Double Stuffed Taco Potatoes are hearty and filling enough to eat as a main course. They are loaded with ground beef taco filling, onion, sour cream, and cheese. A sprinkling of chopped green onions and salsa finishes them off.
I used a packet of taco seasoning to make these Double Stuffed Taco Potatoes easy to prepare and the seasoning gives the potatoes tons of Mexican flavor. You can vary the heat by choosing either mild or spicy taco seasoning, or you could use a homemade seasoning if you have a recipe you like.
I used a pound of ground beef since that is typically how it comes packaged. I added only about 3/4 of the cooked ground beef to the potatoes. I felt the ground beef/potato ratio would be off if I added all of it. But you can decide how much of the taco meat you want to stir in and if you have any leftover, save it to make a quesadilla or tortilla pizza for lunch. Or you could make more than 4 potatoes and increase the amount of sour cream and milk you use.
To finish these potatoes off and give them even more spice, I put some Del Viejo Salsa on top. This is a fresh-tasting, spicy salsa produced by a small business in St Augustine Florida. They claim to make the world’s most unique salsa. What makes it unique? They use Datil Peppers, which are very rare but can be found in St. Augustine. They are small, yellow peppers about 1 to 4 inches long and are similar in heat to the habenero pepper but also have some sweetness to them. They even have a Datil Pepper Festival in St. Augustine to celebrate the uniqueness of this pepper.
I love the heat the peppers give Del Viejo Salsa. It’s strong, but doesn’t burn and doesn’t camouflage the other flavors.
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Double Stuffed Taco Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 large baking potatoes
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup sour cream, plus extra for serving
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1/2 cup salsa
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Scrub potatoes and prick several times with a fork. Bake for 60 to 75 minutes, until soft.
- Meanwhile, cook ground beef and onion in a nonstick pan until beef is cooked through. Break it into small pieces with a wooden spoon as it cooks.
- Add taco seasoning and 1/4 cup water. Cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
- Once potatoes are baked, let cool 10-15 minutes and then remove a sliver of skin from the top of each potato. Scoop potato pulp out and place in a large bowl. Add sour cream and milk and mash until smooth. Stir in about 3/4 of taco mixture. If you feel like there will be too much meat mixed in if you add the remaining 1/4, save it to make a quick quesadilla or tortilla pizza for lunch. Or go ahead and mix it in. Fold in 3/4 cup of cheddar cheese.
- Taste for seasoning. Taco seasoning tends to be salty so you may not need to add much, if any salt.
- Stuff the potato mixture back into the skins. Place in a baking dish. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top and bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes.
- To serve top with green onions, salsa, and sour cream.
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Followed the instructions to the t and these were perfect! 75 mins at 475 was good for our potatoes, nothing burned, just cooked nicely. We added some nacho cheese on top, some extra salsa and cilantro and it was delicious. Will definitely do it again!
Tried this for the first time and it was a hit.
These potatoes have become a family favorite!
Ummm is it even possible to cook potatoes at 475? They would burn after like 30 mins! I never turn my oven temp higher than 400 degrees unless I’m broiling something and I can do that at 400 degrees. I understand wanting to cook so many potatoes at once for a shorter time, but that sounds dangerous.
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These are some SERIOUS stuffed potatoes!! I want this for dinner – and I’m definitely a mild salsa girl 🙂
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I LOVE this idea! I also love that it’s an easily gluten free recipe — I always like to keep a few of those in my back pocket! The whole family would love these I’m sure 😉
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Now THIS is a potato!!! Holy Cow, these look beyond fantastic! I love tacos (obvi, who doesn’t), but stuffed into a potato and topped with salsa and traditional potato toppings? OMG, I am in LOVE! So perfect, I am totally making these for dinner soon! Pinned! Cheers, my dear! <3
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I don’t know what it is about the cooler weather, but I become obsessed with stuffed potatoes! haha Love this mexican spin! I can never turn down mexican anything! 🙂
HOT Salsa for me. Very hot if I’m only having bad tasting chips!
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These potatoes look amazing! I can’t wait to try this recipe.
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Is there anything better than a big stuffed potato?! I love this!
These potatoes look so yummy! Such food is great when weather is getting colder 🙂
Wow these potatoes are stunning, Christin! I absolutely LOVE that they’re stuffed with all of the goodness of tacos! Sounds like the perfect dinner to me!
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Holy moly- those look absolutely delicious. I would have to say I like my salsa mild! Salsa has always been my favorite!
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As far as I’m concerned, you could mix dirt into a baked potato and it would taste pretty darn good. Taco filling is even better, though. This looks fantastic!
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REALLLLLLLY hot for me!!!
Oh Yum!! I love the idea of stuffing potatoes with taco filling. What a GREAT idea!!
I like very hot salsa on cold foods like chips, but on warm foods, like tacos or burritos, I prefer it not as hot.
Taco potatoes?! That has to be the coolest thing ever! Love love love this recipe! My husband would go nuts, he loves mexican and who doesn’t love potato?!
I like my salsa in between, so I would say medium!
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I like my salsa mild, so that I can add heat with other ingredients.
I like my salsa hot