Selmon’s Smashed Potatoes

Ingredients

2 Lbs Potatoes
1 Lbs New or Red Potato
4oz Butter
4oz Diced ham or bacon
1½ tsp Kosher salt
4oz Shredded cheese
1 Cup Sour cream
Dash of Hot sauce

Directions

1. Rinse the potatoes and remove any eyes or imperfections. Cut them into roughly 2 inch chunks, but do not peel them. This adds to the texture and the flavor.
2. Dice the ham or bacon into small pieces, and have the rest of the ingredients measured and ready.
3. Boil or steam the potatoes with the skin on.
4. In a sauté pan, sauté the ham in the butter until hot.
5. Drain the hot potato chunks and immediately add the salt, pepper, cheese and sour cream plus a dash of hot sauce.
6. Add the cooked ham and butter.
7. Smash the mixture with a potato masher or large sturdy spoon just until combined.
8. The mixture should be chunky, but mixed. Don’t over-mix the potatoes as these are smashed not whipped or mashed