These Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Potatoes are cheesy, creamy, and flavorful. Made of small or baby potatoes filled with cheese, sour cream, and chopped green onion. Wrapped in bacon then cooked in the air fryer until the bacon crisp up.
Bacon wrapped potatoes are a popular side dish or appetizer and a great way to use up your small potatoes. My version of this recipe is irresistibly flavorful. The potato filling is creamy, cheesy, and perfectly seasoned.
Here is what you’ll need to make bacon wrapped stuffed potatoes in an air fryer or oven.
Ingredients:
Red small potatoes– they have a subtly sweet and creamy flavor. The waxy texture helps them stay firm and hold their shape throughout the cooking.
You can use mixed or any kind of small potatoes.
For the mashed potato filling
Garlic -a base flavor for the potatoes. Use the smashed garlic boiled with the potatoes or add fresh grated garlic.
Butter– add creaminess
Sour Cream – for a creamy texture and tangy flavor balance the taste.
Parmesan cheese or cheddar cheese– for a cheesy flavorful potato filling.
Green onion or chives finely chopped. You can also add dried oregano if desired for more herby flavor and aromatic.
Salt and pepper to taste
How to Make Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Potatoes
Add the red baby potatoes, smashed garlic, and salt (about a teaspoon) into a pot with water. Boil the potatoes until fork tender.
Drain the water and save the smashed garlic if desired. Let it cool for a few minutes and cut the potatoes in half. Scoop out about three-quarters of the potato flesh and place it in a small bowl. You need to leave some of the flesh on the potato skin to keep its shape when wrapped in bacon.
For the Potato filling
This potato filing is like making mashed potatoes. In a bowl with the tender potato flesh, add the smashed boiled garlic or grated fresh garlic, melted butter, sour cream, grated cheese, and finely chopped green onion. Then season with salt and fresh ground black pepper.
Fill each hallowed potato that halves with the creamy mashed potato filling and sandwich them together.
Lay half a strip of bacon on a plate and place the stuffed potato on one end of the bacon and roll the potato to wrap in bacon. Loosely wrap the potatoes with bacon if you don’t want too much of the potato filling oozing out. Secure with a toothpick.
Tip
Soaked the toothpicks in water for a few minutes to avoid burning the toothpick while cooking in the air fryer.
Place in the air fryer basket or baking tray lined with parchment paper.
To cook in the Air Fryer
Cook the bacon wrapped potatoes in a preheated air fryer at 375°F for 15 to 18 minutes or until crisp.
To cook in the Oven
Cook the bacon wrapped potatoes in a preheated oven at 400°F for 20 to 30 minutes or until crisp.
This is also a great make-ahead recipe that can be prepared in a day or two and refrigerate. Then cook it on the day you need it.
Storing
The leftover can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days in a sealed container.
More Air Fryer Appetizer and Air Fryer Side Dish Recipes to try.
Air fryer Brussels Sprouts and Carrots
Air fryer Broccoli and Cauliflower
Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Potatoes
Watch How to Make It
Ingredients
- 7 Bacon strips cut in half
- 14 pcs Red small or baby potatoes or any small pototoes
- 1 clove garlic smashed
- 1 tbsp butter melted
- 2 tbsp sour cream
- ¼ Cup parmesan cheese or cheddar cheese
- 1 tbsp green onion or chives finely chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add the red baby potatoes, smashed garlic, and salt into a pot with water. Boil the potatoes until fork tender.
- Drain the water and save the smashed garlic if desired. Let it cool for a few minutes and cut the potatoes in half. Scoop out about three-quarters of the potato flesh and place it in a small bowl.
- Add the smashed boiled garlic or grated fresh garlic, melted butter, sour cream, grated cheese, and finely chopped green onion. Season with salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste.
- Fill each hallowed potato that halves with the creamy mashed potato filling and sandwich them together.
- Lay half a strip of bacon and place the stuffed potato on one end of the bacon and roll the potato to wrap in bacon. Secure with a toothpick then place in the air fryer basket or baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- To cook in the Air Fryer. Cook the bacon wrapped potatoes in a preheated air fryer at 375°F for 15 to 18 minutes or until crisp.To cook in the Oven. Cook the bacon wrapped potatoes in a preheated oven at 400°F for 20 to 30 minutes or until crisp.
