Buffalo Hot Sauce Baked Potatoes

Saturday, May 7, 2011
Calling all hot sauce lovers, this is a side dish for you! Hot Sauce over a potato that can be baked, air fried, microwaved, or boiled!


Slices of cooked russet potatoes can be made in several different cooking methods then loaded with whatever your family loves on top.


Perfect for a side dish, or great in a hobo dinner packet plus these can be served plain or topped with my many suggestions below.


Easy to make quick depending on the cooking method you choose and perfect for any hot wing sauce lover for sure.


If you love potatoes you may also like to try my Twice Baked Potatoes Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes, or check out my Best Potato Recipe Roundup, all terrific with any meal!


Scroll down to my printable recipe card for this delicious recipe.



hot sauce baked potato







these are fanned potatoes microwaved in a glass dish with salt and pepper fresh herbs




Quick and Easy Side Dish or Meal



One of my very favorite ways to make potatoes to impress everyone are these fanned potatoes, they're delicious, and depending on which cooking method you choose can be done in 10 minutes!


Just choose a cooking method that's right if you have some time constraints and if you're in a huge hurry the microwave can be done in 9 minutes.


We do prefer ours baked or partially microwaved a few minutes then baked to speed up the process.


I have several suggestions for toppings to make them a whole meal or the perfect side dish for any dinner party or family meal.


these are baked fanned potatoes with herbs on top


Simple Ingredients You Will Need

  • russet potatoes
  • butter or olive oil
  • hot wing sauce any brand (we like Frank's)
  • granulated garlic powder
  • butter or oil oil
  • cooking oil spray
  • Optional:
  • fresh or dried assorted herbs
  • salt, pepper, and cayenne to taste
  • Topping Suggestions: shredded cheeses of any kind IE: cheddar cheese and bacon bits, jalapenos, olives. avocado slices, chopped celery, blue cheese crumbles, sour cream, blue cheese, or ranch dressing


this is a washed and sliced potato called fan potatoes or hasselback on a cutting board


Optional Toppings(after Cooking)

  1. shredded cheeses
  2. chopped fresh spinach with feta cheese
  3. chili with meat, beans, and cheddar 
  4. broccoli, cauliflower, and shredded cheddar
  5. any fresh or roasted chopped vegetables or stir fry
  6. cooked chicken buffalo wing sauce, ranch or blue cheese

these are russet raw potatoes


Tips for Cooking Methods

  • for the air fryer: preheat the oven for 4 to 5 minutes first, spray foil and potatoes with cooking oil air fry for 12 minutes check to see if the potato is soft with a toothpick
  • for boiling:  boil for 20 minutes until tender just add your toppings to the hot potato
  • for microwave: brush with butter before and after they are cooked around 9 minutes on high


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Hasselback or Fanned Potatoes




These potatoes are fancy potatoes and you may have a different name for them like Hasselback!


They're perfect for any side dish especially chicken wing lovers.


We love using different topping suggestions during the week to repurpose leftovers for instance topping with leftover chili, stir fry, or roasted vegetables to top these potatoes, they are certainly a showstopper in comparison to just a simple baked potato.

If you're looking for a quick recipe, this is it, whether you choose boiled, baked, air fried, or microwaved, these are going to be a huge hit for that wing sauce lover!



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Yield: 4
Author: Claudia Lamascolo
Buffalo Hot Sauce Baked Potatoes

Buffalo Hot Sauce Baked Potatoes

Hot sauce smothered baked potatoes with blue cheese dressing, butter, and a buffalo sauce tasty spud right here!
Prep time: 5 MinTotal time: 5 Min

Ingredients

  • 4 baking potatoes sliced in 1/4 on top not cutting through the bottoms
  • Aluminum foil only if baking in the oven
  • Hot sauce of choice (just a few tablespoons for each potato but you can add more if you like!)
  • 3 tablespoons of melted butter
  • granulated or roasted garlic powder
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 bottle of ranch or blue cheese dressing, or sour cream
  • Optional: fresh herbs of any kind, cayenne pepper for more heat,
  • Topping Suggestions: shredded cheeses of any kind IE: cheddar cheese and bacon bits, jalapenos, olives. avocado slices, chopped celery, blue cheese crumbles, sour cream, blue cheese, or ranch dressing, shredded cooked chicken, or another cooked meat your prefer

Instructions

  1. Note for Cooking Methods: Potato can be boiled then cut, air fried fanned, baked fanned, or microwaved then fanned after cooked
  2. First slice potatoes in fan-shaped slices without cutting through the potatoes not all the way through leaving the bottom intact.
  3. Place a small piece of foil big enough to wrap around each potato on a cutting board.
  4. Place potato on foil.
  5. Brush the tops of each potato with melted butter. Sprinkle with a little garlic powder.
  6. Pour a generous amount of buffalo sauce over the potato, add a few tablespoons of dressing of choice.
  7. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  8. Wrap tightly and bake in the oven for around 1 hour in a 400-degree hot oven.
  9. Notes: (if you are in a hurry you can microwave the potatoes for around 5 minutes uncut first) they will be cooked in around 1/2 hour less time.
  10. Options: You can add more dressing after they are cooked to your taste.
  11. If using cheese and bacon, add 5 minutes before the potato is cooked, open foil add the cheese, rewrap for those last few minutes to melt the cheese.

Notes

Optional Toppings(after Cooking)

  1. shredded cheeses
  2. chopped fresh spinach with feta cheese
  3. chili with meat, beans, and cheddar 
  4. broccoli, cauliflower, and shredded cheddar
  5. any fresh or roasted chopped vegetables or stir fry
  6. cooked chicken buffalo wing sauce, ranch or blue cheese

Tips for Cooking Methods

  • for the air fryer: preheat the oven for 4 to 5 minutes first, spray foil and potatoes with cooking oil air fry for 12 minutes check to see if the potato is soft with a toothpick
  • for boiling: boil for 20 minutes until tender just add your toppings to the hot potato
  • for microwave: brush with butter before and after they are cooked around 9 minutes on high




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28 comments

  1. I'm gonna try this Claudia. I love potatoes too especially with lots of cheese!

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  2. This is a way of cooking potatoes that I have on my menu for a major dinner coming up - minus the bottled dressing.

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  3. YUM! This is a must try! I love potatoes and KC Masterpiece is the only bottled barbecue sauce I use. Thanks for the recipe!

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  4. Sounds like a great combo! Great pic Claudia and congrats!

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  5. This looks so perfect with the KC Masterpiece Marinade. Must check whether this is available here.
    Have a great weekend.

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  6. I am a potato lover too and this version seems so tempting!Regards from Greece,dear!

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  7. Mmm...lovely new sauce and a fantastic way to use it as well. Thanks for sharing!

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  8. Oh my God, I am fall in love this potatoes...I love it!
    A lot of cheese....a lot of sauce...very yummy!
    Have a nice week end! Barbara

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  9. Wow! Looks terrific! I want it now!!!!

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  10. The baked potato looks so yummy with hot sauce!

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  11. Good idea. I hadn't thought to make buffalo potatoes. I've got a question though...I always use Frank's Buffalo Sauce. This one says its a marinade, so does it have a thicker texture, more like a BBQ sauce? Or is it just their version of Buffalo Sauce??

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  12. We love to bake potatoes and stuff/flavor them. This sounds like a really nice twist, almost a starchy buffalo dinner. I will have to give it a try Thanks

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  13. A perfect pairing - a little heat with the creamy potatoes - it would be most welcome here. I hope you have a lovely Mother's Day tomorrow!

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  14. mmmmmm that baked potato looks so good! That is a brilliant way to use up this sauce!

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  15. What a fun potato recipe, Claudia! Great flavor combination...and I am always looking for new ways to serve potatoes :)

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  16. Buffalo baked potatoes looks delicious.

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  17. Buffalo spuds? Wowzers those look ahhhmazing.

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  18. First of all and most importantly: Happy Mother's Day, sweetie! I love hot buffalo ANYTHING, and I am a potato addict. I KNOW I'll love this recipe! Congrats on being chosen a taste tester! Way to GO! Hope you can share this over on Seasonal Saturday (open until Monday)

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  19. Potatoes are the greatest food in my opinion, so many ways of preparing them. There doesn't exist one recipe I didn't like

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  20. wow...I can see I have been missing a lot here! These potatoes are over the top! A MUST MAKE!

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  21. What a creative use for buffalo sauce...my boys would really love this :)

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  22. Never made Buffalo Baked Potatoes, and yours looks amazing, with the KC Masterpiece which I must try...thanks for the great tip!

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  23. I would have never thought of a Buffalo Potato but I bet it was a tasty combo. Gotta love a bake potato!

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  24. Thanks so much Claudia for sharing this recipe! My family likes it hot we put hot sauce on everything from Fish to Mac & Cheese. Being born & raised in Idaho I thought I knew ALL the ways to make potatoes so I was SUPER excited to try this recipe. You defiantly didn’t disappoint me with this one we all loved it even my 5 year old! Although I have often used your recipes & had great success I was over the top thrilled with the results from this one. Thanks again for teaching this IDAHO girl new tricks with potatoes. MBC

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  25. Never would have thought to put it on potatoes! Thanks for the idea, they look wonderful!

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  26. Yum. Interesting idea. What a great idea for a cookout.

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  27. I love it! They are classy enough for company, simple enough for everyday. Perfect!

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