Whether you're feeding a crowd or meal prepping in a hurry, this recipe should be in your rotation. These Yukon gold baked potato halves are easy, tasty and perfect to grab and go! Make these taters in the oven or air fryer.
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They are also easy to batch cook and meal prep ahead of time. If you have prepped food ready to go at home, you'll save money and time throughout the week and be less likely to get take-out.
🧄 Ingredient notes
- Gold potatoes - Yukon gold potatoes have naturally yellow-gold flesh and a buttery, fluffy texture. They retain their moisture really well, too. You can also use russet potatoes, red potatoes or white potatoes for this recipe.
- Seasoned salt - We're keeping things super simple and grabbing the Lawry's seasoned salt. Garlic salt or your favorite all-purpose seasoning would also work.
🔪 Instructions
- Step 1: Arrange washed and cut potatoes, cut-side up on a baking tray, in a single layer.
- Step 2: Sprinkle seasoned salt, garlic salt or other spices (see below for suggestions) on cut side of potatoes only. Bake at 425℉ (or 400℉ for fan/convection/air fryer) for 30-50 minutes, until fork tender.
Here's what they look like all done!
Expert tips
- Don't peel these potatoes. Keep the potato skin on, it keeps them from sticking to the baking tray and keeps the potatoes together.
- Use these potatoes for any recipe that needs cooked potatoes, like tofu scramble, hash, taco filling or curry. Remember, they're already salted, so don't add extra salt to the recipe before tasting it after adding the potatoes.
👨👩👦👦 Serving suggestions
These go great with condiments like ketchup, BBQ sauce (my favorite), mustard, mango chutney or salsa.
Here's a few examples of complete meals I put together using these prepped potato halves. Batch cooking is my secret weapon for always having something to make in the fridge!
You can also use steamed potatoes to make these bowls! Check out my other batch cooking potato recipe for Instant Pot steamed potatoes - these work best with russet potatoes, which are cheaper than gold potatoes, usually. So, that's a win!
🔄 Variations
- Switch up seasoning. Instead of seasoned salt or garlic salt, try one of these:
- granulated garlic or garlic powder
- onion powder
- smoked paprika
- dried dill
- dried parsley
- ground cumin
- taco seasoning
- Kirkland no-salt seasoning
- Mrs. Dash no-salt seasoning
- Everything bagel seasoning
- Use small potatoes
- prepare the same way, reduce the baking time and they'll be perfect 2 bite snacks or appetizers for dipping into ketchup or sauces
- Top with salsa, pico de gallo and lettuce for potato "nachos"
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📖 Recipe
Baked Potato Halves (easiest meal prep idea)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 5 pounds gold potatoes about 2.5 kg or 12 medium potatoes, scrubbed clean and cut in half lengthwise
- 1 ½ teaspoon seasoned salt or garlic salt, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F. If using a fan/convection oven or air fryer, preheat to 400°F. If using an air fryer, you may need to cook in batches or prepare fewer potatoes.
- Arrange cut potato halves in a single layer on baking tray, with the cut side facing up.
- Lightly sprinkle the cut side with seasoned salt or garlic salt.
- Bake for 30-50 minutes, until fork tender. The baking time varies based on how big your potatoes are and the type of appliance you're using. So, check them by poking them with a fork starting at the 30 minute mark. If the fork goes in easily, they're done!
- Serve with ketchup, BBQ sauce, mustard as condiments. For a simple, easy meal, pair a few of these with steamed broccoli or a salad. Filling and low in calories!
- Allow potatoes to cool on the counter before storing in the refrigerator.
Iman says
Great recipe. What’s the best way to reheat these once frozen?
Abi Cowell says
I have not frozen these baked potato halves, so I can't suggest with confidence the best way to reheat them, unfortunately.