Fried Bacon Mashed Potatoes
Fried Bacon Mashed Potatoes is a side dish that serves 5. One portion of this dish contains approximately 10g of protein, 45g of fat, and a total of 592 calories. For $1.28 per serving, this recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have bread, kosher salt, cooked bacon, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 35 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It is brought to you by Foodnetwork. It is perfect for Thanksgiving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 35 minutes. With a spoonacular score of 67%, this dish is pretty good. Try Fried Mashed Potatoes, Deep Fried Mashed Potatoes, and Bacon Mashed Potatoes for similar recipes.
Servings: 5
Preparation duration: 10 minutes
Cooking duration: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
1 oval loaf artisanal whole-wheat country bread, toasted
6 tablespoons butter, divided
4 pieces bacon, cooked and crumbled
3 tablespoons fresh chopped chives, 1 tablespoon reserved, for garnish
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
Kosher salt
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 shallot, finely minced
1/2 cup sour cream
3 pounds Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
Equipment:
pot
potato masher
colander
Cooking instruction summary:
Place the potatoes into large pot and cover with cold water. Salt generously. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer uncovered for roughly 13 minutes, or until the potatoes are fork tender. While the potatoes are boiling, melt 1 tablespoon of butter into a saucepot. Add the minced shallot and saute until soft. Add the cream and rest of the butter, being sure not to bring to a boil. Drain potatoes in a colander. Return to pot and mash with a potato masher. As soon as they are mashed slowly add in the hot cream and butter. Stir slowly and do not overwork or the potatoes will be heavy. Add the sour cream and the bacon and fold in the chives. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Cut a round in the top of the bread. Pull off and remove top, reserve. Pull out all of the soft bread inside. Be careful not to take out too much, as you want this to be a serving vehicle for your mashed potatoes. Place potatoes in bread and garnish with chives.
Step by step:
1. Place the potatoes into large pot and cover with cold water. Salt generously. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer uncovered for roughly 13 minutes, or until the potatoes are fork tender.
2. While the potatoes are boiling, melt 1 tablespoon of butter into a saucepot.
3. Add the minced shallot and saute until soft.
4. Add the cream and rest of the butter, being sure not to bring to a boil.
5. Drain potatoes in a colander. Return to pot and mash with a potato masher. As soon as they are mashed slowly add in the hot cream and butter. Stir slowly and do not overwork or the potatoes will be heavy.
6. Add the sour cream and the bacon and fold in the chives.
7. Add salt and pepper, to taste.
8. Cut a round in the top of the bread. Pull off and remove top, reserve. Pull out all of the soft bread inside. Be careful not to take out too much, as you want this to be a serving vehicle for your mashed potatoes.
9. Place potatoes in bread and garnish with chives.
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