Slices of cooked russet potatoes can be made in several different cooking methods then loaded with whatever your family loves on top.
Perfect for a side dish, or great in a hobo dinner packet plus these can be served plain or topped with my many suggestions below.
Easy to make quick depending on the cooking method you choose and perfect for any hot wing sauce lover for sure.
If you love potatoes you may also like to try my Twice Baked Potatoes
Scroll down to my printable recipe card for this delicious recipe.
Quick and Easy Side Dish or Meal
One of my very favorite ways to make potatoes to impress everyone are these fanned potatoes, they're delicious, and depending on which cooking method you choose can be done in 10 minutes!
Just choose a cooking method that's right if you have some time constraints and if you're in a huge hurry the microwave can be done in 9 minutes.
We do prefer ours baked or partially microwaved a few minutes then baked to speed up the process.
I have several suggestions for toppings to make them a whole meal or the perfect side dish for any dinner party or family meal.
Simple Ingredients You Will Need
- russet potatoes
- butter or olive oil
- hot wing sauce any brand (we like Frank's)
- granulated garlic powder
- butter or oil oil
- cooking oil spray
- Optional:
- fresh or dried assorted herbs
- salt, pepper, and cayenne to taste
- Topping Suggestions: shredded cheeses of any kind IE: cheddar cheese and bacon bits, jalapenos, olives. avocado slices, chopped celery, blue cheese crumbles, sour cream, blue cheese, or ranch dressing
Optional Toppings(after Cooking)
- shredded cheeses
- chopped fresh spinach with feta cheese
- chili with meat, beans, and cheddar
- broccoli, cauliflower, and shredded cheddar
- any fresh or roasted chopped vegetables or stir fry
- cooked chicken buffalo wing sauce, ranch or blue cheese
Tips for Cooking Methods
- for the air fryer: preheat the oven for 4 to 5 minutes first, spray foil and potatoes with cooking oil air fry for 12 minutes check to see if the potato is soft with a toothpick
- for boiling: boil for 20 minutes until tender just add your toppings to the hot potato
- for microwave: brush with butter before and after they are cooked around 9 minutes on high
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Hasselback or Fanned Potatoes
These potatoes are fancy potatoes and you may have a different name for them like Hasselback!
They're perfect for any side dish especially chicken wing lovers.
We love using different topping suggestions during the week to repurpose leftovers for instance topping with leftover chili, stir fry, or roasted vegetables to top these potatoes, they are certainly a showstopper in comparison to just a simple baked potato.
If you're looking for a quick recipe, this is it, whether you choose boiled, baked, air fried, or microwaved, these are going to be a huge hit for that wing sauce lover!
Yield: 4
Buffalo Hot Sauce Baked Potatoes
Hot sauce smothered baked potatoes with blue cheese dressing, butter, and a buffalo sauce tasty spud right here!
Prep time: 5 MinTotal time: 5 Min
Ingredients
- 4 baking potatoes sliced in 1/4 on top not cutting through the bottoms
- Aluminum foil only if baking in the oven
- Hot sauce of choice (just a few tablespoons for each potato but you can add more if you like!)
- 3 tablespoons of melted butter
- granulated or roasted garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 bottle of ranch or blue cheese dressing, or sour cream
- Optional: fresh herbs of any kind, cayenne pepper for more heat,
- Topping Suggestions: shredded cheeses of any kind IE: cheddar cheese and bacon bits, jalapenos, olives. avocado slices, chopped celery, blue cheese crumbles, sour cream, blue cheese, or ranch dressing, shredded cooked chicken, or another cooked meat your prefer
Instructions
- Note for Cooking Methods: Potato can be boiled then cut, air fried fanned, baked fanned, or microwaved then fanned after cooked
- First slice potatoes in fan-shaped slices without cutting through the potatoes not all the way through leaving the bottom intact.
- Place a small piece of foil big enough to wrap around each potato on a cutting board.
- Place potato on foil.
- Brush the tops of each potato with melted butter. Sprinkle with a little garlic powder.
- Pour a generous amount of buffalo sauce over the potato, add a few tablespoons of dressing of choice.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Wrap tightly and bake in the oven for around 1 hour in a 400-degree hot oven.
- Notes: (if you are in a hurry you can microwave the potatoes for around 5 minutes uncut first) they will be cooked in around 1/2 hour less time.
- Options: You can add more dressing after they are cooked to your taste.
- If using cheese and bacon, add 5 minutes before the potato is cooked, open foil add the cheese, rewrap for those last few minutes to melt the cheese.
Notes
Optional Toppings(after Cooking)
- shredded cheeses
- chopped fresh spinach with feta cheese
- chili with meat, beans, and cheddar
- broccoli, cauliflower, and shredded cheddar
- any fresh or roasted chopped vegetables or stir fry
- cooked chicken buffalo wing sauce, ranch or blue cheese
Tips for Cooking Methods
- for the air fryer: preheat the oven for 4 to 5 minutes first, spray foil and potatoes with cooking oil air fry for 12 minutes check to see if the potato is soft with a toothpick
- for boiling: boil for 20 minutes until tender just add your toppings to the hot potato
- for microwave: brush with butter before and after they are cooked around 9 minutes on high
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