This Hasselback potatoes recipe makes a show-stopping side dish. Thin slices of potato are roasted until tender and fluffy, then loaded with cheese, bacon, and sour cream for an impressive holiday-worthy dish.
What are Hasselback Potatoes?
Created in the 1950s in Sweden, Hasselbacken was the name of the restaurant where potatoes were sliced partway through, brushed with butter, and baked. This method fans out the slices, helping them bake up crisp and packed with flavor.
Holly’s Hasselback Highlights
- Flavor: Cheesy, smoky, and savory flavors melt into the creamy potato while the edges crisp up with a delicious toasted bite.
- Technique: Place a skewer or chopsticks on each side of the potato to stop the knife from cutting all the way through.
- Recommended Tools: Use a pastry brush for the butter and oil mixture.
- Serving Suggestions: Make a loaded DIY potato bar and offer an assortment of toppings like cooked taco meat, chopped roasted veggies, pulled pork, sloppy joe sauce, salsa, queso, or chili cheese dip.
Key Ingredients
- Potatoes: Russets work best with their sturdy skin and shape, but any potato (white, red, yellow, or even sweet potatoes) will do!
- Seasonings: Butter is the go-to, but if you have leftover bacon grease, you’ll get a deeper, smoky flavor in your spuds (and save a few bucks).
- Variations:
- Ranch: Sprinkle ¼ tsp dried ranch over each potato in Step 6.
- Garlic Parmesan: Mix ½ cup parmesan + ¾ tsp garlic powder. Top each potato with 1 tsp in Step 6.
- Chili Cheese: Add a scoop of chili with the cheese in Step 8.
How to Make Hasselback Potatoes
- Prep: Slice the potatoes as directed (recipe below).
- Season: Brush seasoning mixture over potatoes.
- Cook: Bake 50 minutes, then insert cheese between slices and bake until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Garnish: Top with sour cream and bacon before serving.
Serving and Storage Ideas
- Hasselback potatoes make an impressive side dish for holiday dinners served with roast, turkey, ham, or pork.
- Keep leftovers in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Reheat in the microwave or air fryer, or cut them up and use them in a frittata, soup, or casserole.
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Hasselback Potatoes Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 medium russet potatoes or yellow potatoes, scrubbed and dried
- 4 tablespoons butter melted
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper or to taste
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- bacon bits , sour cream and green onions for serving, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.
- Using a sharp knife, cut multiple slits in each potato, only cutting ¾ of the way through the potato, about ⅛-inch apart. Transfer the potatoes to the prepared baking tray.
- In a small bowl, combine melted butter, olive oil, seasoned salt, and pepper. Using a pastry brush, brush the butter mixture over the potatoes and into all the slices.
- Bake for 50 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- Sprinkle shredded cheese over the potatoes, pushing it into the slits of each potato. Return to the oven and bake until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes more.
- Serve alone or top with sour cream, bacon bits, and green onions.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
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Gotta try these soon, they look fabulous! Thanks for linking them up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
YUM!
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Have you made this without adding the butter? I love potatoes and I’m thinking about making this with turkey bacon, low fat sour cream and reduced fat cheddar cheese. Would the recipe work without it?
saw someone doing this on Food Network, she suggested putting chopsticks on either side of the potato to keep your knife from slicing through to the bottom of the potato. Good recipe.
We made this today. It was very, very good. My husband and I really liked it. 🙂