This easy chili baked potato recipe works for weeknights or family dinners for a crowd! This trick lets you cook the potatoes in half the time.What’s for dinner? Yes, it’s a struggle for all of us! Alex and I have found it’s especially difficult when feeding a crowd. But here’s a solution that’s a perfect dinner for a crowd: chili baked potatoes! Bake up some potatoes, top them with chili and all the fixin’s, and it’s an easy dinner everyone can enjoy. Chili is a hearty match for fluffy potatoes, and really: who doesn’t love a baked potato bar with all those fun toppings? This recipe is gluten-free and vegan, so it fits a variety of diets around the table. Here’s how we make them: with our trick for baking the potatoes quickly!How to make chili baked potatoesChili baked potatoes is a truly easy concept: make chili, bake potatoes, serve! It’s a great option for entertaining, like a big family dinner. Alex and I served this to a group of 12 people for a dinner party, and it went over very well! Everyone loved the toppings, and it made our pot of chili feed more people! Here are the basic steps:Make the chili. Make up a pot of your favorite chili! Here are some of our favorites: Ultimate Vegan Chili, Vegetarian Chili, Healthy Chili or Instant Pot Chili.Bake the potatoes. The trick below lets you bake them in half the time: just 30 minutes!Load ’em up! Here’s the fun part: create a loaded baked potato bar with all your favorite toppings like sour cream, cheese, green onions, and more. (See below for more ideas!)Quick baked potatoes: our trick!Guess what: we’ve got a trick for baking potatoes in half the time! The standard way to bake potatoes is whole. If you use large potatoes, this can take up to 1 hour or more. Here’s the magic: inste
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