Cheesy Bacon Ranch Potatoes
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These Cheesy Bacon Ranch Potatoes are incredibly crispy, super cheesy, loaded with bacon and topped off with sour cream and Sriracha! These potatoes have it all, what’s not to love?
Meet my new favorite side dish. When it comes to roasted potatoes, I used to love my roasted potatoes with garlic sauce, and trust me I still do, but these cheesy bacon ranch potatoes have inched their way to the top. I mean when you’ve got super cheesy, bacon-y potatoes drizzled with sour cream and sriracha how can they not become a favorite?
These potatoes are soft on the inside, crispy on the out and flavored with ranch seasoning mix and tons of herbs. I use lots of dill on these potatoes and if that wasn’t enough, I then loaded these potatoes with cheese, both mozzarella and cheddar. Then comes the bacon and this is where I say, don’t follow the recipe, use as much bacon as you wish.
Ingredients
- Potatoes – I used nice Yukon Gold potatoes.
- Olive oil – We want a nice neutral tasting oil to crisp up our potatoes.
- Ranch – Dry ranch seasoning adds such an intense flavor bomb to this dish so we’re combining this seasoning with the dressing itself.
- Herbs – Dried dill, oregano, and thyme. We’re also going to use fresh parsley chopped up as garnish to save for the very end.
- Seasoning – Ground black pepper, we have enough salt from our other ingredient for this Cheesy Bacon Ranch Potatoes recipe.
- Bacon – Feel free to get creative with this ingredient, use as much or as little as you like!
- Cheese – Mozzarella and cheddar for a super cheesy gooey dish!
- Sauces – Sour cream and sriracha to be drizzled over top, totally optional but completely delicious.
How To Make Cheesy Bacon Ranch Potatoes
- Prepare the potatoes: Wash the potatoes then cut them into cubes. Place the potatoes in a pot and fill it with water, enough to completely cover the potatoes. Salt the water and cook the potatoes until they’re fork tender, but not completely cooked through, about 10 minutes then drain.
- Preheat your oven: Preheat your oven to 425 F degrees. Spray a baking sheet or casserole dish with cooking spray.
- Season the potatoes: You can do this step right in the casserole dish or in a bowl. Whichever you use add potatoes to the casserole dish. To the potatoes add the olive oil, ranch mix, dill, thyme, oregano, pepper and toss well.
- Bake the potatoes: Bake uncovered for about 30 to 40 minutes or until the potatoes are golden brown. Remove the baking dish from the oven and top them with the shredded cheeses. Place the baking dish back in the oven and bake for another 5 minutes just until the cheese melts.
- Finish the dish: While the potatoes are baking, fry up the bacon, then chop into smaller bits. Top the potatoes with the fried bacon bits, garnish with parsley and serve with sour cream and sriracha if preferred.
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Potatoes
I decided to pre-boil these potatoes before actually roasting them because this helps cook them evenly and will also help them crisp up quickly. You want to boil them just until they are fork tender, this will create layer of starch on the exterior surface of the potatoes which will dehydrate as you roast them, thus creating a nice and crispy exterior.
That’s the science behind boiling first, but forget science. The important thing to remember here is that these potatoes need to happen in your life. Soon.
Leftovers
Fridge
You can prepare this dish and store it in the fridge for 3 – 4 days, just save the sauces for drizzling till you’re ready to eat! Be sure to store it in an air tight container till you’re ready to munch!
Freezer
Cooked potatoes freeze excellently! Just store in a shallow air tight container and it should keep for 3 – 4 months. Just pop it out of the freezer and warm in the oven when ready to eat. Save the sauces for drizzling till you’re ready to eat and enjoy!
More Delicious Potato Recipes To Try:
- Ranch Pork Chops And Potatoes Sheet Pan Dinner
- Roasted Fingerling Potatoes
- Loaded Scalloped Potatoes
- Mashed Potatoes
- Roasted Potatoes With Garlic Sauce
- Garlic Herb Red Potato Salad
- Potatoes Au Gratin
- Patatas Bravas
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Cheesy Bacon Ranch Potatoes
Ingredients
- 3 pound potatoes (I used Yukon gold potatoes)
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoon ranch salad dressing and seasoning mix
- 1 tablespoon dried dill
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper (ground)
- 4 slices bacon
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese (shredded)
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese (shredded)
- 1 tablespoon parsley (chopped)
Optional
- 1/4 cup sour cream (or to taste)
- 1 tablespoon sriracha (or to taste)
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Instructions
- Wash the potatoes then cut them into cubes. Make sure they’re all roughly the same size so that they all cook at the same time. Place the potatoes in a pot and fill it with water, enough to completely cover the potatoes. Salt the water and cook the potatoes until they’re fork tender, but not completely cooked through, about 10 minutes. Drain the potatoes.
- Preheat your oven to 425 F degrees. Spray a baking sheet or casserole dish with cooking spray.
- You can do this step right in the casserole dish or in a bowl and then add them to the casserole dish. To the potatoes add the olive oil, ranch mix, dill, thyme, oregano, pepper and toss well.
- Bake uncovered for about 30 to 40 minutes or until the potatoes are golden brown. Remove the baking dish from the oven and top them with the shredded cheeses. Place the baking dish back in the oven and bake for another 5 minutes just until the cheese melts.
- While the potatoes are baking, fry up the bacon, then chop into smaller bits.
- Top the potatoes with the fried bacon bits, garnish with parsley and serve with sour cream and sriracha if preferred.
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Now this is the first time that i have used this recipe and it will not be the last. Fun and easy to follow instructions cannot wait to try your next recipe thanks.
Lenny
This recipe is a big hit with my family! We love it.
Here’s a recipe for Ranch Seasoning Mix:
https://www.food.com/recipe/ranch-dressing-and-seasoning-mix-47249
I’m a little confused as to your make-ahead directions, Jo.
Do you cook the dish, then refrigerate, reheat when ready, then add toppings?
I was hoping you meant to prepare up to the point of baking, refrigerate till using, then bake and top?
Thanks for all your delish recipes!
Hi Gretchen! You can actually do it both ways, it’s just if you want to cook it first, I wouldn’t recommend putting the sauces on the potatoes until you’re ready to serve it.
thanks jo.
love these potatoes !
they were easy and delish, they now will be staple in our house…
i do have a question about one item in the ingredient list.
– 2Tbsp ranch salad dressing and seasoning mix.
i interpret one way and my husband another.
i think you meant 2T of the salad dressing and 2T of the seasoning mix — not the whole pouch…
which is it ?
Hi there! That’s actually a brand name, if you click the link you’ll be able to see. Use 2 tbsp of the powdered ranch dressing. No liquid dressing required!
These were such a huge hit! I always struggle to find different side dish ideas but this was a great option. Served it with your beer can chicken!
Thanks for the great recipes:)
Ah, love beer can chicken!
What would you recommend having these potatoes with ? I’m definitely going to try these this week ! They look so good !
These are perfect with anything really, especially if you’re having a BBQ!
Oh man those taters sure looks delicious! Always on the lookout for new ways to prepare potatoes. I have your other ones like Roasted Potatoes with Garlic Sauce pinned to try too!
Hi Jo
In Australia we don’t have ranch seasoning mix – can you provide a recipe for it or a substitute?
We cannot get it in the UK either is there a substitute or a recipe please?
I don’t have a recipe for it yet, but I know there’s dry powdered buttermilk in it, garlic and onion powder, dried onion flakes, salt, pepper, dried chives and parsley.
Thank you, will look for something similar and will let you know if I find anything in U.K.
This sounds so good. I am on holidays next week and will definetly try this. I think I will also sprinkle with chives or green onion to give it a baked potatoe theme.
There you go!
Your food photos just burst with life, I could take a spoon and have some potatoes through the screen.
Thanks, Adina!