Colcannon

Colcannon is a classic Irish dish that is pure comfort food. Made with creamy mashed potatoes, bacon, sautéed cabbage and onions you're sure to love it!

Course Side Dishes

Cuisine American

Keyword cabbage, Irish, mashed potatoes, side dish

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Servings Servings

Calories 342kcal

Ingredients

Ingredients:

6 slices bacon diced into 1 inch pieces
5 medium russet potatoes peeled and diced
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup half and half
1/2 medium onion diced
4 cloves garlic
1 small head cabbage cored and chopped small
3 green onions chopped (optional)

Instructions

Brown bacon in a large skillet. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate and set aside. Remove pan from heat and reserve 1 tablespoon of pan drippings.
Meanwhile, place potatoes in a pot with the water just barely covering the top. Bring to a boil and cook until fork tender. Drain. Return to pan and butter and half and half. Mash with a potato masher. Turn burner to low and cover to keep warm while you prepare the cabbage.
Return bacon pan to stove and heat over medium heat. Add onions, garlic and cabbage to reserved bacon drippings. Stir to combine. Cover and cook for 15 - 20 minutes or until cabbage is soft.
Stir cabbage mixture into warmed potatoes. Stir in reserved bacon pieces and green onion, if using. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve.

Notes

I like to cut my bacon with kitchen shears (or dice with a knife) before cooking to get more a more uniform pieces. You can always just crumble afterwords if you like small bacon crumbles mixed throughout.

You can substitute Yukon gold potatoes for the russets. There would be no need to peel them since their skin is pretty thin. Make sure to peel russets though.

5 medium russet potatoes equals about 2 pounds of potatoes.

Nutrition facts for estimation purposes only.

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