

  Oh man...I'm glad I read this before making my baked potatoes on the weekend! I've got thyme in the garden, butter, olive oil, bacon and the spuds! And away we go!!!

• Amos Miller

  Great, paristar! Depends on what I'm cooking, but I also use rosemary. I strip the branch of the leaves, mince them and sprinkle them on top of the bacon just before sealing. Wonderful with a grilled chicken or lamb kababs!

• annie

  Yes it is very hot the temp got up to 110 yesterday I've been trying to do grillin and chillin I'm not doing to much chillin lol

• Amos Miller

  Thanks to all three of you! The 'hinge' keeps the presentation tight. I love opening up the served spud, applying a knob of butter, salt & more pepper, mincing the bacon into the flesh of the potato and mushing the interior together. But wait until you savor the SKIN! The potato skin is worth the the little extra effort to assemble this dish. So happy you like this!

• annie

  This sounds amazingly delish I can't wait to try it I've alway
  Cut my potatoes all the way open I'm so glad you've shown me a better way

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