Loaded Baked Red Mashed Potatoes
photo by Novice Chef Hillary
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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7-10
ingredients
- 1 (5 lb) bag red potatoes
- 1⁄2 cup butter (softened)
- 1⁄4 cup milk or 1 1/2 fluid ounces condensed milk
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 teaspoons fresh parsley (minced)
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon basil
- 1 (8 ounce) package sharp cheddar cheese (cut in small 1/2 inch wide strips)
- 1⁄2 lb bacon (cooked & chopped)
- 4 green onions (sliced)
directions
- Cook bacon until crispy, place on paper towel to soak up grease, wait until cool.
- Chop bacon into approximately 1/3 inch pieces and set aside for later.
- Clean and cut red potatoes into 1/2 inch to 2/3 inch cubes (leave skin on).
- Boil potatoes until cubes are easily mashed. (Test a couple cubes with a spoon or finger).
- Lightly mash in a large bowl (Avoid over mashing! Red potatoes can become gooey) and set aside for later.
- Preheat oven for 350.
- In a small mixing bowl put: sour cream, milk, parsley, garlic powder, black pepper, salt, and basil.
- Stir until smooth/blended well.
- Fold mixture into mashed potatoes.
- Spoon potatoes evenly into a glass baking dish.
- Take the strips of sharp cheddar and make a loose basket weave pattern on top of the potatoes.
- Sprinkle the chopped bacon on top of the potatoes with cheese.
- Sprinkle the sliced green onions on top.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 350.
Reviews
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Excellent! I only had 3.8 pounds of red potatoes but the amount of mix-ins still worked well. I added the melted butter in with the rest of the mix-ins. I also added some cooked down diced onion, and only needed half the amount of bacon (saved the rest for later!). I also used unsweetened oat milk. I made the potatoes in the morning and put the bowl in the fridge until dinner time, so the oven time took about 30-35 minutes. Really, really tasty. Definitely a keeper recipe.
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