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.
I just made this recipe ( parmesan bacon potatoes) and I have to say it was the best potatoes I have ever made! If you are looking for a side dish to WOW, this is the one!
They are REALLY good! Glad you enjoyed them.
Just about the best thing I have ever tasted in my life! Keeping in mind that I'm pregnant and craving potatoes! This was amaaaaazing!
I eat low-carb, but I bet I could so this with broccoli or cauliflower instead of potatoes (except on Thanksgiving when I carb out) Wow, this sounds good - can't wait to try it.
I just made these and they were very good. The only thing that I did differently was, I used the bacon grease to fry the potatoes. I didn't have any fresh garlic to make your garlic/ oil so I improvised with the bacon fat. They turned out great.
Thanks for the recipe.
Oh nom nom nom! These are definitely going to be made again for future special occasion meals - very, very good. I cooked my bacon first, then just used the left over fat from that and added the butter to fry the potatoes in (didn't use the olive oil). I did sprinkle some garlic powder in the butter to get that flavor in there.
We tried this tonight; we were missing the heavy cream so made a roux and it was fantastic! We loved it! We'll definitely be making this again!
I used the parmesan in the bottle, the kind you put on spaghetti, and it was awesome!
Is there a way to do a make ahead version and bake?
Afraid not. The sauce MUST go on immediately prior to serving or else it doesn't work.
Absolutely delicious, easy and delicious. Will definitely make again.
Thanks
Making these tonight! Putting in a request for books at amazon UK please!!!! Pretty please? Homesick expats need dinner too...
Made these for the first time tonight and WOW!!! Best potato recipe i think i've ever made! SOOOO Good!
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to use hash brown potatoes (shredded potatoes) like you mention in the introduction to the recipe or 2 1/2 # regular potatoes as you called for in the actual recipe? I definitely want to make these 😊
The photo clearly does not use shredded potatoes though.
How do you make the garlic oil?
There is a link to that post on this recipe.
Couldn't find the link to garlic oil. Received some fancy flavored oils for a gift including garlic. Would love to know how to make them!
I looked again. The link is definitely in the post and working correctly for me.