Bacon & Potato Layer Bake
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 and 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 & Potato Layer Bake with just a simple serving of petite pois and a dollop of ketchup, comfort food at its best!
For more potato and bacon dish inspiration you might like the following
Easy Cheesy Cheat’s Cottage Pie
Garlic & Rosemary Scalloped Potato Roast
Potato, Gruyere & Spinach Dauphinoise
Air Fried Panko Crusted Potato & Onion Cakes
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 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.
Pure comfort food at its best!
Why not pin for later as you’ll want to make my Bacon & Potato Layer Bake again and again I’m sure!
This really is comfort in a dish. I’m going to have to add this to my weeks list of new recipes to try.
Thank you Lesley, it’s certainly stood the test of time:-)
Looks absolutely yummy. Gonna try this tomorrow! Have you tried freezing it? , as although I could make a smaller amount (there’s just the two of us) I usually make larger batches of things and freeze what is leftover for a another day.
Hi Lynne, no I haven’t ever frozen it but if I did have any leftover I think I’d just reheat it the next day.
It sounds really gorgeous – and looks really appetizing.
looks really tasty
Thank you Shaun, a long time favourite:-)