Description
Comfort meets culinary magic in this Broccoli Cheese Potatoes recipe, where creamy cheese cascades over tender roasted vegetables. Hearty ingredients unite to create a simple yet satisfying dish you’ll crave on chilly nights.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 4 large russet potatoes
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
- 1 cup cooked broccoli, chopped
Dairy and Seasoning Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ½ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Cooking Ingredient:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Warm the oven to a toasty 400°F, preparing a perfect environment for transforming simple potatoes into a delectable dish.
- Massage potatoes with olive oil, then nestle them onto a baking sheet for a thorough roasting that will render them incredibly tender, approximately one hour.
- While potatoes transform, gently simmer broccoli until it reaches a soft, vibrant state, then carefully chop into petite, uniform pieces.
- Once potatoes have cooled sufficiently, slice them lengthwise and delicately excavate the interior, preserving a thin potato skin wall for structural integrity.
- In a mixing vessel, pulverize the extracted potato flesh with creamy butter, smooth milk, aromatic onion powder, pungent garlic powder, and seasoning until achieving a luxurious, velvety consistency.
- Introduce the chopped broccoli and a generous portion of sharp cheddar cheese, folding them harmoniously into the potato mixture.
- Meticulously reconstruct the potato shells, filling them with the cheese-infused potato-broccoli blend and crowning each with an additional sprinkle of cheddar.
- Return the assembled potatoes to the baking sheet, allowing them to bake until the cheese melts into a golden, bubbling landscape.
- Present these sumptuous stuffed potatoes immediately, celebrating their warm, comforting essence.
Notes
- Customize the spice level by adding jalapeños or red pepper flakes for a kick of heat.
- Swap regular cheddar with smoked or sharp cheddar to intensify the cheese flavor profile.
- Make this dish vegetarian-friendly by ensuring all ingredients are plant-based and using dairy-free cheese alternatives.
- Prep potatoes ahead of time and store partially baked for quick weeknight meal assembly, saving valuable cooking time.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 70 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 450 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 48 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 12 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg