Paula Deen’s Twice Baked Shrimp Stuffed Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 6 large Idaho potatoes or I used smaller yukon gold potatoes but they don’t hold up as well
  • Vegetable oil for coating
  • 1 stick 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 lb shrimp sauteed and peeled
  • 8 ounces grated Cheddar plus more for sprinkling
  • 1/4 cup green onion diced
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
  • Begin by washing the potatoes, drying them and gently pricking them with a fork on the sides.
  • Coat each potato with vegetable oil, place on the prepared baking sheet and bake for about 1 hour.
  • Remove the potatoes from the oven and slice the top third off of each potato.
  • Gently scoop out the potato and place in a large bowl.
  • Place the butter in the bowl. Using a mixer on high, mix together, and then add the sour cream and green onions and salt and pepper to taste.
  • Reserve six whole shrimp and chop the remaining shrimp into large pieces. Fold in the chopped shrimp and cheese into the mixture.
  • Gently stuff the mixture back into the potato shells, making sure not to break them. Pile the mixture as high as you can on top of the potato shells.
  • Top each potato with a whole shrimp and sprinkle each potato with more cheese.
  • Bake in the oven until browned on top, 20 to 25 minutes.