Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Bacon
Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Bacon is a gluten free, primal, and whole 30 recipe with 10 servings. This side dish has 204 calories, 5g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have salt, thyme sprigs, half-and-half, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. com. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Instructions
Heat oven to 350F. Pierce sweet potatoes all over with fork; place on cookie sheet with sides.
Bake about 1 hour 15 minutes or until tender when pierced with fork.
Let stand 15 minutes or until cool enough to handle.
Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, cook bacon over medium-high heat 4 minutes, turning occasionally, until brown.
Remove bacon from skillet; place on paper towels to drain. Reserve 1 tablespoon drippings in skillet; discard remaining drippings.
Add onion to skillet; cook over medium heat 5 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened.
Peel sweet potatoes; place in large bowl. Mash until no lumps remain.
Add warm half-and-half, thyme, salt and pepper; mash until very smooth.
Add onion to sweet potatoes. Crumble bacon; reserve 2 tablespoons for garnish.
Add remaining bacon to potatoes; stir until blended.
Garnish with reserved bacon and thyme sprigs.