Loaded Cast Iron Skillet Potatoes

These Loaded Cast Iron Potatoes are the perfect way to stay out of the kitchen. Let your grillmaster cook the meat and the potatoes all at the same time! Top the crispy potatoes with cheese and bacon for the ultimate side dish for any meal.

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• Ingredients Needed
• How to Cook Potatoes in a Cast Iron Skillet
• Recipe Tips
• Serving Suggestions
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These cast iron potatoes truly are the perfect side dish. They're full of delicious flavor and so easy to throw together!

One thing that is great about this recipe is that you can make it in a variety of ways. We love to cool it on the grill or in the smoker, but if it's not grilling weather, or you just don't have a grill available you can make these potatoes in the oven. Just set your oven for 350 and start checking for doneness after 35 minutes.

Either way, grilled or oven baked - they're such a delicious side dish! They are fancy enough for a dinner party, but we love to serve them with anything that you would serve french fries or even hashbrowns with. This recipe makes perfect breakfast potatoes!

Ingredients Needed

Just a few simple ingredients and cast-iron skillet is all you need to make this great recipe the whole family will love.

• Potatoes- We used red potatoes, but you could also use Yukon gold. We just don't recommend Russet potatoes as they won't hold their structure as well. Use a mandoline slicer if you have one to slice potatoes to an even thickness.
• Onion- We used a sweet yellow onion, but you could use red onions if you prefer.
• Garlic- Freshly minced garlic cloves are best, but you can use the pre-minced kind if you have it on hand.
• Butter- You can use salted butter or unsalted butter. It will give the cheesy potatoes a richness and help them become golden brown. You could use olive oil if you prefer.
• Bacon- Crispy bacon is what really sets this cast-iron skillet recipe over the top!
• Cheese- We like to use classic cheddar cheese, but you could change it up by using parmesan cheese, gouda, or any other cheese you love.
• Salt and pepper- We love to use Kosher salt and cayenne pepper in place of cracked black pepper, but to each his own!

Check the recipe card below for the full information on ingredients and quantities.

How to Cook Potatoes in a Cast Iron Skillet

1. Slice the potatoes about ¼ inch thick.
2. Layer them in the bottom of the skillet (a 10 inch cast iron skillet works perfectly), creating 2 circles and then fill in the middle section.
3. Melt butter in small saucepan on the stove top. Add garlic and onion and cook on medium-low heat for 7-8 minutes.
4. Pour the butter mixture over the potato slices and cover tightly with aluminum foil.
5. Cook over indirect medium heat for about 45 minutes, checking for doneness after 35 minutes.
6. When potatoes are fork tender, sprinkle with cheese and bacon bits.
7. Recover and put the hot skillet back on the heat for 4-5 minutes or just until cheese melts.
8. Garnish with fresh herbs like fresh thyme or fresh rosemary if desired. Serve with sour cream and enjoy your perfect skillet potatoes!

Recipe Tips

• Cutting the potatoes into equally thick slices means even cooking. A mandolin is a handy tool for this, so we've added a link to one below. Also, this spiral design is pretty to look at, but it also promotes more even cooking.
• This recipe makes enough for 4 good sized portions.  It's easy enough to increase the amounts and serve 6-8.  You would add a little more time to get the potatoes done. 
• Check for doneness after about 35 minutes. You can easily add more time if your meat is cooking at a lower temperature, or take off some time if the meat is cooking at high temps.
• Once the grilled potatoes are done it's time to add the cheese and bacon bits. A few green onions would be good at this point too.  If adding green onions I would probably cut back on the onions in the butter mixture.

Serving Suggestions

These cast iron potatoes would go perfectly with any of these delicious recipes:

• Grilled Chuck Roast
• Reverse Seared Steaks (the reverse method)
• Marinated Pork Tenderloin
• Smoked Ham on the BGE
• Cajun Beef Tenderloin

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Items you may need for your grilled potatoes:

• Cast Iron Skillet is essential
• Mandolin Slicer assures you of even slices
• Our favorite herb shears (you will love them if you cook with fresh herbs)

You can find a fun web story on these skillet potatoes here.

To learn more about the history and traditions of southern food and cooking be sure to check out Southern Food: Then and Now. It's a look at where a lot of our traditions came from, as well as a peek into the future.

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