You really can’t go wrong with cheesy potatoes and these Mississippi mud potatoes hits the mark! This recipe is as easy to make as mixing diced potatoes with bacon, mayo, sour cream, onions, garlic, and plenty of cheese before baking until the potatoes are tender and the cheese has melted! To keep things simple I like to go with onion and garlic powder but you can also cook diced onions in the bacon grease along with fresh chopped garlic. The potatoes take some time to bake and if you want to speed it up you can pre-par-boil the potatoes to cook them partially before baking them. This dish can be assembled a day ahead and simply thrown into the oven when ready and it also reheats well!
Mississippi Mud Potatoes
Melt in your mouth potatoes and bacon in a creamy sauce topped with plenty of melted cheese!
ingredients
- 8 ounces bacon, diced (optional)
- 3 pounds yellow potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
- 1 teaspoon onion powder (optional)
- 1 teaspoon (smoked) paprika (optional)
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard (optional)
- 4 green onions, sliced sliced and divided (lights and greens)
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 cup pepper jack cheese, shredded
directions
- Cook the bacon in a pan before setting aside on paper towels to drain.
- Toss the potatoes and bacon in the mixture of the mayo, sour cream, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt, pepper, mustard, the lights of the green onions, and half of the cheese.
- Place the potatoes in a greased 9×13 inch baking pan and sprinkle on the remaining cheese.
- Bake, covered in foil, in a preheated 250F/130C oven until the potatoes start to get tender and the sides are bubbling about 1 hour, remove the foil and cook until the top is golden brown, about 20 minutes.
- Sprinkle on the greens of the green onions and enjoy!
Option: Add 1 pinch of cayenne or a splash of hot sauce!
Option: Add 1 onion, diced, cook in the bacon grease before mixing in with the potatoes to bake.
Option: Add 4 cloves garlic, chopped, cook in the bacon grease before mixing in with the potatoes to bake.
Option: Replace the pepper jack cheese with Monterey jack, mozzarella, gouda, swiss, gruyere, etc.
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We call that Taters, cheese & onion cause we don’t make it in Mississippi.