Creamy Bacon Parmesan Potatoes
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Creamy Parmesan Bacon Potatoes. Inspired by an incredible steak house side dish, these parmesan potatoes are absolutely indulgent and irresistible. Hash brown potatoes get tossed with crisp cooked bacon and a creamy Parmesan sauce.
Originally published Sept. 2010.
These Creamy Bacon Parmesan Potatoes came about after my family returned last week from a week long western Caribbean cruise. We sailed on Royal Caribbean's amazing ship, Freedom of the Seas.
While on board, we visited both of the fine dining restaurants available at a reasonable surcharge to passengers.
Chops Grille is a great steakhouse but we were more impressed with the side dishes that came with the steaks. One such side dish was Parmesan and Prosciutto Potatoes which inspired today's recipe.
These are possibly the most indulgent potatoes I have ever eaten. They combine crispy hash browns with crisp cooked bacon, all tossed in a creamy Parmesan sauce.
Creamy Bacon Parmesan Potatoes, a copycat kind of recipe!
This is another of my "best guess" sort of recipes where I attempt to replicate something I've eaten at a restaurant. I've fried the potatoes here but you could just as easily roast them tossed in a little garlic oil instead.
Crisp cooked prosciutto could easily be substituted for the crisp bacon if you prefer as well.
This has also proven to be one of the most popular recipes ever on Rock Recipes. It has consistently landed in the Top 20 recipes of all time.
It is, in fact now our most popular side dish of all time as well. I cannot count the number of positive comments and reviews the recipe has had from readers who have tried it and loved it.
Here's the link to the Garlic Oil mentioned in the recipe.
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Creamy Parmesan Bacon Potatoes
Creamy Parmesan Bacon Potatoes - inspired by an incredible steak house side dish, these potatoes are absolutely indulgent and irresistible. Hash brown potatoes get tossed with crisp cooked bacon and a creamy Parmesan sauce.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ pounds of washed potatoes, skin on, cut in large cubes.
- ¼ cup garlic olive oil
- ¼ cup butter, not margarine
- salt and pepper to season
- 6-8 slices thick sliced, good quality, smoked bacon
- 1 cup whipping cream
- ¼ cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Cut the bacon in small pieces cook until crisp.
- Drain off all the fat and set aside.
- Melt the garlic olive oil and butter together over medium heat in a large, heavy bottomed skillet. When heated, add the potatoes, season lightly with salt and pepper and cook for about 20 minutes turning the potatoes every few minutes. The potatoes should be fully cooked and crispy but not necessarily crispy on all sides, it's perfectly okay if they are a little "rustic".
- Remove the potatoes from the pan and keep warm in the oven as you prepare the sauce.
- Reserve a few tablespoons of the oil and butter in the pan that the potatoes were cooked in. To this add the whipping cream and simmer until the cream is reduced by about half.
- Add the Parmesan cheese and stir until melted and smooth.
- Toss together the potatoes and bacon with the Parmesan cream sauce and serve.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
6Serving Size
gAmount Per Serving Calories 560Saturated Fat 20gCholesterol 101mgSodium 406mgCarbohydrates 25gFiber 4gProtein 11g
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
Hi Barry, this recipe is very tempting. However there is a certain lack of information. It does not say how many people it serves or what to do with potatoes before cooking - presumably cut up as per picture? And, like another poster, the link to garlic oil recipe does not work for me. I can work with all these but thought you'd like to know.
I have updated the post. There were a couple of glitches with our new recipe software but it should be good now. Barry
Recently I have tried to printout recipes so I can make them later and the site is not allowing me to print. I like to have them with me in the kitchen and not my iPad and have to go looking for the recipe again. I have made many of your recipes and they are awesome!
Did you enter your email address into the form. It also gives you the ability to save links to your favourite posts here.
I was able to open the link for the garlic olive oil, just restarted my computer. This side dish looks so good, something different from the usual potato sides.
This recipe sounds amazing and I'm fairly sure I'll bring it to more than one BBQ this summer!!! Judging from comments, lits of folks love it.
Question.....If I use prosciutto instead of bacon, would I pan-fry it first to crisp it up?
Thanks so much.
@Rose, Yes, that is the way it was first served to me.