Description
A night market specialty where a whole battered and fried potato is split, stuffed with corn and bacon, and drowned in a waterfall of gooey, rich nacho cheese sauce.
Restaurants serving Cheese Potato (Prince Cheese Potato)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Potato
- Cheddar cheese sauce
- Corn
- Bacon
- Breadcrumbs
- Frying oil
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Potato Prep] Boil a large potato (Maling Shu) skin-on until soft.
- Mash the potato and reshape it back into an egg shape (this makes the mouthfeel smooth).
- Coat the surface thinly with breadcrumbs (or sweet potato flour) and deep-fry in hot oil until crispy.
- [Cheese Sauce] Mix cheddar cheese, milk, and butter, heat to make a massive amount of gooey 'liquid cheese sauce' and keep warm.
- Make a deep vertical slit in the fried potato and pop it open.
- Heap customer's favorite toppings like corn, bacon, pineapple, broccoli, and ham into the groove.
- Put in a plastic cup, and dump piping hot cheese sauce with a ladle until 'the potato completely sinks and is hidden' to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Strong cheese and bacon richness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Pour store-bought cheese sauce over hash browns
Pairing
Cola or Tapioca Milk Tea(Ignore calories)
Trivia
[For Youth] Sparked by 'Prince Cheese Potato' in Shilin Night Market, spreading nationwide. Carbs (potato) + Oil (fried) + Fat (cheese) is guaranteed delicious but terrifying calorically. A sinful gourmet exclusively for youth.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Excavate sweet pineapple, salty bacon, and fluffy potato from the sea of cheese, coating everything in cheese to eat it like junk food!
Allergen
Dairy, Wheat, Pork