Spicy Bacon-onion-cheese Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 slices bacon, coarsely chopped
• 2 lbs russet potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 cup packed grated monterey jack pepper cheese
• jalapeno, chopped, for extra zip
• 2 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 butter a 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish.
• 3 cook chopped bacon in heavy skillet over medium heat until brown and crisp.
• 4 transfer bacon to paper towels to drain. blot well.
• 5 combine bacon, potatoes and onion in prepared baking dish.
• 6 season with salt and pepper.
• 7 sprinkle with cheese. and jalapenos, if using.
• 8 dot with butter.
• 9 cover with aluminum foil.
• 10 bake until potatoes and onions are very tender, about 1 hour.
• 11 preheat broiler.
• 12 uncover baking dish and broil until the top of the potato mixture is brown and crisp.
• 13 watch closely. this only takes a couple of minutes!