Cheese Jacket Potatoes

5 from 4 votes

Cheese jacket potatoes with a Gouda, mayonnaise, and scallion filling. Plus many more jacket potato filling ideas.

Prep Time10

Cook Time1 25

Total Time1 35

Course: Main Dish

Cuisine: English

Servings: people

Calories: 340kcal

Author: Adina

Preheat the oven to 400°F/ 200°C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Prepare potatoes: Wash and dry the potatoes thoroughly and allow them to dry only slightly. Then, rub them generously with salt while they are still somewhat wet. Pierce them with a fork all over; it will allow steam to escape during the baking process.
2 medium baking potatoes + fine sea salt
Bake: Place on the baking sheet and bake until tender, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Keep checking; it depends on their size. If the potatoes are smaller (about 5.5 oz/ 150 g), start checking after about 50-55 minutes.
Check if they are done by squeezing one potato lightly, it should just give, and the skin should be crispy. If they are not done, prolong the cooking time and check again after 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven.

Make the filling: In the meantime, grate the Gouda or Cheddar and mix it with the mayonnaise, ¾ of the finely chopped green onions, salt, and pepper.
⅓ cup Gouda + 2 teaspoons mayonnaise + 2 green onions + fine sea salt and black pepper
Scoop potatoes: When the potatoes are cooked through, take them out of the oven and cut about ⅓ of the upper part. Carefully scoop out the flesh.
Stuff potatoes: Mash the flesh roughly with a fork and mix it with the cheese mixture. Stuff the potatoes with this mixture and bake for another 5 to 10 minutes until the cheese is nicely melted.
Top each potato with a tiny amount of salted butter, sprinkle with the remaining green onions, and serve immediately as suggested above.
small knob of butter

Fillings: See blog post for more jacket potato filling ideas.