With this dish, you may enjoy the benefits of spinach alongside your favorite mashed potatoes.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ cup diced red bell pepper
- ½ cup diced yellow bell pepper
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups chicken broth
- ground black pepper to taste
- 3 ounces baby spinach leaves
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons bacon bits
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ½ cup cream
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place the potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two.
- Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the red and yellow bell pepper, and cook until the peppers begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Stir in the flour, and cook for 3 minutes more. Pour in the chicken broth, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer gently for 15 minutes. Season to taste with black pepper.
- Once the potatoes have finished draining, return them to the pot along with the baby spinach, Parmesan cheese, bacon bits, and garlic; mash until smooth. Fold in the butter and cream until incorporated and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve the mashed potatoes alongside the bell pepper gravy.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 301 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 32 g |
| Cholesterol | 45 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 231 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 16 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
These potatoes stand alone without the gravy. While the gravy was also very good, it hides some of the other flavors. I didn’t really feel like one needed the other but they were good together, if that makes sense. I used red skin-on potatoes, cooked in the micro in a covered dish for about 8 minutes, and rough chopped the spinach. It was still a little hard to incorporate but a bigger bowl is all that was probably needed. I subbed 1% milk for the cream. The gravy was also good on the oven fried pork chops that this accompanied.
Great unique recipe! The gravy has a lot of flavor and is so yummy, and the spinach is a great way to switch up your mashed potato recipe.
The bellpepper gravy was amazing. I think I will use red potatoes next time and real bacon and I like the suggestion of mushrooms.
These were horrible. I love spinach and couldn’t taste it or anything but the peppers in these mashed potatoes. I would suggest making a standard traditional mash potato over these any day of the week.
Didn’t care that much for the gravy.
This was a really good recipe. You can’t taste the spinach in the potatoes at all..so a good way to sneak in some veggies! The bell pepper gravy was really good. I love the combination. I’m already wondering what else the gravy would be good on.
I used real bacon instead of bacon bits and skipped the pepper gravy. It was good, and I’ll make it again. I’ll roast the garlic next time. Thanks for sharing!
I didn’t think this had great flavor but I like the idea. I’ll keep playing with it.
Fabulous! I did not make the gravy for the potatoes as the recipe suggested. They were great and super easy for my dinner party.
My sister and I made this for a Christmas dinner (with roast and sauteed portobello mushrooms), and it was fantastic. The only change we made was to use real bacon, because we had some on hand. The dish is very colorful, very flavorful, and incredibly unique — but not at all difficult to make and seems impossible to mess up. I will definitely make this again and again.
I have never liked spinach, but once I tried this, I just fell in love! I always serve it with emerals seasoning! This is the best side dish I’ve ever made,it goes good with just about every dinner, and when I brought it to my sister she made it 4 days in a row! This is a great recipe, and I recommend it for every beginner in cooking, becuase it is good, filling, and uniqe. 🙂
Fantastic meal! Only difference I made was to make my own bacon bits and then fry the peppers in some of the fat left over. My husband and I really enjoyed this meal, our youngest didn´t even want to try it at first “cause it looks funny” but tried some abit later and liked it then.