An easy recipe for Loaded Smashed Red Potatoes - an incredible crowd pleasing appetizer or easy side dish. Smashed Red Potatoes are boiled, smashed, and baked with olive oil, cheese and bacon until crisp and topped with sour cream and chives for an irresistible and memorable appetizer!
1tablespoonheavy whipping creamfor thinning the sour cream so it can drizzle
½cupgreen onionchopped
Instructions
Preheat oven to 475° Fahrenheit.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil over medium high heat adding salt. Boil potatoes until tender, about 12-15 minutes.
Place potatoes on a baking sheet. Using a potato masher or back of a wooden spoon, gently press to smash.
Drizzle with olive oil, fresh cracked salt and pepper. Top with shredded cheese and bacon pieces.
Bake 15 minutes or until crisp, and remove from oven.
While the potatoes are in the oven, combine sour cream with heavy whipping cream so it's thin enough to drizzle over the top. Top with thinned sour cream and green onions.
Notes
Use the slider bar in this printable recipe card to double or triple the ingredients as needed.
Fresh shredded mild cheddar is best. The pre-shredded cheese is coated in a substance that prevents it from melting as well!
To make the sour cream thin enough for drizzling, add a little heavy cream, half and half or milk, and funnel it into a squeeze bottle and cover in a zigzag pattern.