Potato Nest Appetizer
Potato Basket Appetizer Recipe





Potato nest appetizer recipe, potato basket appetizer ...shredded hash brown potatoes baked in muffin tins filled with sour cream, bacon and chives

Potato Nest Appetizer Recipe, Potato and Bacon Basket Appetizer Recipe



Potato Nest Appetizer 
recipe and photograph created by www.finedinings.com


filled with Sour Cream, Bacon and Chives




Potato Nests
1/2 pound frozen shredded hash brown potatoes thawed
1/4 cup onion, finely diced
1 egg, beaten
Salt and pepper, to taste
12 cup mini-muffin tin
butter to grease muffin tin

In a medium bowl mix together potatoes, onion, egg, salt and pepper.  Generously butter a mini-muffin tin.

For each potato nest, spoon 2 tablespoons potato mixture into the palm of your hand, form into a ball and squeeze out excess liquid. Fit potato mixture into a muffin cup forming into a basket with the help of a wine cork.  Repeat this process with the remaining potato mixture until all 12 muffin cups are filled.

Bake on bottom rack of oven at 400° for 40 minutes.  Remove from oven to cool on a rack.  The baskets can be made ahead of time; put them in the oven at a low temperature to crisp up before filling them.

Make the easy filling (recipe follows).



Filling
1/4 cup sour cream
5 bacon slices, cooked crisp, crumbled, divided
2 teaspoons chives, sliced thin, divided
Salt, as desired (go easy, the bacon is salty)
Pepper, to taste

In a small bowl mix together sour cream, bacon, chives, salt and pepper; reserve a small amount of bacon and chives for garnish. Spoon 1 teaspoon filling into each potato nest, garnish with bacon, chives and serve.

Makes 12 potato nest appetizers


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