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Mashed Potato Casserole Recipe
Mashed Potato Casserole Recipe brings together bacon, russet potatoes, and onion. Have the lid or covering ready before you need it. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 60 min
- Total
- 80 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 15 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Primary protein
- Pork
- Cuisine
- American
- Cooking method
- Baked & roasted
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 16–30 minutes · Total: over 60 minutes
- Budget (estimated)
- Low cost
- Dish type
- Casseroles
A few quick notes
1. Keep the lid step in mind
Have the lid or covering ready before you need it. Follow the covered and uncovered parts of the method in their own order, especially when the finish changes partway through.
2. Get the oven ready first
Start with the oven-preheating step in the recipe. Then use the preparation steps that follow to get the food ready for the hot oven.
3. Match the preparation in the method
Take a look at the chopping, slicing or shaving step before bringing the parts together. Use the preparation described there so the food goes into the next stage in the form the recipe expects.
Get to know the ingredients
Bacon
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Cook bacon in the oven until crispy.
Russet potatoes
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Peel potatoes and dice them into 1–2-inch cubes, rinse well.
Onion
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Melt salted butter in the potato pot and add onion.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Garnish with green onions and serve. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Set out the finishing ingredient
Keep the finishing ingredient within reach while the main preparation is going on. Add it at the step in the method so the last job is easy to complete.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the oven and pot. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Preheat your oven to 400ºF.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Have the lid or covering ready before you need it. Follow the covered and uncovered parts of the method in their own order, especially when the finish changes partway through.
What check should I look for as it cooks?
Keep this part of the method in view: Boil until fork-tender (on the softer side), about 15-20 minutes.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Keep the finishing ingredient within reach while the main preparation is going on. Add it at the step in the method so the last job is easy to complete.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Budget Bytes. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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