Holiday "Killer Potatoes" recipe

'What the bleeeeep are Killer Potatoes' you ask? Only the most delicious/deadly thing you will EVER place in your mouth. 

That's what. 

My Hockma makes them during the holidays, and Thanksgiving/Christmas is not complete without a little slice of this marvel. 'What is a Hockma' you ask? It's my grandma, get over it. And stop asking ridiculous questions. 

What it tastes like: 

The top is baked into a crispy cheesy explosion of flavor- but it's the inside that will seriously make you melt. Fluffy Velveeta envelopes potatoes, onions, and bacon. All the flavors really come together into probably the most addicting pleasure bomb ever. Are you prepared for this???

Here is the recipe for your new family tradition:  

KILLER POTATOES

Ingredients

-2 pound bag of frozen hash brown potatoes. Chunky, not shredded

-half of a yellow onion

-half of a package of bacon

-1 pound of Velveeta cheese (don't try with any other cheese, this is our main ingredient)

-1 cup of regular mayonnaise**

**This is the secret ingredient that makes this dish so fluffy and yummy

Ok, now here are the steps:

1. Pre-heat dat oven to 375 degrees, yo.

2. Cook your bacon (half a package) at low/medium heat until it's mostly crispy but still a little soft. It's going in the oven later so keep that in mind. 

*bacon before it's cooked

3. While that's cooking, put the whole bag of frozen potatoes in a casserole dish. I used 13x9

4. Chop your onions if you haven't yet. Make sure they're kind of small pieces. 

5. Bacon is done. Take it out of the pan, onto a plate where you can cut the bacon into smaller pieces. I used meat scissors. DON'T GET RID OF THE BACON GREASE IN THE PAN!

6. Multi-task! Get those onions in the pan with the bacon grease! You don't need any added oil in case you were wild enough to think about that...

Onion stuff continued: cook these beezys until they are sautéed, meaning that they are tender, kind of brown, and see-through. 

7. Multitask again! Or don't, that's ok too. It's cheese time. 

Get your Velveeta into a microwave safe bowl. I cut mine in half. 

It took 3 minutes in the microwave. But just to be safe, take it out once or twice and stir it around, so that it melts evenly. 

*it's hot, kiddos. Be safe, wear protection. :)

8. Measure 1 cup of mayo and then add it to the melted Velveeta. (Keep an eye on your onions in case you forgot about those bad boys)

Mix it real good, yo. 

9. Put your bacon, onions and bacon grease into the casserole dish with the potates. 

Mix dat. 

10. And now: THE CHEESE. 

It might take you a hot minute to make sure ALL the potatoes are mixed with the cheese. But once it's all done, it should look like this:

*no need to grease the pan. And you can even use simple tools to mix the stuff. I just used a fork. 

11. Put it in, baby. Top rack is good. Close the door. That's important. 

12. Let it all hang out for 45-55 mins. Once the cheese on the top has browned a little bit and your home has started smelling like paradise, you know it's done. 

13. Eat it. Restrain from rubbing it all over, and please, share. 

Happy holidays, friends!!!!