Cabbage and Bacon Mashed Potatoes
This frugal dish combines two of our all-time favorite foods: crispy bacon and mouthwatering cabbage. If you're a fan of both of these foods, you'll love this recipe for Cabbage and Bacon Mashed Potatoes. Put a delicious twist on traditional mashed potatoes with this unique dish, one of the easiest cabbage side dishes we've come across.
Ingredients
- 3 bacon slices, chopped
- 1 1/4 pound cabbage (about 1/2 small head), cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1/2 cup water
- mashed potatoes (home-cooked or boxed)
Instructions
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In a large skillet cook bacon over moderate heat until crisp. With a slotted spoon transfer bacon to paper towels to drain.
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Add cabbage to bacon fat in skillet and cook, stirring occasionally until golden, about 5 minutes.
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Add water and simmer until evaporated and cabbage is tender.
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Add bacon and season with salt and pepper.
- Stir mixture into potatoes.