Bacon and cheese smashed potatoes
Bacon and cheese smashed potatoes

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, bacon and cheese smashed potatoes. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

These mashed potatoes, however, are taken to the next level. They're amplified in flavor, texture, and creamy dreamy cheese pulls! Season generously with salt and bring to a boil.

Bacon and cheese smashed potatoes is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Bacon and cheese smashed potatoes is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have bacon and cheese smashed potatoes using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Bacon and cheese smashed potatoes:
  1. Prepare 2 # Yukon gold potatoes
  2. Get cooking spray / olive oil
  3. Take Salt and pepper
  4. Prepare 1 tsp garlic powder
  5. Prepare 1 tsp onion powder
  6. Take 1 1/2 C mozzarella cheese, shredded
  7. Take 3/4 C bacon, crumble it up
  8. Get 1 Tbsp chives, chopped
  9. Make ready Avocado creme:
  10. Prepare 1 avocado, mashed
  11. Make ready 1/2-3/4 C sour cream (or Greek yogurt)
  12. Take 1 tsp minced garlic
  13. Take pinch salt

Mold the mixture around the cheese to form a ball adding a little more if necessary. Loaded Mashed Potatoes are creamy and buttery, topped with cheddar cheese, bacon and scallions. Made with bacon, sour cream, cheese and green onions, these really do feel like they're fully loaded mashed potatoes. Sharing my favorite Cheesy Mashed Potatoes today!

Instructions to make Bacon and cheese smashed potatoes:
  1. Preheat oven to broil.
  2. Boil potatoes in a 6qt pan of salted water for 30-35 minutes or until tender. Drain. Put the potatoes on a greased cookie sheet and use a potato masher (or coffee mug) to lightly flatten the potatoes. Spray potatoes lightly with olive oil and season with S&P, garlic and onion powders.
  3. Broil for about 15 minutes. Crispy and golden. I used second rack in oven, not top.
  4. While potatoes are boiling or broiling, fry the bacon and drain on paper towels. Crush up for topping.
  5. Pull potatoes out of oven; top with cheese and bacon. Return them to the oven to melt the cheese, just about a minute. Remove from oven and season with a little S&P and chives. Serve with the avocado creme. Delicious!

Packed with bacon, ranch and lots of cheese!! A great side for any occasion. How Long To Boil Potatoes For Mashed Potatoes? When the potatoes are soft, pull them from the oven and smash the pieces down with the bottom of a coffee cup or drinking glass. Arrange the smashed potatoes on the sheet pan, and top each portion with greens, a chopped slice of cooked bacon, and plenty of cheese.

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