Cheesy Broccoli Bacon Bake

Comfort food to the extreme! The recipe is all my favorites: cheddar, potatoes, bacon, broccoli.  Tossed together in a creamy sauce and topped with more cheese.  Yum!

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Cheesy Broccoli Bacon Bake

Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

  • 1/2 lb bacon
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 1/2 head broccoli florets
  • 4 med potatoes, cubed
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • Blend 2 Tbsp corn starch, 4 Tbsp water. Shake.
  • 4oz cream cheese
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • salt & pepper

Instructions

  1. Fry bacon in large skillet until crispy. Remove bacon from pan. Crumble.
  2. Add chopped onion and fry in bacon grease until light brown.
  3. Add bacon back to pan, with the cream cheese, Stir to combine.
  4. Add chicken broth & potatoes, salt & pepper. Stir to combine.
  5. Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Add broccoli.
  6. Cover and simmer again until potatoes are soft (approx 5 more min).
  7. Remove from heat, add cheddar cheese. Stir to combine.
  8. Put it all in a casserole dish and heat through in 350 oven for 30 minutes.

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About Cathy Tibbles

In 2007 Cathy's Hubby was diagnosed with celiac disease and Strawberries Are Gluten Free was born. The early days of SAGF are chock full of all the newly converted recipes. More recently the articles are trending to cool new products, events, local news and family tales.

Comments

  1. Oh my, comfort food is right! This looks so satisfying.

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  2. I would like to ask a question, is corn starch GF? Sorry for my ignorance!

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  3. Thank you very much for answering my question.

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  4. Unless, I missed it, I didn’t see where it said when to put in the water & cornstarch.

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    • Shirley Crabtree says:

      I have the same question Ann has – the recipe doesn’t say when to add the cornstarch/water blend. Do you add it to the broth before adding the broth in step #4?

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    • you add the cornstarch blend in step 7. Thank you for pointing that out. Ill fix that!

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  5. Actually, I made this yesterday( Cheesy Broccoli Bake ) and it’s delish, will make it for thanksgiving. Thank You very much!

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  6. The picture is extremely un-appealing.

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    • Yvonne, True We do eat with our eyes first, but We all know that, that is not the true or final test . Try it You WILL like it!!!!!!!

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  7. Made this before, family loved it, I was wondering if you could make this dish using mashed potatoes?

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  8. Lois Sferra says:

    Can I use frozen broccoli ?

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