Bacon & Potato Layer Bake is layers of sliced potato, bacon, tomato, onion and cheese baked with chicken stock. So simple and delicious, comfort food I grew up with!
NB: I have brought my Bacon & Potato Layer Bake recipe up to date with some better photographs as its so popular and deserved better. Enjoy!
Bacon & Potato Layer Bake is another dish that I grew up eating, it’s totally yummy and a great hit with the whole family.
Over the years I’ve tweaked the method as the potatoes always had a habit of not cooking and having to spend longer in the oven.
To get round this problem I now par boil the potato slices at the beginning. Plus the addition of chicken stock helps by providing moisture and steam during the cooking process as well as making the dish even tastier!
We love this bacon bake with just a simple serving of petite pois and a dollop of ketchup, comfort food at its best!
More Potato and Bacon Recipes Ideas
- Bacon Roly Poly
- One Pot Minced Beef Hotpot
- Skinny Haddock, Bacon & Mushroom Chowder
- Spicy Bacon & Baked Bean Casserole
- Easy Cheesy Cheat’s Cottage Pie
- Garlic & Rosemary Scalloped Potato Roast
- Potato, Gruyere & Spinach Dauphinoise
- Air Fried Panko Crusted Potato & Onion Cakes
Pure comfort food at its best!
I’m sure you and your family will love my Bacon & Potato Layer Bake so do leave a comment and star rating below. You can also share your creations with me on social media by tagging @FabFood4All as I love seeing my recipe come to life!
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Bacon & Potato Layer Bake
Ingredients
- 850 g potatoes finely sliced
- 1 pack smoked back bacon (6 – 8 rashers), fat removed
- 1 onion finely sliced
- 150 g extra mature Cheddar cheese grated
- 3 tomatoes sliced
- 200 mls chicken stock
- 30 g butter approximately
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Grease a large casserole dish.
- Bring a large pan of water to boil and boil the potato slices for 6 minutes and then drain.
- Fry the bacon rashers until just cooked.
- Place alternate layers of potato, onion, bacon, tomato, grated cheese, seasoning and about 7 small knobs of butter (should make 2 layers).
- Finish with a layer of potato and grated cheese flecked with more butter.
- Finally pour hot chicken stock over the potatoes.
- Cover with foil (shiny side down) or a lid and cook for an hour (or until tender).
- Remove foil or lid and cook for a further 10 minutes to allow the cheese to brown.
Tracey
My mum used to make this, it is so tasty and comforting. Delighted to find a recipe that follows her method and ingredients
Camilla
So glad to hear that Tracey:-)
John
I made this last night with an extra layer of mushroom and a couple of cloves chopped garlic. Didn`t cover with foil and it came out beautiful and tasty. Partner and fussy daughter loved it. Will definitely make again.
Camilla
Good idea not to cover in foil as the mushrooms would have added more moisture. Glad you all enjoyed it and made the recipe your own:-)