heavenly side dish: smashed red potatoes & bacon
Love, love, love my taters… Smashed taters, baked taters, grilled taters… yummy. These taters are easy to prepare, and have a few “additional” touches, to make them delightful. Serve them with pride in any dish that requires a starch, and don’t expect any leftovers. So, you ready… Let’s get into the kitchen.
yield
2 serving(s)
prep time
10 Min
cook time
15 Min
method
Stove Top
Ingredients For heavenly side dish: smashed red potatoes & bacon
- PLAN/PURCHASE
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2 sliceslab bacon, cooked and chopped
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1 lbred potatoes, scrubbed clean
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4 Tbspbuttermilk
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1 Tbspmayonaise
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2 Tbspsweet butter, unsalted
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salt, kosher variety, to taste
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black pepper, freshly ground, to taste
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1 pinchcayenne pepper
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1/4 tsppaprika
How To Make heavenly side dish: smashed red potatoes & bacon
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1PREP/PREPARE
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2Gather your ingredients.
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3Cook the bacon, drain, chop, and reserve.
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4Scrub the red potatoes clean, add to a pot, and cover with cold water.
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5Bring the water up to the boil, and simmer the potatoes until cooked, about 10 to 12 minutes.
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6Chef’s Tip: A pairing knife inserted into the potatoes should enter with little resistance.
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7Take the butter and buttermilk and add them to a small saucepan, over low heat.
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8Allow to heat up until wisp’s of steam appear but do not allow the mixture to boil.
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9Chef’s Note: Alternately, you could use the microwave.
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10Drain all the water from the pan, and then return pan to the heat with the potatoes.
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11Chef's Note: Shift the pan back and forth a few times, until all the residual water has evaporated, about 2 minutes.
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12Remove and quarter the potatoes.
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13Add the potatoes to a large bowl, along with the warm buttermilk/butter mixture and the mayonnaise.
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14Partially mash with a potato masher, or fork.
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15Add some salt & pepper to taste… along with a pinch of cayenne, the paprika, and the bacon.
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16Fold the ingredients until combined.
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17Chef’s Note: I like my “smashed” taters to have a few lumps.
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18PLATE/PRESENT
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19Serve as a side dish along with your favorite protein, or just put them into a bowl and tuck in. Enjoy.
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20Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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