Last Updated on June 21, 2025 by Lisa Keys
Next time skip the flowers and chocolate and make some fancy bacon potato roses for the love of your life. This delicious and surprisingly easy side dish also makes a fun appetizer. Truth be told I am not a huge bacon fan, but husband just adores it. If I am going to eat it, it has to be the meatiest looking package I can find.
Bacon and Potato Rose Ingredients
- Choose "center cut" sliced bacon. I like the Oscar Meyer or Wright Bacon brands.
- Russet potatoes as they hold shape when tender.
- High smoke point cooking oil like grape seed or avocado oil
- Dry seasoning/spices of your choice
- Grated cheese, optional
Believe it or not, the only other thing you need to buy are some good old russet potatoes because I am pretty sure you already have cooking oil and assorted spices in your pantry. Right? Russet potatoes work best for these fancy potato bacon roses because they hold their shape when cooked.
How to make this delicious appetizer
Okay let's do this thing. Lay two strips of bacon down slightly overlapping on one end. Thinly slice your peeled potato using a mandoline and toss with just enough oil to coat ( a couple of teaspoons). Next, season with salt, pepper and whatever floats your boat....garlic powder, smoked paprika, rosemary...it's all good. Finally, lay those potatoes on top of the bacon, slightly overlapping each other, and aligning one edge of the potatoes with the edge of bacon.
Let's Roll
Rolling it up really is as easy as it looks. Check out the video in the recipe card. Place each in a muffin cup and bake at 400F for 45 minutes. Cover the top loosely with foil to prevent over-browning and continue to bake another 15 minutes to insure fully cooked bacon on the inside. That's it.
Certainly if you want to gild the lily (I mean rose) sprinkle with some grated cheese or fresh snipped herbs. For the record 1 good size potato makes 5 delicious bacon wrapped potato roses.
Bacon Potato Roses
Equipment
- 1 muffin tin
Ingredients
- 10 slices bacon, thick-cut
- 1 russet potato
- 2 teaspoon neutral oil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400F.
- Lay two strips of bacon down slightly overlapping on one end.
- Thinly slice your peeled potato on a mandoline and toss with just enough oil to coat.
- Season potatoes with salt, pepper and whatever floats your boat....garlic powder, smoked paprika, rosemary...it's all good.
- Lay potatoes on top of the bacon, slightly overlapping each other, and aligning one edge of the potatoes with the edge of bacon.
- Roll from 1 end towards the other and place each in a muffin tin cup.
- Bake for 45 minutes. Cover the top loosely with foil to prevent over-browning and continue to bake another 15 minutes to insure fully cooked bacon on the inside.
Joseph Lee Stiles
😊 thanks for the cool recipe and great photo of Will!
Lisa
Awe you are here! That makes me so happy. Thank you, Joe. I have such great memories of the two of you together doing all sorts of shenanigans. <3
Tracy
Sweet!
Lisa
<3
Angela@eatlivehappy
I absolutely love this ❤️!! Can't wait to try it out. Gorgeous pictures too!
Lisa
Customized the spices to your liking and enjoy! Let me know how it goes
Angela@eatlivehappy
I will 😊
Lisa
thanks
patcook1
So very clever & delicious looking!
Lisa
Well I wish I could take credit for the technique, but I saw a similar recipe done with puff pastry and potatoes and also done with thinly sliced apples.
thegsandwich
This looks really, really great. Will try it when I get home.
Lisa
thank you. I hope you like it. next time I think I might brush a little wing sauce on the bacon and top with some blue cheese
thegsandwich
That sounds really good.
Karen
Hello, I’m going to try this recipe next weekend and I wondered can I make these the day before to cook or should I part cook them and finish off on the day please?
Lisa Keys
This is a really great question. I think you should be able to cook these a day ahead and then rewarm them in the oven before serving. After you first bake them just run a knife or spatula around the edge to make sure they are loose so you can easily remove from the pan after re-warming. Thanks for being here and trying one of my recipes. I hope you like it.