{"id":937,"date":"2025-09-07T21:30:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T21:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/?p=937"},"modified":"2025-09-08T19:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:56:13","slug":"crispy-smashed-loaded-potato-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/?p=937","title":{"rendered":"Crispy Smashed Loaded Potato Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"994\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1000018205.jpg?resize=1024%2C994&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1000018205-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C994&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1000018205-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1000018205-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C745&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1000018205-scaled.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ingredients<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">1 1\/2 lbs Small Russet Potatoes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">8 Bacon Strips<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">4 Oz Block of Cheddar Cheese &#8211; Freshly Shredded<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">8 Oz sour Cream<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">1\/2 Packet Ranch Dip Mix<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">1\/4 tsp Cayenne<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Olive Oil Spray\/Cooking Spray<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Ground Black Pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Directions<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">In a small bowl, mix the sour cream and Ranch mix well. Cover and refrigerate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Boil the small potatoes in salted water until tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Preheat the oven to 400 degrees (F).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">On an aluminum foil lined baking sheet, spray the olive oil or cooking spray.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Drain the cooked potatoes and let them sit for 5 minutes to cool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Spray the bottom of a cup, spatula, or whatever you will use to smash the potatoes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Lay the potatoes out on the baking pan and smash them gently. Season with salt and black pepper.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Cook the potatoes for 40 minutes, flip them just after half-way and season again to ensure they get crispy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">While the potatoes are baking, cook the bacon on an aluminum foil lined baking pan for 18 to 22 minutes. Until crispy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Break the potatoes and bacon into small pieces.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">In a large bowl, mix the potatoes, bacon, cheddar cheese, sour cream\/ranch mix, and cayenne.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Place in a serving bowl and serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients Directions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[130],"tags":[54,489,490,491,488,267,174,237],"class_list":["post-937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sides","tag-bacon","tag-cheedar","tag-crispy-potato-salad","tag-loaded-potato","tag-potaoes","tag-potato-salad","tag-ranch","tag-sour-cream"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=937"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":947,"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions\/947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}