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Loaded Red Potato Bake
Mashed potatoes loaded up with bacon, cheese, sour cream, and green onion then baked. What's not to like!
servings: 4
total time: 1 hour 15 minutes
recipe by: Frankie
Ingredients
- 3 lbs red potatoes, scrubbed and quartered
- 1/2 lb sliced homemade bacon
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 4 TBSP butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 3 green onions, sliced thin
- salt & pepper
Directions
- Add the potatoes to a large pot and cover with water. Add 1 TBSP salt and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- Dice the bacon and cook in a pan over medium heat until crispy, about 6 mnutes. Drain on paper towels and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- In a large bowl combine the sour cream, milk, butter, half the cheese, half the cooked bacon, half the green onion, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp pepper.
- Lightly mash the potatoes and fold them into the sour cream mixture.
- Spoon the potato mixture into a 2 quart baking dish and bake uncovered in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.
- Top with the remaining cheese and bacon then sprinkle on the remaining green onions. Bake for 5 more minutes or until cheese is melted.
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