Recipe: Applebee's Bacon Scallion Mashed Potatoes Recipe, Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Nancy,

Here are a couple different recipes for you.

Applebee's Bacon Scallion Mashed Potatoes

2 pounds potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
4 cloves garlic, peeled
5 strips bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 cup thinly sliced scallions
1/2 cup low-fat milk, warmed
1/2 cup low-fat sour cream
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

In a large pot, cover potatoes and garlic with lightly salted water. Boil until potatoes are fork tender. Fry bacon in skillet until crisp; drain on paper towels. Pour out all but 1 teaspoon bacon grease from pan. Add scallions to grease, saute until soft, but not brown. Add bacon.

Drain potatoes and return to pot. Mash potatoes with milk, sour cream, salt, and pepper. Stir in bacon and scallions. Reheat, if necessary, before serving. Yield: 4 servings

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

4 medium/large russet potatoes
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic (3-4 cloves)
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup cream
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Bake the potatoes by first rubbing them lightly with oil and then baking them in the preheated oven for 1 hour until they are tender. Cool.
3. Mash potatoes and remove about half of the skin. You want to leave the rest in.
4. Melt the butter in a large suacepan over medium heat, then add garlic and saute for 5 minutes.
5. Add the remaining ingredients to the pan and cook for 5-10 minutes while stirring often until garlic mashed potatoes are very hot. Serves 4.

Bennigan's Garlic Mashed Potatoes

1 lb. Red Potatoes
3 Tbsp. Butter
1/4 C. Half and Half, or Milk
4 cloves Roasted Garlic

To really get their flavor, these potatoes need to be baked, not boiled. So bake them in a 350 degree oven for about 20-30 minutes. This would be a great time to roast that garlic too. You can either use a traditional roaster, or you may wrap a bulb of garlic in foil and roast that, be sure to coat the bulb with some olive oil before you roast it.

Remove potatoes from oven and allow them to cool. You can leave the peelings on or off. Chop potatoes, add butter, and half and half, and mix with with an electric mixture. Add cloves of garlic, and salt and pepper to taste.

You will want to heat these potatoes in a saucepan until they warm up again.