Whole30 Pizza Potato Skins
These Whole30 Pizza Potato Skins are a fun and delicious Whole30 appetizer, side dish or game day dish. These Paleo potato skins are a healthy and delicious way to satisfy pizza cravings. They are loaded with flavor!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- These potato skins have all the best flavors of pizza without any gluten, cheese, or sugar.
- They are loaded with flavor!
- The potato skins and edges get so crispy.
- They are best served hot and steamy from the oven!
- The pizza toppings are customizable. Feel free to add your favorite.
- This recipe is Whole30 compliant, Paleo, grain free, gluten free, easily made dairy free, and sugar free.
- Great for game days, entertaining, or any night of the week.
- Check out this Paleo Pizza Crust for another fun idea!
Ingredients & Substitutions
Russet potatoes tend to hold up best. If desired, sweet potatoes also make great potato skins!
Substitute the melted ghee for melted butter or olive oil. A brush of avocado oil works too.
Ground beef can be substituted with ground sausage, ground pork, ground turkey or ground chicken. Use your favorite ground meat.
Feel free to omit pepperoni for Whole30, or use chopped Chomps pepperoni sticks.
Add or omit any of the garnishes. The Ranch dressing adds some “cheesiness” but nutritional yeast would be great as well.
Is Pizza Whole30 Compliant?
Traditional pizza is not Whole30 compliant since it contains gluten, dairy and sugar.
These Whole30 pizza potato skins use all Whole30 compliant ingredients. They are different enough from regular pizza to be considered compatible.
The potatoes get crispy in the oven and act like a crust. The pizza filling has classic pizza flavors. The Ranch dressing adds a bit of creamy cheesy flavor.
As always, use Whole30 approved brands for this recipe. Whole30 pizza sauce brands include Rao’s and Primal Kitchen Foods. There are several Whole30 ranch brands, but I used Primal Kitchen Foods. Use Chomps pepperoni sticks for pepperoni.
How to Make
Step 1
First, preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking pan with parchment paper.
Step 2
Microwave potatoes for 7 to 8 minutes or until fork tender. Carefully remove from microwave.
Step 3
Meanwhile, make the pizza filling. Add ground beef to a skillet over medium heat. Cook until brown and crumbly.
Step 4
Drain off excess grease from pan. Add diced onion, minced garlic, pepperoni and pizza sauce to skillet. Stir together. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until onions are tender.
Step 5
Carefully slice each potato in half lengthwise. Scoop out insides of potato, leaving about ½ inch of potato around the edges.
Step 6
Melt ghee or butter in microwave. Brush onto edges and insides of potatoes.
Step 7
Spoon pizza filling into potatoes. Place on baking sheet.
Step 8
Bake for 7 to 8 minutes or until potatoes are crispy.
Step 9
Finally, remove from oven and garnish with desired toppings!
Expert Tips & Tricks
Choose similar sized potatoes. This ensures more even cooking.
Russet potatoes tend to hold up best in the oven. I recommend using Russet.
Melted ghee, melted butter or olive oil all work well to coat insides and edges of potatoes. This allows the potatoes to get extra crispy in the oven.
Cook until crispy!
How to Serve & Store
Serve potato skins hot from the oven! These are delicious hot and steamy.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
To reheat, either bake or air fry until warm.
Frequently Asked Questions
Pizza is not Whole30 unfortunately. These Whole30 pizza potato skins are compliant!
I have yet to find a sugar free pepperoni, so no.
No, no pizza is allowed on Whole30.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Yes! Add any desired toppings.
I used Rao’s pizza sauce which is Whole30 compliant. Primal Kitchen Foods also makes a great sugar free pizza sauce.
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If you make this recipe, I would really appreciate a review! You can find me on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest. I would love for you to follow along! For more ideas, see this Whole30 Recipes page.
Get the Recipe: Whole30 Pizza Potato Skins
Ingredients
- 6 large Russet potatoes
- 2 tbsp ghee, or grass fed butter
- ½ pound ground beef
- ¼ cup diced onion
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 12 pepperoni, see note
- ¼ cup Whole30 pizza sauce
- basil, for garnish
- Whole30 ranch, for garnish
- green onion, for garnish
Instructions
- First, preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- On a microwave safe dish, microwave potatoes for 7 to 8 minutes or until fork tender. Remove potatoes from microwave with an oven mitt. They are very hot!
- While potatoes are microwaving, make pizza filling. Add ground beef to a skillet over medium heat. Cook until brown and crumbly, breaking up with a spatula.
- Once cooked, drain off excess grease. Add in diced onion, minced garlic, pepperoni and pizza sauce. Stir. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until onions are tender.
- Carefully slice each potato in half lengthwise. Scoop out insides of potato, leaving about ½ inch of filling around the edges.
- In a small microwave dish, melt ghee. Brush melted ghee on the inside and edges of each potato.
- Scoop pizza filling into each potato. Place potatoes on parchment lined pan.
- Bake for 7 to 8 minutes or until potato skins are crispy.
- Finally, remove from oven and garnish with desired toppings.
Notes
- Select large potatoes that are similar in size. Russet potatoes tend to work best since their skin holds up.
- Ghee or grass fed butter both work well. For a dairy free option, substitute olive oil.
- For a Whole30 pepperoni option, I use cut up Chomps Pepperoni sticks.
- Be very careful with handling potatoes. They are very hot after they’ve been microwaved.
- When scooping out the potato, leave about ½ inch of potato filling around the skin.
- Bake until skins are crispy. Keep a close eye on them while baking.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
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9 Comments on “Whole30 Pizza Potato Skins”
Wonderful recipe! These potato skins look delcious!
I love these potato skins! Such an easy snack to make for the family.
These were so easy to make and delicious! I used olive oil instead of Ghee, and these turned out amazing.
Love these stuffed potato skins! I mean they combine two of my favorite things – baked potatoes and pizza, so what is there not to love? The whole family enjoyed them and definitely will be making these again soon!
We loved these potato skins! The pizza toppings were a nice change of pace from your typical potato skin recipe, and the edges had the perfect crisp texture I love. So great with football returning!
So delicious! Perfect for Arkansas Razorback football parties!
we enjoyed it as our dinner and ate the excess after dinner because it is so good, we plan to make it again and serve to some friends.
Oh my goodness, these pizza stuffed potato skins were out of this world! I made these for a family gathering and they were a total hit!
These potato skins are amazing! I love the use of the ranch dressing. It takes the flavour to whole other level.