Potato with Bacon cheese Dish recipe to create for a lunch or dinner. Homemade side dish, oven baked meal for families, large gatherings.
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Potato with Bacon cheese Dish
A very simple easy casserole potato dish to bake in the oven for meals. Families will love it as a side dish with meats and vegetables. For large gatherings make in bulk and serve. Oven Baked potato casserole mixed with bacon and cheddar cheese. Delicious lunch or dinner recipe idea to create any time for main meals or for braai or barbecues.
What to eat with cheesy potatoes?
- steak, chops, any meat
- chicken roasted or chicken breast dishes
- Braai or barbecue meats
- Vegetables
- Salads
Which cheese is best for potatoes?
You can use any of these cheese for this tasty bacon potato cheese dish, you will just love it and share with your family. As long as it is a cheese that melts.
- cheddar, mature
- grated parmesan cheese
- Romano cheese
- provolone thinly sliced.
- Mozzarella cheese (or a mix of cheeses)
Why do they call it funeral potatoes?
This dish is sometimes called funeral potatoes. Why? Because it is a popular crowd pleasing dish and can be made in bulk. A great side dish served with a meal.
Ingredients
- potatoes
- olive oil
- ranch seasoning mix( Onion powder, onion flakes, dill, parsley, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and dried chives)
- bacon, cooked and chopped
- cheddar cheese, shredded
- sour cream
- fresh parsley, chopped
Get these ingredients for this delicious potato bacon and cheese dish and their amounts in the recipe attached.
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How To
Preheat your oven and spray cook the casserole dish. (see the recipe attached for the full instructions)
Chop the potatoes to about inch size.
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Add the potatoes to a pot of lightly salted water, and boil on high for 10 minutes. Drain the potatoes, and add them to a large bowl. Drizzle olive oil and ranch seasoning (or a season mix as per recipe attached) over the potatoes and gently toss to coat.
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Pour potatoes into the casserole dish in an even layer.
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While the potatoes are cooking, chop the bacon into small pieces and fry over medium heat, stirring often. Drain on a paper towel lined plate, and set aside.
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Add the bacon to the potatoes in the dish.
Transfer the dish to the oven, and bake for 35 minutes, until golden. Remove from the oven, and top with cheese. Return to the oven for 5 minutes to melt the cheese.
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Chop the parsley while the cheese is melting. Sprinkle the chopped bacon over the potatoes, then drizzle with sour cream and sprinkle chopped parsley.
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Dish up this warm side dish for a meal for lunch or dinner. Eat with vegetables or meats as desired. Great food for large gathering as you can make this in bulk.
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The sour cream will get absorbed into the potatoes and the extra salty crispy bacon and melted cheddar cheese just makes this dish delicious.
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Recommendations
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Try these potato casserole recipe ideas —-> Baked Bacon and Parmesan Potato and Easy Lemon Greek Potatoes Recipe and Creamy Garlic Potato Casserole
More recipes with potatoes for meals —-> Loaded Baked Potatoes Grilled and Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges and How To Make Mashed Potato and Baked Potato in Foil on Coals and Foiled Sweet Potato on Coals and Sunday Roasted Chicken and Potato’s and Creamy Potato Salad Recipe and Homemade Cottage Pie Dish
Warm side dishes to create —-> Warm Side Dishes for Meals
PrintPotato with Bacon cheese Dish
Potato with Bacon cheese Dish recipe to create for a lunch or dinner. Homemade side dish, oven baked meal for families, large gatherings.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 35 min plus 5 min
- Total Time: 50 min
- Yield: 6
- Category: Meals, supper or lunch, dinner
- Method: Oven Baking
Ingredients
- 1 KG (2.5 lbs) potatoes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 oz packet ranch seasoning mix or use this mix( Onion powder, onion flakes, dill, parsley, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and dried chives)
- 6 slices bacon, cooked and chopped
- 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220 deg. C (425 deg. F). Spray a 9×13 inch casserole dish with cooking spray.
- Wash the potatoes, and cut into 1 inch cubes.
- Add the potatoes to a pot of lightly salted water, and boil on high for 10 minutes. (this step will shorten the time the casserole and the potatoes cook in the oven.) Drain the potatoes, and add them to a large bowl.
- Drizzle olive oil and ranch seasoning over the potatoes and gently toss to coat. Pour potatoes into the casserole dish in an even layer.
- While the potatoes are cooking. Chop the bacon into small pieces and fry over medium heat, stirring often. Drain on a paper towel lined plate, and set aside.
- Transfer the dish to the oven, and bake for 35 minutes, until golden. Remove from the oven, and top with cheese. Return to the oven for 5 minutes to melt the cheese.
- Chop the parsley while the cheese is melting.
- Sprinkle the chopped bacon over the potatoes, then drizzle with sour cream and sprinkle chopped parsley.
- Serve hot as a side dish with any meal and enjoy!
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