I love these Parmesan Baked Potato Halves, they make the perfect side dish. They bake open face down in parmesan cheese creating a delicious buttery cheesy crust.
How to Serve Parmesan Potatoes
These Parmesan Baked Potato Halves are great on their own, but we especially love dipping them in a side of sour cream sprinkled with a little dried basil. Ranch dressing is also REALLY good! You can make these with potatoes other than russets. We have made them with red potatoes and gold potatoes, and both were really good too. Try them for yourself and decide how you like them best!
What Goes Well With Parmesan Potato Halves
My husband always request these Parmesan Baked Potato Halves as a side dish to go along with when we are cooking meat on the grill. It’s nice because I can throw these in the oven while he is grilling and all the food is ready at the same time. Some of our favorite grill recipes that we serve up with the Parmesan Baked Potato Halves are our New York Steaks and our Kansas City Baby Back Ribs. Both are so yummy. And if you like grilled chicken you should definitely try our Grilled Malibu Chicken, Grilled Balsamic Chicken, and Grilled Coconut Curry Chicken.
Tips for Parmesan Baked Potatoes
One secret to making sure that these turn out well is being sure to let them cool the FULL FIVE MINUTES after cooking before removing them from the pan. Trust me. If you try to take them off the pan right out of the oven, the parmesan crust on the potato comes right off. But if you give it five minutes and then take them out, the crust sticks to the potatoes beautifully. If done correctly you will have a nice crusted Parmesan topping to these potatoes every time.
More Potato Sides Dishes
If you love potatoes as much as we do you should definitely try some of these other potato sides. Similar to how we make the Parmesan Baked Potato Halves, we have our Coconut Pecan Sweet Baked Potato Halves. These are loaded with a coconut and pecan pieces and have a yummy cinnamon marshmallow dip. In the savory potato category we have our Broccoli Cheese Stuffed Potato Skins and Cheesy Bacon Potato Skins, both are awesome for appetizers and parties! If you like potato wedges and fries we have traditional Potato Wedges and Loaded Potato Wedges and Sweet Potato Fries with a Tangy Chipotle Lime Dip. If you are a potato salad lover, we have you covered! Both our Homestyle Potato Salad and Bacon Gorgonzola Potato Salad are so incredibly good.
The Best Potato Recipes
These Parmesan baked potato halves have been such a huge hit with our readers, we have included them in our “Best Potato Recipes Straight From Idaho” post! You will find ALL of our top reader favorites in this post as well. Try them all!
How to Make Parmesan Baked Potato Halves:
Ingredients
- 6 small potatoes scrubbed and cut in half
- 1/4 cup butter
- grated Parmesan cheese
- garlic powder
- other seasonings to personal preference
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Melt butter and pour into a 9x13 inch pan and spread evenly across the bottom.
- Generously sprinkle Parmesan cheese and lightly sprinkle other seasonings all over the butter.
- Place potato halves face down on the butter and seasonings.
- Place in preheated oven and bake for 40 to 45 minutes.
- Cool for at least a FULL 5 minutes before removing from the pan, otherwise the parmesan crust won't stick to the potato.
- Serve on a plate with a side of sour cream or Ranch dressing for dipping.
Equipment
- Conventional Oven
- 9 X 13 inch Pan
Mary says
These were excellent!! I added a little garlic salt, minced onion, chives, and salt and pepper. When they were done I topped them with sour cream and they were amazing!!!
Jill says
Love this recipe! I have made it so many times and it comes out perfect every time except once. I always grate a block of Parmesan which turns out great. Got lazy one night and I got a tub of pre-grated Parmesan. It burned in half the cooking time. Don’t be lazy. Grate a block of Parmesan for this recipe
Cheryl says
I made these for my grandchildren and they loved them. However, the butter & cheese splattered all over my convection oven. Can I cover them with foil, or will that ruin them???
Favorite Family Recipes says
I think covering them with foil would be okay! The skin might not be as crispy, but they would still taste great!
Patricia Lucas says
I made these delicious potatos again last night. I added a little garlic powder to the pan, placed the potatos cut side down as suggested, then brushed the skins with a little olive oil and sprinkled Kosher salt on top. Once again, they were yummy!
Patricia says
These baked potatos were a big hit and very easy to make!
Thank you.
Cathy says
I’m a caregiver for 6 hungry men. Would this turn out well using a cookie sheet? Thank you.
Favorite Family Recipes says
I think that will work!
Ashley Battista says
Love this !!!
Christine Edmonson says
We love these & have made them several times. I have rushed the removal process & highly recommend following 5 minute wait before removal. Making these again today to go along with grilled ribeye & fresh corn!!
elizabeth says
how would you recommend reheating the potatoes?
Favorite Family Recipes says
I would actually just stick them back in the oven to reheat! That will give you the best texture, I think.
Karen says
These were very delicious. So easy to make. They were very tasty and are so nice as a side with any meal. These are one of those recipes we can’t wait to make again! Thank you!
Cathy Davidson says
Do you use parmessan and grate yourself, or is the canned variety ( ex. Kraft) OK to use??
Echo Blickenstaff says
This recipe won’t work with fresh – it will make a mess of the pan. Use the Kraft (or generic) parmesan cheese. Thanks for asking!
NOEMI ORTIZ says
Love, love, love,love this recipe. Doesnt last when I make it. I’ve shared with both my daughters and they absolutely love it also. 💖👍👍
Glenn Hearn says
Made these the first time tonight and they were a huge hit!!
Favorite Family Recipes says
I am so glad it went well! Thanks for the 5-star rating!!
Pam says
Do you use fresh parm cheese or the stuff in a jar?
Kelsey Crist says
The grated cheese in the jar usually works best for this recipe.
easyroasted says
I’ve been cooking my turkey in a bag for years. When I moved to AZ it was too hot to cook inside so I started to cook on my grill but the turkey dried out so I started using the bag and still cooked on the grill. Best turkey ever. Even though im now back on the east coast i still do it this way easyroasted.
Judy Baine says
The potatoes look scrumptious. Can’t wait to try them!!!!!“
J says
I made these last year when I came across this recipe. They were very delicious and so easy to make. The trick is to let them sit for a minimum of 5 minutes as recommended. I used fresh grated Parmesan. We love them. Thank you
Morgan says
Do you make these on a glass or metal pan?
Favorite Family Recipes says
I use a glass baking dish!