Name: Loaded Smashed Potatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 1 pound yellow/gold baby potatoes (https://amzn.to/36KdSbE); Salt and pepper; 1/4 cup butter (melted); 3 cloves garlic (minced); 2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese; 10 slices bacon (cooked and crumbled); Green onions or chives (sliced, for serving); Sour cream (for serving)

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These Smashed Potatoes are loaded with toppings like melted cheese, bacon and sour cream. They are tender and fluffy on the inside with crispy edges all around. So good for lunch or as a tasty side dish.

sheet pan with smashed potatoes, bacon cheese and sour cream

Best Potato Recipe Ever

Potatoes are my favorite side dish of all time, and it doesn’t matter how you serve them – make ahead mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, cheesy potatoes…but I’m kind of obsessed with these loaded smashed potatoes!

They are super easy to make and are fairly hands off. Just boil, season, smash, bake, and then load them up with your favorite topping. I’m partial to cheese, bacon and sour cream myself, but you can go with anything that happens to tickle your fancy.

Tips for Making Smashed Potatoes

Choose small potatoes for ultra crispiness. Look for baby potatoes or new potatoes. Purple Potatoes would be delicious as well. The best potatoes are going to be the size of a golf ball.
Use real butter for maximum flavor. When drizzling the butter over the potatoes, make sure to coat them really well. You can also use olive oil, or a combo of the two. Keep in mind that the butter will burn on the sheet pan so it’s important to line it with parchment paper or foil.
Give the potatoes a moment to steam after you smash them. The less moisture that’s present, the more crispy they will get.
Nothing beat real garlic for real flavor. Try to keep the minced garlic on the potatoes and not on the pan or it will burn.
Use freshly grated cheese and real bacon.

Smashed Potato Toppings

In my opinion, nothing beats potatoes with bacon and cheddar, but you can top your smashed potatoes with any you like. Here are some of our favorite options:

Cheddar and Ranch – sprinkle on a little dry ranch mix or drizzle with the dressing.
Chili
Alfredo sauce
Goat cheese and chives
Pesto
Mustard sauce
Simple salt and pepper

How to Serve Smashed Potatoes

I serve this as a simple side dish with Crispy Baked Chicken Thighs, Cajun Grilled Pork Chops, Chicken with Mustard Sauce all of which have great sauces or seasonings that you can use with the smashed potatoes.

Because you can add any seasoning you like, this potato recipes goes with pretty much anything!

potatoes smashed and topped with bacon, cheese sour cream green onions

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