Bacon Poutine

Bacon Poutine

By: CookingWithBacon

Ingredients:

• 3 Large Potatoes
• Olive Oil
• Salt and Pepper
• 4 Strips Bacon
• 1/4 Cup White Cheddar Cheese - cubed
• 2 Tablespoons Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 1 Cup Beef Broth

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 475 degrees
2. Throw Potatoes in warm water for 10 minutes, then remove and dry completely.
3. Skin Potatoes and cut into 1/4 inch wedges.
4. Coat lightly with Olive Oil, Salt, and Pepper.
5. Place 1 wedge thick on salted Baking sheet and cover with Aluminum Foil.
6. Bake for 12 minutes, then remove the Foil and bake for another 8 minutes.
7. Flip over the Wedges and bake for another 12 minutes.
8. Meanwhile, cook the bacon over medium heat for 12 minutes or until crispy and set aside.
9. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the Bacon fat and bring to a simmer.
10. Sprinkle over the flour and let simmer until golden brown, stirring constantly.
11. Add in the beef broth and simmer until it reaches a gravy consistency, see video.
12. Plate the Fries first, followed by the crumbled Bacon, then the Cheese Cubes, finally the Gravy.
13. You're Done.

If ever there was a way to unite Canada and the U.S., this is it.  I made this recipe side by side with Cuban Jerked Pork, and this stole the show.

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Thanks

Christian McMahon