Ground venison in a gravy made with spicy black bean chili sauce and tossed with some mixed vegetables and salty cheese curds make these Spicy Poutine Potato Skins a complete meal! I'm so excited to bring this recipe to you sponsored by Idaho® potatoes and the Sunday Supper Movement!
Our theme for our post today is "Let's Poutine"! We were instructed to make a poutine recipe using Idaho® potatoes. The challenge comes in with the term "no French fries" to be used! I'm very excited and anxious to see all of the creations that inspired minds came up with today!
Growing up in northern New York along the Canadian border, Poutine was a familiar term to us. Those of us who grew up in my area were extremely familiar with Cheese Curds fresh made from the cheese factory.
There were certain days of the week that you could call in an order and stop by to pick the cheese up fresh the day it was made. Those days were some of the most looked forward to days of my young life!
When brainstorming for this recipe, my mind went to my spicy/sweet mode. I love having a little sweet with my heat and I also love a little salt with my sweet. Grumpy suggested I use ground venison. I went that way because it makes sense to do so considering we have a freezer full of venison!
Some of my favorite flavors are Asian-inspired and one of my favorite ways to spice up recipes is with a spicy black bean chili sauce. I used the chili sauce as my spicy, a tiny bit of brown sugar substitute as my sweet to complement that spice, and the cheese curd as the salty component and put it all in a potato skin bowl. Oh my! This was one of the most flavorful potato skins I have ever eaten!
We will definitely be eating this again and considering the gorgeous Idaho® potatoes I had were fairly large, we made these into a meal. You could easily make these into an appetizer by slicing the potatoes into rounds and baking them and turn it into a nacho dish as well!
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📖 Recipe
Spicy Poutine Potato Skins with Ground Venison
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Ingredients
For the potatoes:
- 6 small russet potatoes
- 1 tablespoon oliveoil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- butter spray
For the filling:
- ½ tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- ½ pound ground venison
- 2 cloves garlic , minced
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- ¼ cup chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon black bean chili paste
- 1 teaspoon light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon mirin
- ½ cup frozen mixed vegetables
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 cup cheese curds , diced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Scrub potato and pat dry with paper towel. Rub olive oil over top of potatoes and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake 45 minutes or until tender when tender when gently squeezed in the middle of the potato. Cool completely.
- Over medium heat in a skillet, brown ground meat, onion and garlic in olive oil cooking until meat is no longer pink. Add frozen mixed vegetables and simmer 2-3 minutes.
- In a measuring bowl, mix together soy sauce, chicken broth, black bean chili paste, brown sugar substitute and mirin. Stir until combined and add to ground meat mixture. Bring to a low boil and simmer 1-2 minutes.
- Stir together cornstarch and water. Add to ground meat mixture and cook until broth is clear (about 1-2 minutes). Remove from heat and cover to keep warm.
- Pre-heat broiler on high. Slice potato in half and scoop out pulp leaving ¼ inch shell. Save potato pulp for another use.
- Spray the inside of potato skin with butter spray. Place potato skins on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil and place under broiler. Broil about 2-3 minutes or until skins begin to brown.
- Fill each shell with meat mixture. Return to oven and broil another 2-3 minutes. Serve with sriracha drizzle.
Christie
I have loved seeing all the inventive poutine recipes and this one is in my top 3. I love your fusion of Asian with Canadian and to top it off, you made potato skins. Truly inventive and delicious.
Ed
Go Shelby!!!!
Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious
Venison in your spud skins? I want to come to YOUR house for the party! This would be amazing game day food. So fun to create with you for this Poutine project!
Sarah | Curious Cuisiniere
Did someone say venison? I love the spicy twist you put on your poutine!
Renee
What a masterpiece of skins and poutine! I have so much envy of your supply of venison. Lucky, lucky you.
Cindys Recipes and Writings
These are great for lunch or snacks too!
Brianne @ Cupcakes & Kale Chips
I could see my family devouring these for dinner!
Liz
I could definitely eat these for a meal! So yummy and flavorful!
Tammi @Momma's Meals
Wow is all I have to say about these skins!
Stacy
I am such a fan of potato skins, Shelby, and these are spectacular! Love the spice!