Say goodbye to boring old potatoes and hello to a new family favorite. These Cheesy Potatoes cooked in a cast-iron skillet are packed full of flavor for any weeknight meal. You need a cast iron skillet, potatoes and onions plus seasons, cheese and bacon for these cheesy skillet potatoes.
We love cooking with cast iron, whether its our favorite cast iron skillets or a big dutch oven. These cast iron is designed to last longer than a lifetime and are often passed down over the generations. And after they acquire that shiny seasoned surface, everything cooks more evenly and taste better like these cheesy skillet potatoes. Elevate your potato game with these mouth-watering cheesy potatoes cooked to perfection in your cast-iron skillet.
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These cheesy skillet potatoes are a much loved favorite in our house and we believe they will be in yours. We brought them up a notch or two by adding sour cream and ranch seasonings to the onions and garlic. This is not your ordinary cast iron skillet cheesy potatoes it has so much more flavors.
What’s in these cast iron skillet cheesy potatoes:
Ingredients:
- 5 cups peeled and cubed potatoes, approximately 5-6 potatoes
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, smashed and sliced
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 Tablespoon ranch seasoning
- 2 cups shredded cheese
Equipment needed:
- 12 inch Cast Iron Skillet
- Large cooking pot
- Small mixing bowl
How to make cheesy skillet potatoes:
Bring your large pot of water to a boil over high heat. And add the cubed potatoes and cook for 5 minutes until they are fork tender. Pour in a colander to drain then rinse the potatoes.
In a large cast iron skillet over medium heat, cook your bacon until crispy. Remove the bacon to a paper-towel lined plate.
Add the chopped onion to your hot skillet, for 2 minutes. Then add the garlic and potatoes. Cook until potatoes, onion and garlic are well-browned, stirring rarely.
Meanwhile in a small mixing bowl, combine the sour cream, milk, ranch seasoning. Mix well.
Add 1 cup of the shredded cheese to the cream mixture and gently combine.
Stir the sour cream mixture into the skillet potatoes and continue to cook over medium heat for 3-4 minutes, until sour cream mixture has thickened.
Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top of the potatoes. And chop the reserved bacon and sprinkle on top.
Allow the cheese on your cast iron skillet potatoes and onions to melt before serving.
Serve these cheesy potatoes right out of the cast iron skillet as a side dish.
Other Potato Recipes:
- Jacket Baked Potatoes
- Twice Baked Potato Casserole
- Red Skinned Mashed Potatoes with garlic
- Cheddar and Bacon Potato Skins
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Cast Iron Skillet Cheesy Potatoes
Ingredients
- 5 cups potatoes peeled and cubed ,approximately 5-6 potatoes
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic smashed and sliced
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 Tablespoon ranch seasoning
- 2 cups shredded cheese
Instructions
- Bring your large pot of water to a boil over high heat. And add the cubed potatoes and cook for 5 minutes until they are fork tender. Pour in a colander to drain then rinse the potatoes.
- In a large cast iron skillet over medium heat, cook your bacon until crispy. Remove the bacon to a paper-towel lined plate.
- Add the chopped onion to your hot skillet, for 2 minutes. Then add the garlic and potatoes. Cook until potatoes, onion and garlic are well-browned, stirring rarely.
- Meanwhile in a small mixing bowl, combine the sour cream, milk, ranch seasoning. Mix well. Add 1 cup of the shredded cheese to the cream mixture and gently combine.
- Stir the sour cream mixture into the skillet potatoes and continue to cook over medium heat for 3-4 minutes, until sour cream mixture has thickened.
- Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top of the potatoes. And chop the reserved bacon and sprinkle on top.
- Allow the cheese on your cast iron skillet potatoes and onions to melt before serving. Serve these right out of the cast iron skillet as a side dish.
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