Preparation:
slice a thin piece from the end of each potato so it will stand erect rub cut portion with lemon cutoff tops of the potatoes and hollow-out, leaving an 1/8-1/4" shell cover potatoes with cold water mince potato tops, bottoms, and tailings-set aside combine paprika, white pepper, black pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder combine bacon bits, chopped potatoes, butter, onions, and seasonings mixture spread evenly over the bottom of the skillet heat for 4-5 minutes without stirring, then scrape the sides and bottom of the pan spread out over the bottom of the skillet again heat for 3 minutes and scrape as before repeat until mixture is a medium brown color all over stir in bell peppers heat and stir until mixture becomes very sticky stir in 1 cup of stock, simmer for 5 minutes remove from heat remove potatoes from water, drain well pack stuffing mixture tightly into potatoes place potatoes upright into a baking pan pour in remaining stock to a depth of 1-inch bake, covered with foil, @ 350 degrees for 60 minutes bake, uncovered, @ 350 degrees for 10 minutes remove from pan serve hot |
