Posts by Helana Brigman:
- 1 tablespoon (salted) butter
- 1 bunch green onions, white and green parts, sliced (about ⅔) cup
- 1 ear of corn, kernels removed and set aside
- 1 potato, diced
- 1 large tomato, diced
- 1 pound haddock, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups seafood broth or stock (can substitute vegetable, chicken, or beef)
- 1 sprig parsley, plus 1 tablespoon chopped to garnish
- 1 pound other seafood: shrimp, lobster, or crab
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Shire Seasonings
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 tsp. pepper
- 1 tsp. fresh thyme, chopped fine
- 1 tsp. fresh rosemary, chopped fine
- Coney
- 1 (4- to 5-pound rabbit/coney), skinned
- ⅓ lb. salt pork, sliced thinly
- Dressing
- ½ cup red wine
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 tsp. vinegar
- ½ cup chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 Tbl. strawberry preserves
- ½ cup heavy cream
- Pepper, to taste
- 1 Tbl. flour
- Buns
- 1 cup + 1 Tbl. milk, warmed to about 105-110F
- 2 tsps. yeast
- 3.5 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- ½ tsp. allspice
- ½ tsp. nutmeg
- ½ tsp. ginger
- ¼ tsp. cardamom
- 1 tsp. salt
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ cup currants or raisins
- ¼ cup candied orange peel
- one orange, zested
- one lemon, zested
- Glaze
- ½ tbl. golden syrup or honey
- 1 ½ tbl. caster sugar
- ½ tsp. allspice
- dash of cinnamon
- 1-2 Tbl. fresh orange juice
- Dry Rub:
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 Tbl. kosher salt
- 1 Tbl. dry mustard
- 1 Tbl. + 1 tsp ground fennel
- 1/2 Tbl. freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 Tbl. white pepper
- 1 Tbl. smoked paprika
- 1 rack pork ribs (about 3/4 lb.)
- For the Barbecue Sauce:
- 1 1/2 Tbl. butter, melted
- 1 small onion, minced fine
- 3 garlic cloves, pressed or minced
- 2 tsps. fresh thyme
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 cup chicken or beef broth
- 1/4 cup hot sauce
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 3 Tbl. honey
- Wings:
- 2 Tbl. all purpose flour
- 1 Tbl. garam masala
- 4 lbs. chicken wing
- Sauce:
- 2 Tbl. Cholula original hot sauce
- 2 Tbl. salted butter
- 4 Tbl. mango chutney (can substitute apricot jam)
- 2 Tbl. salted butter
- 2 lbs. whole button mushrooms
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- dash of allspice
- 1 lb. carrots, peeled and washed
- 1 Tbl. olive oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 Tbl. butter, melted
- dash of allspice
- 1 (2-pound) pork tenderloin, cut into 1-in. thick pieces
- 1 yellow onion, sliced
- ½ cup red wine
- 1 tsp. Allspice
- 2 Tbl. butter
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- -1/2 cup barley grains, cooked in 1-1.5 cups water
- -1 Tbl. honey
- -1 cup water
- -1 tsp. active dry yeast
- -3 cups bread flour
- -1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- Special Equipment Needed:
- -8-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 2-1/2 in. loaf pan
- 1 yellow onion, sliced
- 6 fresh eggs, washed
- water, to cover eggs
- ALL BUTTER PIE CRUST
- 2 sticks of unsalted butter, cut into one inch cubes and frozen
- 2 1/2 cups flour, more for dusting
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2-5 tablespoons ice water
- PIE FILLING
- 2 leeks, washed and thinly sliced (white and light green parts only)
- 3 lbs. white button mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
- ¼ cup dry white wine
- ½ cup chicken or vegetable stock (use vegetable for vegetarian version)
- 6 Tbl. butter
- ¼ cup chicken broth
- 1 tsp. fresh thyme, lightly chopped
- dash of allspice
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 egg beaten with 1 Tbl. milk
- 2 tablespoons bacon grease or oil
- 2 pounds of golden potatoes, washed and cut into 1-inch pieces
- ½ cup shredded cheese (sharp cheddar or smoky gouda)
- 1 tablespoon Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme, removed from stem
Golden Mullet Chowder: The Lord of the Rings Online
August 16th, 2023loading...
+30 Vitality
+36 Will
This Golden Mullet Chowder recipe is a tier 4/Artisan Cook dish. While fishing remains Middle-Earth’s only hobby (as of the writing of this recipe), there are few ways to use up the many fish in the game. For today’s dish, we use 1 Golden Mullet (substituted with haddock, or another white fish) to make a hearty soup that improves vitality and will.
Golden Mullet Chowder
For a heartier soup, we have replaced LOTRO's mullet fish with haddock.
Ingredients
Instructions
In a heavy-bottom pan, melt butter over medium heat. Add green onions and cook, stirring occasionally for 2-3 minutes. Add corn, potato, and tomato, and saute for 5 minutes.
Add haddock, milk, and seafood stock. Add parsley sprig and cover pot, cooking for 10 minutes over medium to medium-low heat (be careful soup doesn’t boil over; I like to leave the lid cracked a little bit to prevent this from happening).
After the soup has boiled for ten minutes, check the done-ness of your potatoes and add any additional seafood you wish. Shrimp, lobster, and crab work especially well here. If using pre-cooked seafood, cook for 3 minutes. If using raw seafood, cook for an additional 3-5 minutes.
Taste chowder and adjust flavor with salt and spices.
Serve with crusty bread and garnish with parsley.
Notes
Gammer Brigman Tip: *Save your green onion stems to plant in the ground! You will have endless, harvestable green onions.
Roasted Coney on a Stick: The Lord of the Rings Online
February 25th, 2023loading...
A much beloved tradition in the Lord of the Rings Online is the Hobnanigans Festival, where players compete in a game called “Chicken Ball” or “Chicken Hockey.” The goal of the game is to move a “game hen” from one end of the field to the other, scoring points against the other team as you do so. Players who win receive various chicken tokens, which can be used to purchase cosmetics and recipes.
I’ve only played Hobnanigans a few times, but each time has been insanely fun. There is a certain level of spazzing, screaming, and overall excitement that accompanies such shenanigans, and I highly recommend anyone new to the game try it out when you have a chance. The schedule for upcoming games can be found on the Official LOTRO Wiki.
One perk of winning this game is unlocking the below recipe, “Roasted Coney on a Stick.” This easy recipe uses “Shire Seasonings,” which I have expanded on below and feels very much like something Sam, Frodo, Pippin, and Merry would eat on their way out of the Shire.
Roasted Coney on a Stick
The traditional method for roasting coneys in the Shire involves a good fire and some roasting sticks to set the meat over the flame. For this modern version, I have used a dutch oven, although a roasting pan will work just as well. The key to moist meat is salt pork, which is wrapped around the legs to help tenderize and provide flavor while the coney cooks. Use a red wine sauce to finish the dish.
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 450F.
Mix together Shire seasonings—salt, pepper, thyme, and rosemary—and rub, liberally, all over the coney. Wrap each leg in salt pork and truss coney legs together (front to front and back to back).
Place coney inside a large roasting pan or dutch oven and roast uncovered for about 30 minutes. Turn heat down to 350F and continue roasting for another 30- to 45-minutes, or until a meat thermometer reads 160F. If your coney is too pale colored, turn on the broiler for several minutes to darken the skin (make sure to watch your coney closely so it doesn’t burn).
Transfer coney to a serving platter and place the contents of your dutch oven (or roasting pan) over medium heat. Add red wine, onions, vinegar, and broth and simmer over medium heat for about 10 minutes. Add strawberry preserves, cream, and pepper. If the mixture is too thin, add 1 tablespoon of flour to thicken, cooking for several minutes more.
Serve roasted coney with red wine sauce.
Strawberry Buns: The Lord of the Rings Online
February 11th, 2023loading...
Strawberry Buns are a seasonal recipe you can buy in Minas Tirith during the Midsummer Festival. Relatively cheap by festival standards (only 1 festival token!), this recipe can be crafted at the lowest cooking tier, Apprentice Cook.
Unlike most cooking recipes in the game, this recipe requires you to buy all of the ingredients in one large kit, “Strawberry Bun Baking Kit,” which can be purchased for 2 Midsummer Tokens. While the recipe doesn’t tell you exactly what or how much to mix, it has a lovely description of the components:
“Butter, honey, a mix of barley and wheat flours, strawberry jam, some spices, and a notecard with instructions.”
This description affords any cook a wonderful opportunity to get creative. I was excited by the idea of using honey and spices to create something you would see at a fancy hobbit tea or summer feast. I’ve stayed true to the original recipe by making sure allspice is featured in both the dough and the glaze for this bun. Strawberry jam, of course, is a must.
LTOTROFAM, please consider this my “notecard” with instructions!
Strawberry Buns: The Lord of the Rings Online
"Butter, honey, a mix of barley and wheat flours, strawberry jam, some spices, and a notecard with instructions."
Ingredients
Instructions
In a large bowl, combine milk and yeast, whisking gently. Set aside until activated (foaming), about 5-10 minutes.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together dry ingredients: flour, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, ginger, cardamom, and salt.
In a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat together sugar and butter until fluffy. Add egg and beat to combine.
Pour activated yeast mixture into prepared sugar mixture and stir until well-combined. Slowly add in dry ingredients, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Fold in dried fruit (currants or raisins) and orange and lemon zest. Mix until fully incorporated.
Cover dough with plastic wrap or a wet tea towel and allow to rise until doubled in size (about 1 hour). Punch down dough and turn out onto a lightly floured surface.
Preheat oven to 400F. Divide dough into 12 evenly sized balls and place on two parchment lined baking sheets, about 1.5-inches apart. Leave to rise for another 30-45 minutes or until doubled in size.
Bake for about 20 minutes or until the dough is golden brown and cooked all the way through. You can check your dough’s doneness by using an electric thermometer. 190F means the dough is ready to come out of the oven.
While the rolls bake, prepare your glaze: lightly warm honey or golden syrup in a microwave-safe bowl or Pyrex measuring cup. Mix in caster sugar, cinnamon, and orange juice (one tablespoon at a time), mixing until the glaze is smooth and runny, but not watery or too thick to spread.
Gently brush the tops of your buns with the glaze. Serve with butter, jam, or your favorite sweet spread.
The Old Took’s Favourite: Spiced Boar Ribs
January 22nd, 2023loading...
This weekend in The Lord of the Rings Online, I was working on my recently Aria’d Guardian on the Crickhollow server, and I did what I always do for easy virtue points and cozy, de-stress gaming: I played through many of the starter quests in The Shire. When I arrived at The Great Smials, I found Adelard Took, complaining of ghosts in his library and a loss of appetite. You see, the “Old Took” (shock) had also lost his appetite after a particular incident with a “ghost” in his library (a rogue squirrel), and only Adelard Took’s niece, Edilina Proudfoot’s spiced boar-ribs would do (“The Old Took’s Favourite”).
I am especially fond of this quest and the way it reveals all hobbits’ number one priority: food. In a bit of inspiration, I put together the below spicy rub and got to work making The Old Took’s Favourite. I hope you will too!
The Old Took's Favourite: Spiced Boar Ribs
This recipe is inspired by the quest, "The Old Took's Favourite" from The Lord of the Rings Online. Begin first with a dry rub of sweet, salty, and tangy spices. Mix, then rub your ribs and refrigerate them overnight. After 24 hours in the refrigerator, you're ready cook. Use a low temperature and a slow cooking method for fall-off-the-bone spicy ribs.
Ingredients
Instructions
1) Whisk together your dry rub: light brown sugar, kosher salt, dry mustard, ground fennel, black pepper, white pepper, and smoked paprika. Cover a baking sheet in parchment paper and layout ribs. Liberally sprinkle and rub dry ingredients all over ribs, flipping, occasionally to coat the other side. When you are done, you should have used all of your dry rub.
2) Cover ribs and refrigerate overnight.
3) Preheat oven to 250F and remove ribs from oven. Throw away plastic wrap and drain your baking sheet of any juices. Cover in aluminum foil and roast for 3 hours.
4) While your ribs roast, melt one and a half tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, and thyme, stirring occasionally until tender and see through (about 5 minutes). Whisk in your remaining ingredients: ketchup, apple cider vinegar, red wine vinegar, chicken broth, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and honey. Bring to a simmer over medium low heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until thick (about 20 minutes). Remove from heat.
5) When ribs are done, turn off oven and set broiler to high, making sure your rack is at least 10-12 inches below the broiler. Brush ribs with barbecue sauce and place under broiler until well-browned with some crispy edges and spots (about 7-10 minutes). Remove from oven and rest for at least 5 minutes.
6) Cut up individual ribs and serve with extra barbecue sauce on the side. All hobbits love potatoes, and these go lovely with a fresh batch of mashed potatoes.
Chicken Wings: The Lord of the Rings Online
April 6th, 2022loading...
Hands down, this has to be my favorite recipe from The Lord of the Rings Online Apprentice Cooking Tier. The game has so much fun incorporating this beloved farmyard animal into its lore and game-play, and this recipe for chicken wings can be bartered from the Quartermaster at the Hobnanigans field.
Hobnanigans is a special event where players compete in teams of two in a kind of hockey-format. It is often called “Chicken Ball” or “Chicken Relay.”
For today’s recipe, I am using four pounds chicken wings, roasted at a high temperature and flipped regularly throughout the process to ensure even cooking. This technique, mixed with a simple, sweet and spicy stovetop sauce, makes enough to feed an entire team!
Chicken Wings
My version of the delicious Chicken Wings recipe from The Lord of the Rings Online adds an Indian-twist (garam masala, mango chutney) to the original concept.
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 500F. In a large bowl, whisk together flour and garam masala. Add chicken wings (in batches) tossing to coat. Transfer wings to two baking sheets lined in parchment paper. Repeat with remaining wings.
Bake wings for 45 minutes, flipping every fifteen minutes (very important!).
While wings are baking, melt butter in a large pot—I use a large Dutch oven, which is perfect for this size of dish. Add hot sauce and chutney, whiskey to combine until fully integrated. Cook for several minutes, or until bubbly and turn heat to very low (just enough to keep the sauce warm).
Once chicken is cooked, transfer wings to sauce in batches. Toss to coat wings evenly and plate. Repeat with remaining wings.
Serve with a garnish such as green onions or cilantro and your favorite creamy dressing.
Fried Mushrooms: The Lord of the Rings Online
April 6th, 2022loading...
As a new player in The Lord of the Rings Online, one of the first consumable cooked foods a player comes across is this recipe for “Fried Mushrooms.” It is frequently given as a reward for quests (see a mostly full list here), and is exceptionally easy to make if you have both a farmer and cook, as crafters.
For today’s recipe, I used two pounds of white button mushrooms, sautéed (“fried”) in a saucepan with butter. This simple dish is flavorful and rich, and is made even better with the addition of allspice as a garnish.
At the end of the recipe, I give a “Gammer Brigman” tip on how to modify the dish to include fresh spinach from your garden. Since mushrooms are best in spring, and you can often harvest spinach in early spring, there’s a good chance you will be able to combine the two into an elegant vegetarian-friendly variation of the master recipe.
Fried Mushrooms: The Lord of the Rings Online
This easy, meatless snack is a satisfying dish for any hungry traveller.
Ingredients
Instructions
In a saucepan over medium heat, melt butter and add mushrooms. Cover with a lid (leaving a crack for steam to escape) and cook for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Mushrooms will be done when they are tender to the touch and juicy.
Remove from heat and sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste. Transfer to a serving platter and sprinkle with a dash of allspice.
Notes
Optional: while not in the master recipe in LOTRO’s cooking panel, fried mushrooms go particularly well with fresh garden spinach. If you have any, throw a couple of handfuls in at the very end, just as the mushrooms are starting to become juicy and tender. Stir to combine and cook for several minutes, or until spinach has wilted.
Cooked Carrots: The Lord of the Rings Online
April 6th, 2022loading...
Today’s recipe is an easy, roasted carrots dish, inspired by the Apprentice Cook’s Recipe, “Cooked Carrots,” in The Lord of the Rings Online:
Cooked Carrots
My version of "Cooked Carrots," the Apprentice Cook's recipe in The Lord of the Rings Online, uses fresh carrots, cooked whole, for a rustic look and delicious final dish.
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F.
Peel and wash carrots, transferring them to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper when you are done.
Drizzle carrots with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste. Toss carrots.
Roast in the oven for 45-minutes, turning every fifteen minutes, to ensure even cooking.
Check carrots with a toothpick to ensure they are cooked all the way through at the thickest (top) part. When a toothpick comes out easily and the carrot is tender, they will be done.
Plate carrots and drizzle in one tablespoon of butter. Sprinkle with allspice for a superior version!
Roast Pork: The Lord of the Rings Online
April 4th, 2022loading...
This easy, marinated roast pork recipe is inspired by the Apprentice Recipe, Roast Pork, from The Lord of the Rings Online. Prepare ingredients ahead of time and cook in less than ten minutes for a richly-flavored meal.
Roast Pork
This easy Roast Pork recipe can be made ahead of time and put under the broiler for about 8 minutes.
Ingredients
Instructions
Marinate pork in onion, red wine, and allspice for at least one hour (up to twenty-four). I put my ingredients in a Ziplock bag and refrigerate until ready to use.
Preheat broiler to high and melt butter in a large cast iron skillet on top of the stove. Strain pork and onions and layer them evenly in hot, buttery skillet.
Place skillet under broiler for 3-4 minutes. Remove skillet from oven, flip onions and pork, and return to oven for 3 more minutes.
Remove skillet from the oven and check the temperature of the pork (145F will mean the pork is done).
Serve immediately with cooked carrots and fried mushrooms.
Barley Bread: The Lord of the Rings Online
April 4th, 2022loading...
This quick and easy barley bread uses a combination of dry ingredients–bread flour, salt, and activated yeast–and wet ingredients–a barley mash made on the stovetop. Inspired by the Apprentice Cook’s recipe, Barley Bread, from The Lord of the Rings Online, this recipe makes a hearty, rustic loaf.
Barley Bread
This recipe for Barley Bread is inspired by the Apprentice Cook's Recipe, "Barley Bread," from The Lord of the Rings Online. There are many ways to incorporate barley into a white bread recipe, either as a flour or a mash. Here, we use a mash.
Ingredients
Instructions
Cook barley like rice (about 12-13 minutes over medium heat), stirring regularly so as not to scorch the bottom of the grains. Set aside and cool to room temperature.
In a large mixing bowl, or a Kitchenaid mixer with a dough hook, mix honey and water until combined. Add yeast and wait until foamy (about 5 minutes).
Add bread flour, salt, and cooked barley. Mix until dough just comes together. Cover dough and rest until dough has doubled in size.
Turn dough out on a lightly floured work surface. Shape into a log and transfer to a 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 2-1/2 in. loaf pan.
Preheat oven to 350F. Bake for 45 minutes or until a thermometer reads 190F.
Transfer bread to a cooling rack and rest until it reaches room temperature. Cut into slices.
Sandson’s Famous Hard Boiled Eggs: The Lord of the Rings Online
April 4th, 2022loading...
Players of The Lord of the Rings Online are well-versed in all things chicken: “Chicken Runs,” or, “Flying the Coop” quests, are one of my favorite multi-player activities originating at Sandson’s Farm in the Shire. Here, players can pick up quests from Farmer Sandson, in which an agitated chicken, George, requests your help to defend against invading wolves.
Players can earn the below Hard Boiled eggs recipe by completing the quest “Eggs for Gammer Tunnelly.”
Sandson's Famous Hard Boiled Eggs
This version of Sandson's Famous Hard Boiled Eggs has you leave the eggs in hot water to rest and absorb additional flavor from the yellow onion.
Ingredients
Instructions
Slice onion and add to a saucepan. Fill the saucepan with enough water to cover the eggs and onions. Bring to a boil over medium-high.
Add eggs gently, using a slotted spoon.
Boil for 10 minutes and turn off heat.
Let eggs sit in hot water until it comes to room temperature (about 20-30 minutes).
Drain, remove onions, peel, and enjoy!
Mushroom Pie: The Lord of the Rings Online
April 4th, 2022loading...
This classic recipe from the Lord of the Rings Online‘s Apprentice Cooking Tier is filled with three pounds of cooked mushrooms, savory leeks, and a dark gravy that goes well with my all butter pie crust recipe.
Mushroom Pie
My interpretation of LOTRO's Mushroom Pie recipe uses three pounds of white button mushrooms, but can easily be swapped out with a blend of portobello, white button, and any seasonal mushrooms. Tip: Pie crusts can be frozen up to a year. Since you are only using one disc for this recipe, you can freeze one and use the other. Alternatively, you can easily half this recipe for one pie crust disc.
Ingredients
Instructions
ALL BUTTER PIE CRUST
Freeze two sticks of butter for 15 minutes in the freezer. Remove wrappers and cut into pea-sized cubes.
Add flour, salt, and sugar to a food processor. Pulse to combine. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal.
With processor running at a low speed, slowly pour in ice water a couple of tablespoons at a time, until the ball comes together as a dough (do not over-process).
Transfer dough to a well-floured surface and shape into two equally-sized round discs. Cover in plastic wrap (or a Ziplock bag) and refrigerate until ready to use.
MUSHROOM PIE
Preheat oven to 425F and butter a 9-inch pie pan.
Melt two tablespoons butter in a nonstick skillet. Add leeks and cook until tender, about 6-8 minutes.
Add mushrooms and garlic, cooking five minutes more and stirring occasionally.
Add white wine and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook until wine has almost completely evaporated.
Add four more tablespoons of butter, stirring until completely melted. Sprinkle with flour and stir in, cooking for three minutes more. If the mixture becomes too dry, add splashes of chicken broth to rehydrate.
Add chicken broth and thyme and bring to a simmer. Simmer for three minutes. Add allspice.
Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour mushroom filling into your greased pie dish.
Roll out one disc of All Butter Pie Crust (master recipe makes two discs) and cover pie pan. Roll in edges and press down. Cut out slits in the middle to allow steam to escape. If you have any extra pie crust, press it out with a cookie cutter or press into shapes, and decorate around the edges.
Whisk together egg and milk and using a pastry brush, evenly brush the top of your pie. Place pie pan on a baking sheet.
Bake in a 425F oven for 35-45 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown and cooked all the way through. Remove from oven and rest for five minutes. Serve with Cooked Carrots.
Masterful Mash (Potatoes and Cheese Mash, The Lord of the Rings Online)
March 27th, 2022loading...
In today’s LOTRO Cooking Stream on Twitch, Olivia and I made two recipes from the game’s crafting (cooking) profession: Delicious Crispy Bacon (Tier 3: Expert recipe) and this Masterful Mash (Tier 5: Master Recipe).
Masterful Mash is a recipe viewers requested on our first cooking stream by a fellow streamer, B4, and I’m so glad we made it. This relatively simple dish uses the ingredients players must acquire in game–gold potatoes, sharp cheese, savory spices, and thyme–to make a quick and easy, “superior” breakfast dish.
Masterful Mash
Introducing my take on LOTRO's Tier 5: Master recipe, Masterful Mash ("Superior"), which uses a combination of stovetop and oven cooking to get perfect po-ta-toes.
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F.
In a large cast iron skillet, warm two tablespoons of bacon grease (or oil) over medium heat.
Add potatoes and stir to coat evenly in bacon grease. Cook for about 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. You want to caramelize the potato skin as much as possible.
Season with Tony Chachere’s Creole seasoning and thyme. Toss ½ cup cheese with potatoes and transfer to oven.
Bake potatoes for 10-15 minutes, or until cooked all the way through. Stir occasionally.
Serve with additional sprinklings of thyme and cheese as a garnish.
