Baked potatoes - what's your top topping? (paprika, cream, butter)

[Nomadicus]

I like broccoli & melted cheese on my baked potatoes. That adds a nutritional balance and flavors I really like. I've never tried one with fresh spinach with cheese but will one day soon I think. Other wise for just plain potatoes it is smart balance pile high and deep. Sometimes I cave in and get the real butter out to support those guys and gals that milk those cows seven days a week to clear my conscience. That's the best excuse I can find to use the real butter....

[bjh]

I don't like baked potatoes all that much, but if they're served I use:

Picante sauce or Melted cheese.

I'd rather have potatoes fried, unfortunately.

[skbs]

butter, then cheese, lots of salt and pepper, then Sour Cream, add some fresh chopped chives...

eat it all up out of the jacket...

then comes the ketchup... a thin layer on the jacket with some more salt and pepper....mmmmmmmmm......

[buckhead]

Sometimes I want mine with just salt, black pepper, and real butter (NOT spread or margarine) because I like to taste the potato, but if I want to put some toppings on I consider the following combinations or combinations of combinations:

1. Butter, sour cream (or cream cheese), chives, bacon
2. Butter, cheddar cheese, Parmesan cheese, etc.
3. BBQ pulled pork
4. Chili, cheese, and raw onions
5. Sautéed onions and mushrooms and maybe some butter or bacon
6. Broccoli and cheese (sauce)
7. Mushroom gravy
8. Bearnaise or Hollandaise sauce and nothing else except maybe some black pepper
9. Black beans, onions, and sour cream...and MAYBE some corn
10. Onion rings broken up and maybe some sour cream or a remoulade sauce
11. Butter, sour cream, sunflower seeds and toasted pecans
12. Homemade taco meat, onions, and cheese...maybe some sour cream
13. Garlic cream sauce or Alfredo sauce and some shredded leftover roasted chicken...maybe topped with some Parmesan shreds
14. Carnitas and some grilled onions
15. Spinach, mushrooms and Swiss cheese...maybe some feta cheese
16. Shrimp and bacon

I like to roll the potatoes before cooking in some shortening or butter and then in kosher salt. Depending on the circumstances I'll toss them in the oven or wrapped/unwrapped on some coals. I have rammed a metal skewer through them to speed up transfer of cooking heat to the interior but don't always do it. I will also sometimes wrap them in corn husks or banana leaves to protect them when cooking in or over coals.

[molochai2580]

butter
sour cream
bacon
and chili

Cream cheese sounds good, I'll have to ry that sometime.

[7G9C4J2]

In my book, The Best Thing to put on baked potatoes is home-made gravy from the pan drippings. Roast beef, roast pork, turkey, chicken, whatever came out of the oven about 10 minutes before the potatoes did must yield up its heavenly cooked on bits and juices to the Gravy Master, who will transform them into a pint or so of distilled essence of heaven.

Ah, gravy.....

[SunnyKayak]

Originally Posted by MidwesternBookWorm

In my book, The Best Thing to put on baked potatoes is home-made gravy from the pan drippings. Roast beef, roast pork, turkey, chicken, whatever came out of the oven about 10 minutes before the potatoes did must yield up its heavenly cooked on bits and juices to the Gravy Master, who will transform them into a pint or so of distilled essence of heaven.

Ah, gravy.....

sounds like you just need to mash up yours to mashed potatoes then cover it with gravy

[Paula Lynn]

Salsa.

Brocolli & cheese.

[InLondon]

Salt, butter and bacon bits, nothing else. It's good stuff...

[HighlandsGal]

hmmm.... i rarely eat baked potatoes...rather roast them in a pan or have them mashed....

I like the standard stuff (butter, sour cream, chives, etc.) - also with broccoli cheese soup. What about with some roasted garlic, proscuitto, and fresh rosemary?