Spicy Sweet Potato and Bacon Casserole
From maureenlaw 14 years ago
- 50 minutes to make
- Serves 10
This would be a great side for Easter dinner. A little different from the ordinary sweet potato casserole.
Ingredients
- 4 slices high quality white sandwich bread, torn into quarters shopping list
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted shopping list
- 2 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese, divided shopping list
- 8 slices bacon, chopped shopping list
- 1 yellow onion, minced shopping list
- 4 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper or to taste shopping list
- 4 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced shopping list
- 3/4 cup heavy cream shopping list
- 3/4 cup buttermilk shopping list
- 2 teaspoons salt shopping list
- 5 green onions, thinly sliced, divided shopping list
How to make it
- Pulse bread, melted butter and 1/2 cup cheese in a blended or food processor until bread is coarsely ground, about 6 pulses
- Set aside
- Cook bacon in a large, heavy bottomed pot until crisp
- Transfer the bacon to a paper towel lined plate
- Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat from the bacon
- Add onion and cook until softened
- Add garlic and cayenne and cook until fragrant
- Stir in sweet potatoes, cream, buttermilk and salt
- Reduce heat to medium low and cook, covered until the potatoes are just tender, about 30 minutes
- Preheat oven to 425
- Remove pot from heat and stir in remaining cheese, cooked bacon and 4 sliced green onions
- Transfer mixture to a 13x9 inch baking dish
- Top evenly with the bread crumb mixture
- Bake until crumbs are golden brown, about 15 minutes
- Cool for 10 minutes, then sprinkle evenly with remaining green onion
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Wow, Maureen, this is a new one on me. I am going to have to make this just to satisfy my curiosity. Hope all is well with you, dear. I give you a 5.
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Very nice indeed!
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This sounds excellent! I will be trying it this evening. Thank you so much!
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