Irish Potato Bites
Irish Potato Bites are miniature potato skins filled with cheese and corned beef. They make a delicious appetizer recipe for St. Patrick’s Day and a great addition to any party!
Irish Potato Bites are easy to make, super cute, and tasty, little bites of corned beef and potato goodness!
Just a few more days until we’re celebrating St. Patrick’s Day! I’ll admit I don’t go all out for the holiday but I sure do love a few good St. Patrick’s Day recipes. My guy always requests a traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner but sometimes I like to put my own spin on it…hello Corned Beef Cabbage Rolls!
I use a little bit of the extra corned beef to make this easy St. Patrick’s Day appetizer. Who doesn’t love potato skins, especially when they are filled with corned beef and cheese!
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Ingredients You’ll Need
- Red potatoes – these need to be small, golf ball sized red potatoes. If you can’t find them small enough you can also look for new potatoes or baby potatoes.
- Corned beef – I usually make these with leftover from my corned beef and cabbage but you can also get sliced corned beef at the deli counter to save time!
- Cheddar cheese – Any cheese will work. I like cheddar because it melts well but you can also use Gruyere or even mozzarella.
- Butter – I prefer salted butter for the extra flavor.
- Salt – I recommend Kosher salt
What you will need to make Irish Potato Bites:
- Melon Baller – This is perfect for scooping out the potatoes but if you don’t have one you can also use a teaspoon.
- Silicone Mat – Hate doing dishes as much as I do? Line your baking sheet with this and nothing will stick!
- Baking Sheet – Place your Irish Potato Bites on this baking sheet and you’re just a few minutes away from a delicious appetizer.
How to Make Irish Potato Bites
Step 1 – Boil potatoes. Boil small red potatoes until they are fork tender. Don’t over cook them because you want them to be able to hold up to being cut open and stuffed.
Step 2 – Prepare potatoes. When the potatoes are cooked and have had time to cool cut them in half and scoop out the middle. Save the scooped out potato in a small bowl for later. Cut a thin slice off the bottom of the potato (making sure not to go into the hollow part!) to give it a flat bottom to it on.
Step 3 – Fill potatoes. Once all of the potato halves are scooped out take that bowl of saved potato centers and add to it 1/4 cup cheddar cheese, 1/2 cup of diced corned beef, and 1 tablespoon of melted butter. Press the mixture into each potato half and then place them on a baking sheet.
Step 4 – Bake. Bake the potato bites at 400 degrees F for 10 minutes.
When they come out of the oven you basically have one of the best potato skins you’ve ever had, filled with the flavors of St. Patrick’s Day! Add a dollop of sour cream on top and pop them in your mouth. They will be gone before you know it!
How to Freeze
You can make these little potato skins ahead of time and freeze them for use at a later time. Just fill the potatoes according to the instructions and then place them on a baking sheet and put them in the freezer.
Let them freeze for 1 hour then remove and place them in an airtight container or freezer bag, placing a piece of wax paper or parchment paper between each layer, and store in the freezer for up to 3 months.
How to Reheat
When you are ready to use your frozen potato bites take them out of the freezer and place them on a baking sheet. Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 15-20 minutes or until warmed through. Serve hot.
Want more St. Patrick’s Day recipes?
- Irish Egg Rolls
- Irish Deviled Eggs
- Corned Beef Cabbage Rolls
- Corned Beef Hash
- Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage
- Bailey’s Irish Coffee
- Irish Nachos
- More St. Patrick’s Day Recipes…
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Irish Potato Bites
Ingredients
- 20 small Red potatoes, small (golf ball size)
- 1/2 cup Corned beef
- 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 tablespoon Butter, melted
- 1/8 teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Fill a large pot with water and bring it to a boil.
- Add potatoes and boil until they are fork tender.
- Preheat oven to 400°F
- Once potatoes are cooked and have cooled cut each one in half and cut a small slice off of the rounded end so the potato can sit up.
- Scoop out the inside of each potato half saving the potato insides in a bowl.
- Add cheese, corned beef, butter to the bowl with the saved potato insides.
- Salt mixture to taste. Also sprinkle some salt over the potato halves.
- Scoop mixture into potato halves and then place them on a baking sheet.
- Place baking sheet in oven for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and serve.
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This recipe was last published on February 19, 2019. It was republished on March 2, 2020.
I never thought about making little potato bites before. It’s a great idea. They look really good, especially with the sour cream on top. I’m here from the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop.
Hi! Stopping by from the Weekend Re-Treat. This looks so yummy and CUTE! I love bite-sized food. Thanks so much for sharing!
Definitely delicious to snack on or add to a meal 🙂
Thanks for linking up to Marvelous Monday on Smart Party Planning.
Very clever! They look delish. Thanks for sharing.
Bite sized potatoes sound right up my alley! Yum!
These look delish! Thanks for linking up!
These look awesome! I featured this yumminess as one of my faves on #foodiefriDIY! Check it out! And thank you for linking with us!
Thanks so much Mila. We love Foodie Fridays! 🙂
This looks so incredible! Loving it! Pinned and tweeted. Thanks for being a part of our party. I hope to see you tonight at 7. Lou Lou Girls
Yum- these would be a huge hit in our home! Pinning!
These are sooo cute!!! And they look yummy too! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I love potatoes – any way at all so this looks like something I HAVE to try – thanks so much for sharing !
Can we replace corned beef with pulled pork ?
Thanks
Yes! I was just talking about doing this the other day. Sounds delicious right?
How smart! These little potato bites look wonderful!
Thanks they were pretty delicious!
These Irish Potato Bites look like little stacks of deliciousness. They seem easy to make and I may try them for St Patrick’s Day.
You will love them I promise!!
So do I cook the corned beef BEFORE placing it in the potatoes??
Yes, it is fully cooked corned beef that you should be using.
Hi!! Do you think these will be OK if I prepare today (the day before St. Pats) and then do the final bake tomorrow?
Yes! That would be totally fine. You might have to cook them a little longer to heat them all the way through but otherwise it is totally fine.
This really helps me as I’m looking for a recipe for my competition tomorrow! Thanks!????
Good luck!!
My team won!!!! And I accidentally replied to the email…sorry!????
Any idea about HOW LONG it takes for the little potatoe to boil w/o overcooking them?
I would say start checking them at 10 minutes. It partly depends on how small the potatoes are
I make a different snack food supply sunday nights for my family while we watch Walking Dead. Tonight I’m making these! I’m substituting crispy bacon instead of the corn beef. Yum!
OMG I love Walking Dead!! I hope you enjoy these and the show!
I love the bacon idea. Thanks for the idea!!
Adorable and simple idea! A must try for sure. I linked here on my recent post over and Hampers & Hiccups. Find the link below.
https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/brie-apple-and-honey-crostini/
Katelynn, hampersandhiccups.com
Sorry, I know this is from a few years ago, but did you use sliced corn beef like that you get at the deli? Or did you cook a full brisket?
I used leftover corned beef that I had made for my corned beef cabbage rolls but you can totally use the sliced kind from the deli.
Hi there, just came across this while looking for traditional irish appetizers. We are have a large party for my parents 60th wedding anniversary. My parents traveled alot after retiring si with fuve adult children and families we put 5 of there favorite places in a hat and we each drew one out. Well i got Ireland. I need ti supply 3 appetizer representing Ireland. Im wondering if i could make these ahead of time, freeze or refrigerate and cook and keep warm in a roster to serve. And if you have any thouts in what else might work. Thanks Toni
Ok, i just reread my comments and oh boy my eyes are going. So sorry, i hope you can figure out what i was going for
Hi Toni, that sounds like such an awesome anniversary party. Congratulations to your parents!! I have not frozen these but I think it would be fine. Even easier you can make these up to two days ahead of time, wrap them tightly with plastic wrap it store in an airtight container, and bake them according to the instructions on party day. As for other suggestions you can make our corned beef cabbage rolls https://www.homemadeinterest.com/corned-beef-cabbage-rolls/ you could stuff them with less filling, roll them up and after cooking you could cut them in half for smaller portions. They can definitely be made up to two days ahead and baked on party day until they are warmed through. Let us know how it turns out!
I am doing these for my Ireland recipe project.m
I like how you suggest boiling the potatoes until they’re fork tender. My son is really interested in Ireland, and he wants to eat some food from there. We’ll have to go out and get these ingredients somewhere to make us an Irish feast.
Is the corned beef raw or cooked before adding to potato mixture?
Cooked!
I tweaked it a bit. I added spring onions, wholegrain mustard and lots of butter to mash potatoes. End result AWESOME. I followed sour cream on each and added chopped green part of spring onions. It was a crowd pleaser.
I hardly ever eat corned beef so thanks for the great new way to enjoy it. Pinning these Irish potato bites now to try soon!
I made these potatoe bites for a ST Patrick’s luncheon my Mom puts on for her friends. (My Mom is 98 years old) but I had the date wrong. I didn’t realize until I had them stuffed. THe party is a week away. HAve you tried freezing them? The party is a week away.
I would not recommend freezing them. I would store them in the refrigerator then cook them accordingly before you serve them.
I didn’t see this response right away so I went ahead and froze them. I have had frozen potato skins and stuffed potatoes that were OK so I went ahead & froze them. My plan is to cook them from frozen state. I will let you know how they turn out. Thank you
Yes please let us know so we can let others know as well.
I haven’t had irish potato before and I am excited to make this. Thank you for hsaring this recipe.
These are so awesome I have made them several times and even linked to this recipe in my new Youtube video.