Vegan Potato Skins

Crispy Stuffed Potato Skins are exactly what you need at your next vegan game day party! These delicious baked potato appetizers are filled with vegan taco filling and cheesy potatoes, then topped with crushed pepita seeds, green onion, and fresh tomatoes. The best party food! Eat them with guacamole and a refreshing margarita. 

This recipe was originally published on July 11, 2014 and updated on August 30, 2019.

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FINGER FOOD PARTY APPETIZERS

If you want to impress your guests with a delicious finger food party appetizer, then it’s time to break out the big guns, y’all. Loaded potato skins!

Vegetarian stuffed potatoes take a little bit of time to make, but they’re so worth it!

They’re not hard to make, they’re actually easy, it’s just a matter of baking the potatoes, making the filling, and then constructing them.

The time it take you to make them will be rewarded by all of the rave reviews that you’ll get after everyone devours them.

WHAT INGREDIENTS GO INTO POTATO SKINS FILLING?

You can fill potato skins with pretty much anything, and we like to go with lots of flavor, texture, and spice.

The ingredients in this recipe actually makes the potato skins healthy.

• Obviously, we start with potatoes.
• Then, our Healthy Taco Filling (you can leave the beans out to make it simpler).
• Or, if you’re in a hurry, use Beyond Meat Crumbles. 
• To season, we use nutritional yeast, which gives the potatoes a nice cheesy flavor.
• Mexican spices, such as chili powder, cumin, smoked paprika, and cayenne pepper.
• Then we top them with chopped roasted pepitas, green onions, pickled jalapenos, and fresh tomato.

There are so many flavors and textures in this vegetarian potato skins recipe, and that’s what makes them so good.

HOW TO MAKE CRISPY VEGAN POTATO SKINS

STEP ONE

Scrub the potatoes under cool water and pierce with a fork a few times. Bake them for approximately 40 to 45 minutes, or until they’re just fork tender. For ultra crispy skins, lightly oil the potatoes.

You don’t want them to be too soft or the skins will fall apart.

STEP TWO

While the potatoes are baking, make the taco filling 

If you don’t want to make the filling you can saute a diced onion, garlic, vegan beef crumbles, and spices. Use the same seasoning ingredients and instructions from the taco filling.

STEP THREE

Let the potatoes cool until you can handle them without burning your hands.

Cut them in half vertically and scoop out the potato, leaving about a quarter of an inch of potato attached to the skin.

Mix the scooped-out potato with nutritional yeast and salt and pepper until creamy and totally combined.

STEP FOUR

Fill the potato skins with the potato mixture and taco filling and bake for 10 minutes to heat through.

Top with the chopped pepitas, green onion, pickled jalapeno, tomato, and cilantro.

WHAT GOES WITH POTATO SKINS?

Serve our crispy potato skins with these vegan appetizers for a great party!

Guacamole with Spinach 

Vegan Buffalo Chicken Dip 

Loaded Vegan Nachos 

OTHER VEGAN POTATO RECIPES YOU WILL LOVE

CRISPY SWEET POTATO FRIES 

SPICED GERMAN POTATO PANCAKES 

TWICE BAKED RANCH POTATOES 

TRUFFLE PARMESAN BREAKFAST POTATOES 

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