Cheesy Bacon Potatos Recipe

Who doesn’t love potatoes? They are so versatile and I never have a problem getting my kids to eat them. I found a recipe for Cheesy Bacon Potatoes, containing all our favorite ingredients, and adapted it to be lower in fat and calories. You’re welcome.

Cheesy Bacon Potato Recipe
Recipe Type: side dish
Cuisine: American
Author: Pam
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Serves: 6
A classic dish of bacon, cheese and potatoes made lower in fat and calories.
Ingredients
  • 6 potatoes; peeled & sliced
  • 1/2 cup onion
  • 2 cups low fat cheddar cheese; shredded
  • 1 cup turkey bacon; cooked and crumbled
  • 2 1/2 cups skim milk
  • 4 tbsp flour
  • nonstick cooking spray
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Use a large pot. Saute chopped onions with nonstick cooking spray until soft but not browned. In a small bowl, combine flour, salt and pepper. Combine flour mixture with onions, then add milk. Stir and cook over medium heat till mixture begins to thicken (about 3 minutes). Turn off heat and add 1 1/2 cups cheese to the sauce and stir till melted and smooth. Add bacon, stir.
  2. Arrange sliced potatoes in a baking dish and cover with sauce mixture. Cover the dish with foil and bake at 350 for 35 minutes. After 35 minutes, remove foil and add the last 1.2 cup of cheese. Bake 25 more minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

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  8. fried potatoes with onions

  9. potatoes and chicken

  10. baked potato with butter

  11. I love to make mirowave potato casserole with new potato’s, butter, parsley & tyhme & pepper jack chesse!

  12. My favorite potato recipe is homemade potato soup!

  13. Good ‘ole baked potatoes w/ butter & cheese, yummmy!

  14. I’m trying to cut out carbs but can’t seem to give up sweet potatoes cut up into fries and baked, so delcious!

  15. i like to make homemade mashed potatos

  16. I like potatoes sliced thin and grilled in a cast iron skillet with onions and olive oil

  17. Shepherds Pie

  18. I love hashbrown casseroles like this one http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Amish-Breakfast-Casserole. They are my favorite potato recipes.

  19. My mom makes the most fabulous scalloped potatoes!! They are my favorite!

  20. Home made Potato Soup!
    Thank You!

  21. love hashed browns

  22. mashed potatoes!!

  23. I love baked red potato’s with olive oil and dry ranch mix

  24. twice baked potatoes

  25. My campers potatoes that I cook on the grill

  26. I LOVE potatoes. A simple baked potato w/butter is DELICIOUS!

  27. i love mashed potatoes

  28. Cheesey scalloped potatoes.

  29. I like thin sliced potatoes. They’re almost like chips, but softer and eaten with meals.

  30. Scalloped potatoes

  31. I love hash brown casserole.

  32. boiled potatoes

  33. My favorite is twiced baked potaotes

  34. I don’t think I have one that is my favorite because I love potato’s. They are my weakness

  35. potato salad

  36. Mashed potatoes

  37. Cheesy potatoes is my favorite– diced frozen potatoes, sour cream, shredded cheese, butter, and cream of mushroom soup mixed together and baked.

  38. Twice baked potatoes — for sure!

  39. I love to make Potato Latkes with Pear Applesauce.

  40. Potato Salad is my favorite.

  41. Loaded Mashed Potatoes!

  42. i love loaded baked potato soup

  43. My favorite is potato skins. We cut baked potatoes in half, scoop a portion of potato out, bake it in oven, fill it with cheddar cheese and bacon, then lightly salt them. We use the excess potatoes to make mash potatoes as a side for dinner the following night.

  44. Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

  45. i love fried potatoes and onions

  46. Scalloped, but like them any way

  47. My family loves my Parsley Potatoes.

  48. Melanie Montgomery

    I like loaded mashed potatoes

  49. I’ve been on a decades-long quest to find the perfect hashed browns.

  50. mashed
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  51. I like garlic mashed potatoes

  52. I like loaded mashed potatoes.

  53. Love mashed potatoes

  54. Fried potatoes with onions is my favorite.

  55. I like my mother’s potato, onion and ketchup recipe. Just cup up potatoes, and onions and put in a pot , cover with water, salt and pepper and add ketchup.. Boil until potatoes and onions are like a stew. So good and very inexpensive.

  56. I make a potato souffle that is DELICIOUS!

  57. cassandra (rab pom)

    i love mashed potatos with spinach and cheese. 🙂

  58. I like to make ham and potato casserole.

  59. krystal wethington

    Potato salad

  60. Denise Donaldson

    garlic mashed potatoes with sour cream and chives

  61. Potato salad is my favorite.

  62. My favorite recipe is Roasted Red Potato Salad.

  63. I like twice baked potatoes.

  64. This looks so amazing i can’t wait to try this it looks amazing

  65. This looks so amazing i can’t wait to try this

  66. We like to just rub on some olive oil and bake them – yummy!

  67. I love scalloped cheesy potatos and ham

  68. I like it simple, fried russets and onions crispy in butter.

  69. Baked potatoes with mozzarella cheese and olives baked inside.

  70. Cheesy hashbrowns

  71. I love red mashed potatoes.

  72. i like garlic mashed potatoes

  73. I LOVE all potatoes but my favorite is Irish Nachos. YUM!

  74. Cheesy potatoes are my favorite!

  75. I like cheesy potatoes

  76. i like my fried potatoes the most, my son does too…but i’ll add peppers and hot sauce to mine

  77. I like making blue cheese mashed potatoes.

  78. I like french fries with honey and bbq, not really a recipe but I don’t really cook

  79. my favorite is chili cheese fries

  80. I love potato soup.

  81. Brisket filled baked potatoes

  82. Mashed potatoes with cheddar cheese and sour cream

  83. Cheddar mashed potatoes.

  84. I love twice baked potaotoes with all the fixings.

  85. Potato Soup

  86. I love a classic loaded baked potato!

  87. A Baked Potato with melted cheese and steamed broccoli

  88. Cheesy ranch red potatoes

  89. Rosemary garlic mashed potatos

  90. I like a baked potato with broccoli and cheese!

  91. Potato salad with crunchy potato chips on top is my favorite!

  92. Valerie Taylor Mabrey

    just baked ones in the mircowave
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  93. Baked potato and add anything Your Cheesy Bacon Potato sounds wonderful

  94. Jessica Vaughan Gengler

    I like potato skins

  95. I love to put potatoes in the smoker for 2-3 hours and then make potatoe skins!! Yumm

  96. Paula Michele Hafner

    Mashed Potatoes made with sour cream, cream cheese, and Mozzarella on top.

  97. Simple and comforting: Mashed Potatoes and Gravy.

  98. Home fries with breakfast!

  99. I make a ham and potato dish in the crock pot

  100. Cheesy hashbrowns for sure! Just hashbrowns, cream of mushroom soup, sour cream, and lots of cheese! It’s absolutely horrible for you waistline, but heaven on your taste buds!

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  101. I really like Hash Brown Casserole.

  102. I love pot roast poured over a baked potato

  103. Warm potato salad, yum!

  104. Baked potato with cheddar sauce

  105. I like Twice Baked Potatoes and also Colcannon.

  106. hash browns

  107. Mashed potatoes.

  108. I like red skins on mashed potatoes with caramelized onions.

  109. I like hash browns but not the oil

  110. twice baked potatoes

  111. Jesselyn A/Jesstinger

    We love potatoes – always and allways. A few of my favorites are in Hash (anykind!) Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Rosemary & Garlic Roasted Potatoes and Potato Pancakes…

  112. I love a baked potato with sour cream, bacon, and chives

  113. red potatoes, olive oil, salt and pepper baked

  114. Potato salad with country ranch dressing 🙂

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  115. Sour cream mashed potatoes

  116. I love making baked potato soup in the crockpot!

  117. mashed potatoes

  118. I like my potatoes french fried!

  119. Hash brown Casserole

  120. My kids love roasted potatoes with onion soup mix and olive oil. I like it because it is simple and they enjoy it! WIN WIN

  121. Scalloped Potatoes are my favorite

  122. My favorite Potato Recipe is Potato Soup!!!

  123. My favorite recipe for potatoes is a Twice Baked Potato Soup with bacon, green onion and cheese.

  124. mmmmm,,,cheese bacon potatos mmmmmmm

  125. I love cheesy bacon potatoes

  126. I like scalloped potatoes

  127. Twice baked potatoes with bacon crumble topping—yum!

  128. I love making homemade steak fries

  129. Crispy potatoes topped with ranch, crumbled bacon, and cheese – melted in the oven!

  130. I love potatos every which way but I will pick potato salad now for that sounds good!

  131. I like twice baked chorizo stuffed potatoes!

  132. My favorite potato recipe is Honey Roasted Red Potatoes.
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  133. I like potato, carrot and onion hash browns

  134. Mashed potatoes

  135. I LOVE mashed potatoes with lots’ of melted butter, salt & pepper!

  136. Loaded and just plain fries.

  137. I love hot German potato salad.

  138. i lik the au gratins

  139. Loaded twiced baked potatoes

  140. Tracy Robertson

    I love cheesy potatoes!

  141. Potatoes Au Gratin, with sliced hot dogs!

  142. I love potatoes in anyway, shape or form! My favorite would have to be a toss up between twice backed potatoes and garlic mashed potatoes.

  143. Our favorite potatoes is mashed with garlic yummy.

  144. I have a german potato salad I like

  145. THIS IS THE WRONG RAFFLECOPTER FORM. Well, it really does seem to be the right form, it’s the GORTON’S form that is the wrong one.

  146. garlic mashed potatoes

  147. Augratin potatoes with ham

  148. potatoes au gratin

  149. Potatoes! We like those bad boys mashed best

  150. I love this german dish my mom prepares with thin sliced potatos and sausage and cheese. yummm

  151. Cheesy scalloped potatoes is my favorite!

  152. Amanda Sakovitz

    I love loaded baked potatoes!

  153. I love mashed potatoes

  154. twice baked potatoes

  155. fully loaded baked potato

  156. Fresh cut fries are my favorite thing to eat!

  157. I like cheesy mashed potatoes

  158. Margaret O'Connor

    If I had to choose a favorite potato recipe I would have to pick my mom’s potato salad.

  159. Terri C. McMillan

    Cheese Fries

  160. scalloped potatoes is my fav

  161. I have a great sausage casserole with hashbrowns.

  162. Potato and Ham soup 🙂

  163. Just plain homemade pan-fried potatoes! Love them!

  164. mashed potatoes

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  165. I love potatoes done anyway. They are my favorite food. One of my favorite ways is a baked potato with cottage cheese.

  166. Potatoes with sourcream and bacon is the best recipe!

  167. Lately I have just been doing oven roasted potatoes with a little olive oil and whatever I happen to grab from my spice cabinet, then we smother them in sauteed onions and mushrooms that have been cooked with a little balsamic vinegar.

  168. I really like au gratin potatoes.

  169. Hashbrown casserole

  170. I love potato salad. 🙂

  171. I have a recipe with shredded potatos sour cream, chives, butter and cheese it is delish.

  172. Hashbrown Casserole!!! (homemade!!)

  173. Samantha Remington

    I love smashed potatoes

  174. hash browns

  175. I love my grandma’s recipe, which is mashed potatoes with cream cheese and paprika.

  176. Mashed potatoes.

  177. Potatoe gratin.

  178. Garlic mashed potatoes

  179. I’ve got to love our Ham, Cheese and Potato Soup, Always tons of it and always warm. Add a little Pepper and it’s everyone’s favorite!

  180. chili covered baked potato

  181. I love anything having to do with potatoes. I love them baked, twice baked, mashed, au gratin, scalloped, roasted…etc..you name it, I’ll eat it! My favorite is probably mashed with a little bit of a cheesy hint. YUM

  182. Hash Brown Casserole is my favorite potato dish. I love the onions, cheese and mushrooms.

  183. Mashed potatoes.Thanks for the chance.
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  184. warm potato salad with bacon pieces
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  185. My mom’s fried potatoes

  186. Hash brown casserole made with hash brown potatoes, cream of chicken soup, butter, onion, colby jack cheese.

  187. I like mashed potatoes also.With butter and salt and pepper.

  188. I like mashed potatoes with lots of garlic and butter

  189. I like garlic mashed potatoes.

  190. I like twice baked potatoes.

  191. This looks amazing!

  192. I like mashed potatoes.

  193. Daniel Thornton

    I like mashed potatoes with butter.

  194. My favorite potato recipe is shepherd’s pie topped with mashed potatoes!

  195. I love mashed potatos/garlic/and cheese.

  196. Mashed potatoes with garlic and chives.

  197. I love to make Hashbrown casserole and my family loves it too!

  198. Kathleen Downes

    I love potato salad.

  199. potato soup!

  200. Twice baked – scoop out the white after baking first, then add cheese and herbs and twice bake – I add back the potatoes with broccoli and cheese and melt for a few more minutes!

  201. Boy that is a really tough question because I love potatoes, but I will say one of my favorites is Fried Potatoes and onions w/gravy!

  202. I just like mashed

  203. French fries, scalloped potatoes, twice baked potatoes, love em all!

  204. garlic mashed potatoes are my favorite

  205. Homemade potato chips, a little oil, salt, pepper, and cayenne

  206. I love potato salad

  207. I love cheesy mashed potatoes!

  208. Twice baked potatoes!

  209. We LOVE potatoes au gratin….and I have THE worst luck if I use raw potatoes so I use pre-boiled ones, partially cooked. And the hubby thinks american cheese is the best…

  210. My secret for Potatoe Salad is to separately salt, pepper and garlic salt the potatoes BEFORE adding the mayo ect.

  211. hot hash browna, GOD BLESS

  212. It’s a tossup between potato salad and garlic mashed potatoes.

  213. Scalloped potatoes

  214. I like potato salad.

  215. I love twice baked potatoes!

  216. Its nut real original but I still love the Cheddar Jalapeno Stuffed baked potatoes (sprinkled with Cayanne pepper) yum

  217. My favorite is mashed potatoes with lots of butter and cream

  218. I like to make scalloped potatoes with cheese.

  219. scalloped potatoes with cheese

  220. My favorite is mustard potato salad.

  221. I like making cream of potato, ham and leek soup.

  222. I love making seasoned french fries! That’s one of my favorite things to make with potatoes 🙂

  223. A plain old baked potato with butter is about as fancy of a potato recipe as I get.

  224. Mashed potatoes

  225. Potato Casserole

  226. I like Au Graten potatoes

  227. What is your favorite potato recipe?

    potato salad

  228. I love pesto mashed potatoes so good

  229. Mash potatoes with the red skins still in ’em

  230. rebecca shockley

    hasbrowns

  231. Jacob LaFountaine

    Mashed potatoes with gravy

  232. Katherine Donovan

    I love cheesy potato casserole. It has hashbrowns, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, cream of chix soup, and crushed corn flakes on top. Divine!!!

  233. I love twice baked potatoes

  234. I like mashed potatoes the best.

  235. Potatoes gratin!

  236. I like mashed potatoes

  237. baked potato soup

  238. I love loaded backed potatoes with bacon!

  239. I really like Garlic potatoes, but cheesy baked potatoes are great.

  240. plain ole fried potatops

  241. Twice baked potatoes.

  242. Shepard’s Pie with lots of cheesy potatos

  243. I pretty much love potatoes any way you cook them. I prefer them with the skin on!

  244. Heather Poindexter

    Im basic! I love plain ole mashed.

  245. I like potatoes au gratin

  246. Jill A. Collins

    Twice baked potatoes are wonderful!

  247. I loved baked potato and broccoli!

  248. Potato Salad

    thanks for the great giveaway!

  249. My son likes baked potato chunks with ranch dressing and cheese.

  250. I Like Party potatoes.

  251. My favorite is slow cooker mashed potatoes.

  252. I like Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

  253. I like baked mashed potatoes

  254. I like scalloped potatoes.

  255. I love baked potatoes with cheese and bacon bits.

  256. Starr Greenwell

    always mashed potatoes

  257. I love twice baked potatoes they are my favorite!

  258. I like Garlic mashed.

  259. I Like twice baked potatoes.

  260. I make a cheesy potato using cream of mushroom soup, sour cream, cheddar cheese soup, sliced cooked potatoes, shredded cheddar cheese, mixed all together and with cheddar cheese on top.