5 Loaded Mini Potato Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What is a loaded Idaho potato? ›

9.49. Fully loaded with butter, sour cream, cheese, bacon and chives. Everything will be served on the side to go.

Petite Potatoes

Any type of potato (yellow, red, etc.) can be called a "petite potato" as long as it ends up being a very small spud.

You can easily double it or half it if you need a different amount. I find 2 1/2 pounds of baby potatoes feeds my family of five with a little bit leftover most days. Usually a good rule for baby potatoes is about 1/2 pound per person, but it obviously depends on the people eating!

Baby potatoes are small and round, typically less than 2 inches in diameter, while normal-sized potatoes are usually larger and oblong in shape. Additionally, baby potatoes have a sweeter flavor and a more delicate texture than larger potatoes. They are often used in salads, stews, or roasted as a side dish.

Loaded Mashed Potatoes

Our famous mashed potatoes topped with melted cheddar cheese, bacon, sour cream and green onions.

The Origin of Taste

So why are Idaho® potatoes so much better than the rest? Idaho's growing season of warm days and cool nights, combined with plenty of mountain-fed irrigation and rich volcanic soil, produce the unique texture, taste, and dependable performance that keep customers asking for more.

Princess is an early, high yielding table potato and salad variety with cooking type A-B. This variety shows very regular oval tuber shape and deep yellow flesh color.

According to the announcement of the Chamber of Drama, the Kato Neurokopi Potato was voted first among many others from around the world, in the Taste Awards 2023-2024 competition of the Taste Atlas Guide for the World's Best Foods in the relevant category (“Potatoes”) with 4.39 points.

New potatoes aren't a variety by themselves, but are simply the baby version of any potato a farmer grows. In fact, those being sold as “baby” potatoes are the same as new potatoes, or slightly more mature.

Four or five small-size red potatoes equals around one pound.

How many small potatoes is 2 pounds? ›

One commercially-sold, large russet potato weighs about a pound. Two medium-sized potatoes also make a pound. Three small potatoes make a pound (you get where this is going). Essentially if one or more potatoes fit in your hand comfortably, it is reasonable to assume that you are holding about a pound of potatoes.

Plan on 1/3 to 1/2 pound potatoes per person for your feast.

All potatoes can fit into a healthy diet, but purple potatoes, red potatoes, and sweet potatoes—which are often grouped with potatoes—stand out due to their high amounts of protective plant compounds and essential nutrients.

Raw potatoes should be firm to the touch with tight skin that's free of large bruises, black spots, or other blemishes. If a potato has become soft or mushy, you should throw it out. Though it's normal for potatoes to smell earthy or nutty, a musty or moldy odor is a hallmark of spoilage.

Red Desiree Potatoes are part of the Red Potato family and are considered to be the healthiest of all potatoes, as they contain the highest levels of vitamins, minerals and healthy phytochemicals.

Russet potatoes are grown in many states, however, only potatoes grown in Idaho can be called Idaho® potatoes. Idaho's ideal growing conditions – the rich, volcanic soil, climate and irrigation – are what differentiate Idaho® potatoes from potatoes grown in other states.

While the Russet is the most well-known of the Famous Idaho Potatoes, we grow more than 30 varieties, including Yukon Golds, Reds, and Fingerlings.

IDAHO® POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT, SUNFLOWER, SOYBEAN), SALT, WHEY, SUGAR, TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CARAMEL COLOR), CHEDDAR/ROMANO/PARMESAN CHEESES (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTERMILK, MALTODEXTRIN, NONFAT DRY MILK, SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM, NONFAT MILK), ...