Steve & Erica Recipe « Awesome Smashed Red Potatoes

This recipe of hand-mashed red potatoes with skins with a flavor mixture of bacon bits, cheese, and French onion rings could be served as a main dish if you are a potato-lover like me. This is the only way my family will allow me to serve potatoes in our house. The amounts I have suggested are only guidelines; you will adjust these over time to your taste.

Ingredients

• 4 large red potatoes, cut into 8 wedges
• ¾ cup sliced processed cheese food (such as Velveeta®)
• ⅓ cup crushed French-fried onions (such as French's®)
• ⅓ cup bacon bits (such as Hormel®)
• 2 tablespoons milk, or as needed

Cooking Directions

1. Place potatoes into a pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes; drain.
2. Mix processed cheese, French-fried onions, bacon bits into potatoes and smash together using a potato masher. Stir milk into potatoes, increasing amount until desired consistency is reached.

Nutrition Facts

• calories644.6
• carbohydrateContent77.6 g
• cholesterolContent33.7 mg
• fatContent29.7 g
• fiberContent6.3 g
• proteinContent17.3 g
• saturatedFatContent11.1 g
• sodiumContent1057 mg
• sugarContent6.5 g