Bacon and Onion Smashed Potatoes

My grandmother was not the best cook in the world. She had a handful of tried and true southern fried recipes that could make you feel your arteries clog with every bite.

I loved her cooking, whether it was onions and cucumbers in vinegar, fried drop biscuits, or my favorite...fried potatoes and onions.

Actually, I was never a fan of onions. Let's face it. They look weird. They smell weird. And, they make you cry. I swore up and down that I would never eat them.

And then one day my grandmother told me that the pan full of what I thought were very flavorful fried potatoes that I inhaled at every meal, was full of tiny onion pieces.

I'd been betrayed.

But since it was so good, I just kept on eating. Since then, potatoes and onions have been gold to me.

Then my husband made Bacon and Onion Smashed Potatoes. I fell in love with that man all over again. You might too, but he's mine...and so are his potatoes.

Bacon Smashed Potatoes

2 1/2 lbs red potatoes
1 small white onion (chopped)
4-6 slices of thick cut bacon (cut into pieces)
1 cup of chicken broth
salt and pepper to taste

To make the potatoes, take 2 1/2 pounds of red potatoes and put them on to boil. In the meantime fry up your cut pieces of thick-cut bacon and chopped onions until the bacon is done but not crispy and the onions are soft. Smash your potatoes. Add chicken broth. Add the fried bacon and onions. Mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Some like to serve these with a dollop of sour cream. But any way you serve them, these are amazing. Here is southern comfort food at its best, my friends. Enjoy. And just a warning...you may have to temporarily ignore your arteries.

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