Smashed and baked mini stuffed potatoes loaded with cheese, sour cream, bacon and dill! You’ll love these loaded smashed potatoes as a side or appetizer. What’s better than smashed potatoes with cheese?!
Easy peasy! Today’s delicious recipe is the epitome of easy, and OHHHH so delicious. These little smashed bombs of happiness are supposed to be a “side”, but if you’re anything like me, they can quickly become a main dish. Or, you’ll just eat them like they’re a main dish and then ALSO eat your main dish. No judgement here!
Potatoes have gotten a bad rap in the past few years, since they are high in carbohydrates and everyone seemed to be on a low-carb diet of some sort; however, I am a firm believer that if it comes from the ground, it’s gotta be good for you. Potatoes have a truckload of potassium, vitamin C, B6 and even iron. Oh, and a great source of fibre. Sold yet?
Now that I’ve proclaimed the health benefits of the potato, let’s coat them in some bacon grease, bake them, smother them in sour cream, and top them with bacon and cheese, shall we? Mmm k.
What kind of potatoes do you use for loaded smashed potatoes?
I’ve made these mini stuffed potatoes with both red potatoes and yellow, and while both were delicious, the yellow variety seemed to have creamiest consistency once baked. I like to use The Little Potato Company brand for my mini potatoes! (Not sponsored).
How do you make these mini stuffed potatoes?
The first thing you’ll want to do is give the potatoes a little bath in boiling water for about 15 minutes, or until they’re fork tender. While the potatoes are cooking, fry the bacon in a pan until just crispy. Remove the bacon, but reserve some (a couple tablespoons) of bacon grease. Once the potatoes are done cooking, drain them, pat them dry and then roll them around in the bacon grease – if you’re not a fan of this idea, you should stop reading now. Hah! But really, the bacon grease just adds the best flavour; although, you could totally just use olive oil too.
Use a fork to gently flatten the potatoes, then bake them for about 15 minutes.
What kind of things do you put on a loaded smashed potato?
NOW for the fun part. Once your potatoes are smashed, add some cheese, and pop the potatoes back into the oven for a bit (5 minutes). Take them out, slap a dollop of sour cream on each potato and top them all with some crumbled bacon and dill, or chives.
You could also switch things up with other toppings, like a chipotle cream sauce or even ranch dip!
Now just TRY to stop eating them. Or don’t. 🙂
These little patties of deliciousness are the best – they’ll want to be beside every piece of meat you grill.
If you’re in the mood for some other delicious appetizers and party snacks, you’ve got to check out these other ideas!
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Loaded Smashed Potatoes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 35 potatoes 1x
Description
Smashed and baked mini stuffed potatoes loaded with cheese, sour cream, bacon and dill! You’ll love these loaded smashed potatoes as a side or appetizer. What’s better than smashed potatoes with cheese?!
Ingredients
- 1 bag (1 1/2 lbs) baby potatoes*
- 3 slices bacon, uncooked
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1–2 tbsp dill
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Place the potatoes in a large pot covered with 1″ of water. Bring the pot to a boil over medium-high heat and cook the potatoes for 15-20 minutes, or until the potatoes are just fork-tender. While the potatoes are cooking, place the bacon in a large pan over medium-high heat and cook the bacon until crisp. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon to a separate plate lined with paper towel, reserving about 2 tablespoons of the grease*. When the bacon has cooled, crumble the strips into a small bowl.
- Preheat the oven to 450 F. Drain the potatoes, and pat dry with a paper towel. Place the potatoes in the pan with the reserved bacon grease, and roll them around until they’re coated. Line the potaoes up on a large rimmed baking sheet, about 2″ apart. Using a fork, gently press down on each potato to “smash” it. Bake the potoates for 12-14 minutes.
- Remove the potatoes, and sprinkle the cheese evenly over all of the potatoes. Place the potatoes back into the oven for about 5 minutes. Remove the pan, and add a dollop of sour cream on each of the potatoes. Top with the crumbled bacon and scatter evenly with dill. Sprinkle with potatoes with salt and pepper, if desired.
Notes
- I prefer yellow potatoes, but I’ve used red successfully. If you can find mini Yukon-gold potatoes, these would be ideal!
- If you prefer not to coat the potatoes in the bacon grease, you can use 2 tbsp of olive oil instead.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: appetizers
- Method: bake
Keywords: loaded potatoes // mini twice baked potatoes // smashed potatoes with cheese
Like your veggies loaded? You’ve gotta try my pepper poppers next!
I definitely see myself making these smashed potatoes for my hubby! He loves anything cheese and bacon! Such a great idea for an appetizer or side! Happy Tuesday Katherine!
Hooray! I love anything cheese and bacon too, haha I hope you get a chance to try it out for him! Happy Tuesday my friend!!
Hahaha, Katherine, I can see how this can become your main dish….seriously I would do exactly the same thing. I love potatoes and your recipe looks sooo yummy. And so easy too, I have to try out this recipe. Absolutely love it!!!
It’s hard not to eat a million of them when they’re fresh out of the oven, haha I’m glad you’d be in the same boat!! Thank you Ashika!!
I make smashed tatos all the time and I love your cute name for them – smashed bombs – adorable! Those crispy bits get me every single time. Paired with sour cream, dill and bacon and you have one winning combo, my friend. I could totally make a meal out of just these too! Have a great week! XO
I wish I had discovered smashed taters earlier!! They’re so good, right!? Definitely delicious enough for a meal. Hope you have a great week too Dawn!! Cheers!
I would deeeefinitely turn these into a main dish. YUM! I think they’d be great for a Super Bowl party too because anything with bacon screams football to me! I’m totally making these soon 🙂
They’re a perfect main dish!! And you’re right – totally great for a football party! Woo!! I hope you love them! Thanks Kelsie!
Oh yeah, main dish ALLLLL the way! Of course, I’m originally from the midwest so I could eat taters for breakfast, lunch, snack, pre-dinner, dinner, after dinner snack, AND dessert! Your recipe looks amazing, pinning for later!
Oooh I’m glad you’re a potato lover! I think they’re totally underrated! Thank you so much, Christina!! Hope you get a chance to try them out!
The perfect side to go with anything. Orrrrrr to eat as an entire meal. Absolutely LOVE these!
Definitely perfect as a meal, haha! Thanks Karly!!
Hi lady! I just saw your Loaded Smashed Potatoes on Instagram and thought they looked so fab! Great photos too, I love the little sprinkles of dill on top! 🙂
Thank you my friend!! They are so delicious! I would sprinkle dill on everything if I had it my way 😉
Side dish? No….I’m thinking main dish for me! 🙂 I love potatoes so much and these little loaded ones look SO good!
I LOVE potatoes too! It’s very easy to make these your main, haha even if you don’t intend to!! Thank you Marcie!!
Dang! Do these look good!! I’ll have some for appetizer, then as side, then as the main dish! 😊
Haha!! Thank you Thao!! They’re definitely good for any part of the meal 🙂
Nothing better than a side of smashed potatoes Katherine! These look delicious
Thank you Mary Ann! They’re the bomb!! 🙂
How could anyone go wrong with this combo?? This would never make it to the dining table in my house. A killer!!!
Thank you Maria!! It barely makes it past the oven, haha I usually eat quite a few before I “serve” them 😉
definitely tried to smash potatoes with a glass cup before (not one of my finer moments). love how cute these are though!!!
HAHA! I can see that being a bit of a fumble – gotta give you props for trying though!! Thanks Heather!
I love potatoes!! And these just sound like the perfect appetizer or side dish!!
I love potatoes too!! Totally underrated vegetables 🙂 They’re so good!! Cheers, Kelly!!
I don’t get why potatoes have gained this notorious reputation. There are many other foods which should be ostracized for being unhealthy. Those loaded potatoes are adorable and so delicious, Katherine! I totally agree with you on this – potatoes don’t need to be a side dish. What are you saying? 35 little potatoes? This will make an excellent main dish for me haha;)
I am with you Ben!! Potatoes are but a simple vegetable 🙂 35 potatoes is the perfect meal size haha I could definitely just eat these and nothing else. Thank you my friend!!
My oldest requested smashed potatoes for his birthday dinner a few weeks ago. Next time I will make a loaded version….I know the whole family will love it!!
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Ooh good idea Liz!! We make them quite often and even my kiddos gobble them up!
I’ve been wanting to make smashed potatoes for awhile now! Thanks for persuading me! And I agree, if it’s from the ground it’s good for you!
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Yees I’m glad I got to you 😉 Thanks Laura! You won’t regret it!