Spicy Cheese Potatoes

⏱ 75 mins 🍽 6 serving(s) 🏷 Potato

This dish features chunks of potato and onion coated in a spiced butter mixture, then layered with American cheese and baked with a breadcrumb topping. The result is a rich, creamy, and slightly spicy potato bake that serves as a hearty side. It requires about 75 minutes from start to finish, including baking time, and yields six portions.

Spicy Cheese Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 6 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into bite size chunks
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 10 -12 slices American cheese
  • breadcrumbs

Method

  1. Heat your oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Combine the melted butter with the seasoning salt, minced garlic, cayenne pepper, and black pepper in a small bowl, then set this mixture aside.
  3. Prepare the potato chunks and diced onion.
  4. Place the potatoes and onions into a large bowl and pour the prepared butter mixture over them.
  5. Toss everything together until the potatoes and onions are evenly coated.
  6. Lightly coat a square casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.
  7. Transfer half of the potato and onion mixture into the dish, spreading it into an even layer.
  8. Arrange half of the cheese slices over this first layer of potatoes.
  9. Add the remaining potato mixture, then top with the rest of the cheese slices.
  10. Finish by sprinkling breadcrumbs evenly over the entire surface.
  11. Bake the dish without a cover for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium356800 mg

Recipe details

CategoryPotato
Authormandagirl