Cheesy BBQ Bacon Potato Foil Packets

⏱️ 40 min 👥 4 servings 📊 Medium
American side dish
Cheesy BBQ Bacon Potato Foil Packets
Nutrition per Serving
—
Calories
—
Protein
—
Carbs
—
Fat

Mouthwatering cheesy potatoes loaded with bacon & cooked tender in your favorite BBQ sauce with easy foil packets makes the ultimate side dish with no clean up! Perfect for oven, grill, even the campfire!

📝 Ingredients

  • 1.5 lb baby gold potatoes, (cut in halves)
  • 4 Tbsp butter
  • 6-8 slices thick cut bacon, (cooked & rough chopped)
  • 1/2 C BBQ sauce
  • 1 C grated cheddar cheese, heaping
  • sour cream & 3-4 chopped green onions as toppings

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. 1Preheat oven or grill to 400° Fahrenheit.
  2. 2While oven preheats, tear off 8 approx. 12 inch x 12 inch squares of aluminum foil.
  3. 3Spray 4 of the foil squares with cooking spray. Add 1 C potato halves to each sprayed foil square. Top each with 1 Tbsp butter, cut into smaller pieces and dotted around the potatoes. Sprinkle each with approx. 1-1.5 slices chopped bacon and a generous 1/4 C cheese. Finish by drizzling each with 1-2 Tbsp BBQ sauce.
  4. 4Tent the remaining unsprayed foil squares over each pile of potatoes. Fold edges of foil tops and bottoms together to create a packet. Place all packets on one cookie sheet to cook in oven. If cooking on grill, simply place packets on grill.
  5. 5Cook for 30 minutes. Cut foil packets down the center to open. Top with sour cream and green onions and serve.

About the Chef & Original Recipe

This recipe was published by southerndiscourse.com. Visit the original source for step-by-step photos, chef notes and additional details.