Two large servings. Good with red wine!
- 2 large starchy potatoes
- salt
- oil
Wash the potatoes, stab holes in them with a fork, and rub them with salt and oil. Bake them at 400 F for 30 minutes, then flip them and bake for 30 minutes more.
- 3 strips bacon
After you flip the potatoes, fry the bacon until crispy.
- 1 large onion
- balsamic vinegar
- salt
Remove the bacon from the frying pan. Slice the onion thin and fry it in the bacon grease until caramelized. Add balsamic vinegar and salt and simmer until it's very thick and saucy.
- cheese
- butter
- salt
Chop the bacon into bits. Grate the cheese. When the potatoes are ready, slice them in half lengthwise and fluff each half with a fork. Top with butter and salt, then the onions, then grated cheese, then the bacon bits. Broil until the cheese melts.
The recipes for baked potatoes I've found online all cook for about an hour, but at wildly varying temperatures - anywhere from 350 to 450 F. I've averaged it out to 400. It seems to work well.
These can be very different depending on what cheese you use, but all the cheeses I've tried have been quite good. So just use whatever you like!