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Bacon and carbs with a dairy chaser??? Count me in.

oh, MAN...

Dude.

Also perfect for when a girl is watching lost and needs a comforting nosh during the commercials!

It's my opinion that you SHOULD win an award for this! Maybe the James Beard Fdn should come up with a new category

my aunt makes bacon wrapped water chestnuts. they are amazing!

I'm thinking I need to do a variation of this.......adding cheese the last few seconds of baking to melt it and skip the hot sauce in the dip and used chives instead.

Just about anything's better wrapped in bacon!

Uh oh... this is so not good for me. Must... resist.... ((but I have all three ingredients right now!!! In my kitchen!!!))

YUM! And ditto on the Lost idea! Lost is always accompanied by wine in my apartment... and now I might have to add these nibblies to the menu!

Any suggestions for a sour cream substitute? It's impossible to find here, and I soooo want to make this.

I absolutely love filling dates with almonds, wrapping them in bacon and frying them... the sweetness of the date, with the almond and the crispy bacon... yummm

Why on earth do you dry the potatoes, just to put them in water and boil them? That seems silly.

@skorky64: True, you are just going to put them in water. I find it's easier/more pleasant to slice something that's not soaking wet (less likely for your knife to slip).

@xieta: creme fraiche could be a decent substitute, if you can find it- maybe thinned with a bit of milk or lemon juice. Or a thick, non-sweet yogurt- I'd add a bit more salt and some lemon juice.

@bali2: Those sound like great additions! Chives would be good.

I like the idea of using a thin yogurt as the dip base. The extra tanginess would provide a sharper counterpoint to the starch and fat.

if THIS doesn't convince my husband to let me throw him a 30th birthday party i don't know what will!!

I can't eat regular bacon, but I can have turkey bacon... Do you all think the baking time would be enough to fully cook the turkey? I'm assuming it needs to be more thoroughly cooked than standard bacon since poultry tends to require longer cooking times than red meat and pork...

wow!! um this sounds dangerously delicious

Just made these at work, holy cow amazing good!

made these tonight but I was out of rosemary so... I hit the potatoes with a light dusting of adobo seasoning and used tabasco for the hot sauce. this was dangerously good.

I made these with out cooking the potatos first-I just cut up an idaho, put some salt and pepper on the potatos and wrapped them, and they cooked through fine.
they were really yummy, since the bacon was extra chrispy. I made them in about ten minutes. they were amazing.

I made these for the Final Four and they were awesomely good and easy. My husband can't stop talking about them so I making more for him this weekend. Yummy, yummy!

Mmm, bacon and potatoes. Two of my favorite things!

I just made these tonight --- Mmmmm. Really good

I did a few things different though:

* used 1/3 of a piece of bacon per bite instead of 1/2
*didn't boil the potatoes, just wrapped them raw w/ no toothpicks
*placed them on a baking rack so I didn't have to turn them over (the grease just dripped down onto the pan underneath, and the bacon got nice and crispy)
*baked them for about an hour on 350F
*used thyme instead of rosemary
*and made the sour cream spicy with Tony Sacheres because I was out of hot sauce

I also made a second sour cream ranch dipping sauce. Really yummy all around. This was a GREAT idea, and I'm taking them to my Girl's Night tomorrow. Thanks!

They look delicous, will have to try them for our next party, or even on the bbq - thanks for sharing!

I made these tonight and they turned out great! I chose to make a few changes though.

1) I thought that if the bacon were flavored a little it might turn out a bit more rich, so i cut the bacon in half then sprinkled a little brown sugar on them and cooked them for about a minute or two until they looked a bit transparent and the sugar melted. Then took them off and cooled them.

2) I choose not to season the red potatoes because I chose to flavor the bacon instead.

3) I didn't see any brand name hot sauce listed, so i just went with Tabasco hot sauce with the sour cream.

I tried to stay close to the recipe but it turned out great! I was surprised that the brown sugar flavor was complementary to that of the Tabasco/sour cream dip.

Thanks for the idea!

Made these two weekends ago. Served with dill and sour cream. Threaded on skewers. Were amazing.

Wish I could eat these - they look fantastic. Unfortunately, I have to watch my carbs and the potatoes would do me in. Guess I'll have to stick with hot wings.

Tom
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I made these with a few variations and they were heavenly!
First I seasoned the potatoes with salt and chile powder.
Then I deep fried them, which just made them even better.
I added cheese and green onion just as they came out of the fryer.
They were amazing!

We have been making bacon wrapped potatoes for at least 40 years for New Year's Day football. We do it with about 1/3 piece of bacon with frozen tater tots. You have to let the tater tots defrost a bit otherwise it breaks the toothpick, but last year I made them without toothpicks and most of them held together just fine and a lot less work. Try it with seasoned tater tots also.

Like the dip idea. Will try that January 1, 2010.

Sounds simple and delicious! It's on my list for my next gathering!

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Wonderful! tried it with mini-potatoes, so I would not need to cut. Worked great! No need for the sour cream dip, people just gobbled them up like that.

@xieta

I have no trouble finding sour cream where I live, but I can't find craime freche to save my life--so I make my own. It's easy. All you do is combine 1 cup of whipping cream and 2 tablespoons of buttermilk (preferably in a glass container). Cover it and leave it out at room temperature until it gets really thick--could be anywhere from 8 hours to a full day. Give it a good stir, and you're done! It should keep in your refrigerator for a week and a half or so.

I ran this recipe by a food scientist at the USDA and he said it's perfectly safe since the ingredients are pasteurized.

darkfall gold is a zombie post. I cannot believe I hit the link.This is not good.
The recipe sounds great though.
Freya