Texas Roadhouse Baked Potatoes
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Texas Roadhouse Baked Potatoes are fluffy, crispy, salty perfection! The best part is – you can make them at home so easily – once you know the secret ingredient! Whether you top it with just butter or load it up with bacon, cheese and sour cream – it’s my favorite side dish!
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Restaurant-style baked potatoes aren’t too much of a mystery but it’s also not the way I was taught to make baked potatoes growing up! I was taught to poke the holes and wrap in foil – but that doesn’t give you that crispy potato skin! The secret ingredient to the Texas Roadhouse crispy potato skin is BACON FAT instead of oil!!! Second – bake on the rack – no foil!
Ingredients for Texas Roadhouse Baked Potatoes
This is so simple – but it makes all the difference – mainly in the skin of the potato. This – along with HOW you bake – will give you that crispy salt skin that Texas Roadhouse has (but still fluffy on the inside)!
- Russet Potatoes – try and find baking potatoes that are similar in size so they bake in the about the same amount of time
- Bacon Fat – you can save bacon fat from a couple of times of making bacon – or buy Bacon Up. Bacon Up is a rendered bacon grease – so it’s sort of “cleaned up” bacon grease.
- You can also use olive oil, vegetable oil or butter.
- Coarse Kosher Salt – you definitely don’t want to use table salt for this – coarse salt has that chunky texture to mimic the restaurants
Ways to Serve Baked Potatoes
- Butter & Sour Cream
- Loaded – add cheddar cheese & bacon
- Chili Topped – add Texas Roadhouse chili, cheese and onions on top
- Seafood Stuffed – go wild and crazy with a spicy cream sauce, shrimp & crab!
How to make Texas Roadhouse Baked Potatoes
These restaurant-style baked potatoes are going to be the only way you make potatoes! You don’t need a baking sheet, you don’t need foil – just potatoes, bacon fat & coarse salt! Let’s do it!
- WASH the potatoes and pat dry with paper towel.
- POKE potato a few times with a paring knife.
- RUB bacon fat over the entire potato and cover all sides with coarse sea salt.
- You can use a knife like you’re “buttering” the potato or melt the bacon fat and pour it on and rub it all over the potatoes.
- PLACE the potatoes into the oven directly on the rack for about 60 minutes, or until soft and fork-tender.
- If using a solid bacon fat – you might want a drip pan on the rack below to catch any bacon fat.
- REMOVE and serve with butter, sour cream and a sprinkle of chives or parsley.
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Texas Roadhouse Baked Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 russet baking potatoes
- 1/4 cup bacon fat or olive oil or butter
- 4 tsp coarse sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425º.
- Wash the potatoes and pat dry with paper towel.4 russet baking potatoes
- Poke potato a few times with a paring knife, rub bacon fat over the entire potato and season all sides with coarse sea salt.1/4 cup bacon fat, 4 tsp coarse sea salt
- Place the seasoned potatoes into the oven directly on the baking rack for about 60 minutes, or until soft and fork-tender.
- Carefully remove and serve with your favorite toppings like butter, sour cream and a sprinkle of chives or parsley.
