This poutine recipe is perfect for when the craving hits but you don’t have the time and energy to make a classic poutine from scratch. Introducing the lazy Easy Baked Potato Poutine!
What Is Poutine?
Poutine is a Quebecois dish of french fries, gravy, and cheese curds. It can be a time-consuming dish to make from scratch at home so I’ve come up with a quick and easy way to have it anytime I’m craving poutine!
How Is It Lazy Poutine?
Here’s how it works. You take a baked potato, broil it for a minute or two until it’s crispy, top it with cheese and then pour on hot (microwaved, from a bottle – OMG, I cannot believe that I’m admitting to this!) gravy.
The hot gravy starts to melt the cheese and swirl together and is so tasty. For how easy this is, it’s really satisfying, I encourage you to give it a try.
Ingredients
To make this lazy poutine, all that you need are some potatoes, a bit of cooking oil, some cheese, and some gravy.
For the potatoes, I like to go with standard baking potatoes. You can use leftover baked potatoes from earlier in the week, or cook them up fresh. I usually do my baked potatoes in the microwave these days and then, to finish them off, I slice them in half, put some oil and salt on them, and toast them under the broiler or in the air fryer.
For the cheese, it’s traditional for poutine to have cheese curds. However, those are sometimes hard to find. Use shredded mozzarella instead.
Finally, for the gravy, you can simply use a jar of store-bought gravy. But, if you happen to have leftover gravy, this is a great way to use that up!
If you love poutine (and really, who doesn’t?), you should also check out my recipe for Buffalo Chicken Poutine.
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Lazy Baked Potato Poutine Recipe
- Prep Time: 0 minutes
- Cook Time: 12-15 minutes
- Total Time: 24 minute
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Microwave
- Cuisine: American
DESCRIPTION
This is a quick and very satisfying side dish. If you have leftover baked potatoes, skip the second step of the instructions.
Ingredients
- 2 baking potatoes
- 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
- â…” cup cheese curds, ¼-inch pieces of mozzarella, or ¼-inch pieces of Queso fresco (the melting kind, not the crumbling kind)
- â…” cup of beef gravy (from a jar or homemade)
Instructions
- Preheat the broiler.
- Prick the potato all over with a fork and place them on a plate in the microwave. Cook for 5 minutes. If a fork goes into the potatoes easily, they’re done. If not, another minute or two should do (if you’re doubling or tripling this recipe, it will take longer, about 7-8 minutes for 4 and 9-12 minutes for 6).
- Cut the potatoes in half lengthwise. Brush the potato halves all over with the oil.
- Put the potato halves skin-side-up on the baking sheet. Put them under the broiler (about 8 inches from the heat source) and broil for 3-5 minutes, until starting to crisp. Flip them over and crisp up the flesh side for 3-5 minutes as well.
- Meanwhile, put the gravy in a microwave-safe bowl and warm for 30 seconds at a time, stirring between each heating cycle, until very, very hot (it’s the hot gravy that will melt the cheese!).
- Transfer the potato halves, flesh side up, to a plate.
- Top each half with 1/4 of the cheese and then with 1/4 of the gravy.
Jon says
Seems like a good way to use string cheese too! Just slice it up.
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Jane's Adventures in Dinner says
LOVE! I totally need this right now. Getting in shape and losing those extra 10 lbs is so totally overrated.
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Kerry Ann @Vinobaby's Voice says
Totally sharing this with a friend. I’d never heard of poutine until he mentioned how delish it was when he tried it on a visit to Canada.
Susan says
Umm. . .yeah. Why have I never thought of this before? I’m totally making this next time I make baked potatoes!
Cathy Pollak ~ Noble Pig says
This is kind of funny, I was at Kettle Chips last week on a blogger field trip and we were discussing new flavors. Poutine came up! Baked potato-potato chip…great minds think alike.
Christine Pittman says
No way! I can’t imagine poutine potato chips. I wonder if they would sell.