If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man?
If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man?
Yes, it is called cooking. Was I stoned at the time? No comment.
fr though. Where does Applebee's get their potato skins?
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Where does Applebee's get their potato skins?
I'll give you instructions for making potato skins.
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Since you referenced food from Applebee's, first you're going to need to wean yourself off whatever drugs you're on so you can tell the difference between food and what Applebee's sells.
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wash and dry some potatoes.
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pierce the potatoes several times, all around the outside with a fork.
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bake the potatoes in a preheated 400° F. oven until you can easily insert your poking fork all the way to the center of the potato (probably about an hour, depending on the potatoes).
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take the potatoes out of the oven and let them cool down.
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slice each potato in half
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scoop out the insides of each potato, leaving about a quarter inch thickness for the skins. Last time I did this, I used a melon baller and deep-fried all the potato balls.
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deep fry the scooped out skins at about 375°. I prefer beef tallow for frying.
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when they are golden brown, take them out and set them aside to drain.
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cook bacon until crispy, then
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arrange all the fried potato skins on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
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season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
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fill each potato skin with shredded cheddar cheese, and sprinkle bacon pieces on top.
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bake in the oven at 350° until the cheese melts.
Serve with sour cream and chopped scallions.
OP asks for a source for the frozen food that restaurants microwave. Your response is a 14 step recipe to make potato skins.
Yep.
Sometimes the answer you need is to the question you didn't ask.
Edit: I'll add that I've tried buying restaurant branded potato skins from the grocery store, and they were absolute crap, worse even than the frozen ones that the restaurant was microwaving.
I don't think there's going to be any way to buy what the restaurants purchases, unless you're able to buy in bulk, or find someone who's willing to sell you some that "fell off the truck"
go further step and take one of the potatoes and plant it. free potatoes for life.
find someone who's willing to sell you some that "fell off the truck"
Yup. Need to find the truck first
They just forgot to mention the last step which is to put the result into plastic bags and put in the freezer.
Well OP might not have asked for this but I'm happy we got this answer.
Beef tallow ftw 🙌
Alternative, it’s a different thing, but:
- Bake potatoes until deep brown; oil and salt them, if preferred
- Scoop them out entirely into a big bowl, be gentle but try to get all the potato without causing structural issues to the remaining skin.
- Skins go back in the oven, empty side up whilst you do the rest, should be crisping up but not shrivelling.
- Mash the scooped potato until smooth, adding black pepper, cream, cheese, bacon etc.
- Remove skins and refill them as densely as possible
- Mozzarella on top, parsley, herbs etc. to taste
- Back in the oven until looking good and ready
- Don’t burn yourself
Sounds like Twice Baked Potatoes.
My mom used to make them. My wife does too.
To be extra fancy, use a piping bag with a star tip when you fill them.
Not OP, but what do you do with the leftover potato scoops? Do you save it for eating later?
My wife would kill me if we wasted any part of the potatoes.
We've done a couple things with the insides. Sometimes we pan fry the bits in butter with some sauteed onions to have at breakfast the next day.
Last time was the first time I used a melon baller.
When we saw the almost perfect potato balls, it was almost automatic to deep fry them, add a little salt, and just eat them like that.
Yum! I'll be right over!
Not them, but mashed potatoes! You'll need to add more milk than if you boiled the potatoes, but that's good calcium you're getting. Could also be an ingredient for gnocchi. It would freeze fine, because you're gonna smoosh it around after thawing anyway.
You might as well cook the whole pack of bacon too, because frozen cooked bacon slices are convenient and keep well.
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