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Piled high with mashed potatoes, chili, and cheese sauce, this savory Loaded Chili Cheese Potato Parfait is perfect for lunch, dinner, or as a party food.
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Loaded Chili Cheese Potato Parfait
Theme parks excel at the fine art of fun food. Churros, giant pretzels, frozen lemonades, and other novel items abound. Once, many years ago, I ran across a snack food stand that sold something called a "potato parfait."
My curiosity was piqued, because parfait, in its original French form, refers to a frozen custard dessert, and the American parfait (invented some time around the end of the 19th century) refers to a layered dessert of ice cream and fruit. What could that have to do with potatoes?
It turned out that some genius converted the cold, sweet, layered parfait into a hot and savory meal by layering mashed potatoes, cheese sauce, and hot chili in a tall parfait glass. I have a hunch that this creation was inspired by the famous Pulled Pork Parfait, a concession stand invention from the Midwest.
In honor of savory parfaits everywhere, I'll demonstrate how to make a dinner-worthy parfait at home with the help of Idaho Spuds VeggieMash. VeggieMash is made using real vegetables, so you can get your family to eat their greens without even knowing it.
All Idaho Spuds products start with 100% Idaho® Potatoes. They're easy to make and even easier to eat—especially as a potato parfait—making them a surprisingly simple way to get your family to eat more vegetables.
Real veggies. Real potatoes. Really tasty. Look for Idaho Spuds VeggieMash at your favorite grocery store.
Loaded Chili Cheese Potato Parfait
Piled high with mashed potatoes, chili, and cheese sauce, this savory Loaded Chili Cheese Potato Parfait is perfect for lunch, dinner, or as a party food.
Ingredients
- 3 cups mashed potatoes Idaho Spuds VeggieMash Mashed Potatoes with Cauliflower, Butter & Herbs
- 2 cups chili
- ¼ cup cheese sauce
- 4 teaspoons bacon bits
Instructions
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Layer the mashed potatoes and chili evenly in four parfait glasses.
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Top each parfait with 1 tablespoon of cheese sauce and 1 teaspoon of bacon bits. Serve immediately.
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So pretty and a very creative way to eat one of my favorites.This would make a great way to introduce to younger kids.
I like how the prep time is only 5 min, easy to make! Going to try this out in one of the weekends, give myself some treats.
My 8 yr old loves potatoes and loves to add all kinds of things to hers. I can totally seeing her love making a potato parfait with all the fixins.
this looks yummy never knew that they made instant veggie based mixes like this thanks for sharing will be looking for them at next grocery shopping day
This looks like such a tasty looking dish - potatoes are something we absolutely love and pairing them with chili cheese has got my mouth watering!
Now that is a breakfast! I would really enjoy some of this for sure.
This looks so good and hearty! This would be a perfect meal for football season!
Super creative and so easy to make. I would have never even thought of a savory parfait! But the novelty of it will be a total hit with my kids.
These look like they would be so very good. I am a HUGE FAN of anything potato.
That looks delicious! perfect for entertaining and would have never thought to put it all as a parfait.
I bet this is so good. Chili cheese combo on stuff is like comfort food to me. So yummy!
This looks so delicious, I'll have to try this for dinner tonight! they're are perfect size, especially for the boys, it will make it fun for them.
Looks very tasty and the photos make the mashed potatoes look old fashioned and homemade. Yummy!