Loaded Mashed Potato Bar

🥘 Ingredients

• bacon
  8 oz
• butter
  2 tbsp
• chicken stock concentrate
  1 packet
• cooking oil
  1 tbsp
• corn
  1 c
• crispy fried onions
  ¼ cup
• flour
  2 tbsp
• green beans
  10 oz
• pepper
  ½ tsp
• potatoes
  24 oz
• salt
  1 tsp
• scallions
  1 bunch
• sour cream
  1 packet
• truffle butter
  1 packet
• water
  1 c
• white cheddar cheese
  2 oz

🍳 Cookware

• medium pot
• medium pan
• baking sheet
• small bowl

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry produce. Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Place in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender ⏱️ 15 minutes . Reserve ½ cup potato cooking liquid, then drain. Return potatoes to pot and keep covered off heat until ready to mash.

   potatoes: 24 oz
2. 

   2

   While potatoes cook, heat a medium pan over medium-high heat. Add bacon and cook, turning occasionally and adjusting heat if browning too quickly, until crispy ⏱️ 10 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate. Wipe out pan. Once cool enough to handle, roughly chop.

   bacon: 8 oz
3. 

   3

   Trim green beans if necessary. Drain corn ; pat dry with paper towels. Trim and thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens. Toss green beans on a baking sheet with a drizzle of cooking oil , salt , and pepper . Roast on top rack until browned and tender ⏱️ 15 minutes .

   green beans: 10 oz, corn: 1 c, scallions: 1 bunch, cooking oil: 1 tbsp, salt: 1 tsp, pepper: ½ tsp
4. 

   4

   Heat a drizzle of cooking oil in pan used for bacon over high heat. Add corn and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden and lightly charred in spots ⏱️ 5 minutes . Taste and season with salt and pepper. Turn off heat; transfer to a small bowl . Wipe out pan.
5. 

   5

   Melt 2 tbsp butter in pan used for corn over medium heat. Add scallion whites; cook, stirring, until softened ⏱️ 2 minutes . Sprinkle with flour and stir vigorously to combine. Whisk in chicken stock concentrate and water ; bring to a simmer and cook, whisking constantly, until thickened ⏱️ 4 minutes . If gravy is too thick, add more water a splash at a time. Taste and season with salt and pepper.

   butter: 2 tbsp, flour: 2 tbsp, chicken stock concentrate: 1 packet, water: 1 c
6. 

   6

   To pot with potatoes, add one packet sour cream and remaining butter. If you like truffle, feel free to swap in the truffle butter for the plain butter and skip serving it on the side. Mash until smooth and creamy, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed. Season with salt and pepper.

   sour cream: 1 packet, truffle butter: 1 packet
7. 

   7

   Serve mashed potatoes, bacon, green beans, corn, scallion greens, gravy, crispy fried onions , white cheddar cheese , truffle butter, and remaining sour cream family style for everyone to build their own mashed potato bowls.

   crispy fried onions: ¼ cup, white cheddar cheese: 2 oz