Easy Comfort Food: Potatoes, Bacon, and Cheesy Beans!

bacon

🥗Healthier: turkey bacon

💰Cheaper: ham

Turkey bacon reduces fat while still providing a savory flavor.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: frozen hash browns

Sweet potatoes add nutrients and flavor, while frozen hash browns save prep time.

Peel and chop 500 g of potatoes into bite-sized chunks.

Place potatoes in a pan of cold water, set over high heat, and bring to a boil.

Simmer potatoes for 5 minutes, then drain.

Heat half a tablespoon of olive oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat.

Add 8 strips of bacon and fry for about 5 minutes, turning once until crisp.

Remove bacon from the pan and place on a chopping board.

Add 1 and a half tablespoons of olive oil to the frying pan and heat over medium heat.

Add the drained potatoes to the pan in a single layer and cook for about 4 to 5 minutes without moving them too much.

In another pan, add 2 cans of beans, 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika, and 1/8 teaspoon of white pepper, heating over medium heat until hot.

Reduce heat to low to keep beans warm.

Turn the golden potatoes over in the pan and add a finely diced onion, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, black pepper, and garlic powder.

Continue cooking for a further 5 minutes until the onion softens.

Chop the cooked bacon into small pieces and add it back into the pan with the potatoes, stirring together and cooking for an additional 1 to 2 minutes.

Turn off the heat and add 50 g of grated mixed cheese to the beans, stirring together.

Divide the potato mixture between plates and spoon the beans on the side.

Sprinkle another 50 g of mixed cheese on top of the beans and finish with a sprinkling of spring onions and black pepper.

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