Description
Colcannon is a comforting dish made with creamy mashed potatoes, tender cabbage, and crispy bacon. Perfect as a quick and delicious dinner option!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 pounds potatoes peeled and cubed
- 6 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
- ½ head cabbage chopped
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ½ cup milk
- ¼ cup butter
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add the diced potatoes to a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook for 15 minutes or until fork tender. Drain them into a colander in the sink.
- While cooking the potatoes, cook the bacon in a large skillet. Remove after cooking and place on paper towels to cool. Leave the bacon drippings in the skillet. Crumble the bacon once cooled.
- Add the diced cabbage and onions to the drippings in the skillet and cook at medium heat for 10-15 minutes until the onions are translucent and the cabbage is tender.
- Place the cooked potatoes in a serving bowl and add the milk, butter, salt, and pepper. Mash to desired consistency. You can use a mixer, potato masher, or a fork.
- Add in the bacon crumbles and the cooked cabbage and onions and stir to combine.
Notes
Feel free to adjust the amount of bacon based on your preference for a richer flavor.
For a vegetarian version, omit the bacon and use vegetable broth instead of water for boiling the potatoes.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 500mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 25mg