Recipes & Cooking Side Dishes Cowboy Potatoes 5.0 (3) 3 Reviews Each cheesy bite is loaded with barbecue sauce and bacon. By Sarah Martens Sarah Martens Sarah Martens is the Senior Editor overseeing food at Better Homes & Gardens digital. She has been with the BHG brand for more than 10 years. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on February 21, 2025 Save Rate PRINT Share Close Credit: Jacob Fox Prep Time: 15 mins Bake Time: 50 mins Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Servings: 6 Jump to Nutrition Facts Jump to recipe If you need a quick weeknight side dish recipe that's a total crowd pleaser, try these sheet pan cowboy potatoes. Crispy potatoes are topped with barbecue sauce, cheese, peppers, and sour cream. This potato recipe is great alongside chicken, steak, and pork. Have leftovers? Toss them in a tortilla with scrambled eggs for the ultimate BBQ breakfast taco. Why Are They Called Cowboy Potatoes? There are many recipes that fall under cowboy-style cooking. At the the heart of all cowboy recipes is the flavor of campfire cooking and Texas-style barbecue. Here, that means skillet-cooked bacon, barbecue sauce, and jalapenos. We're rounding out the bold flavors with chopped green onions, cheddar cheese, and sour cream. Cowboy Casserole Tips for Making Cowboy Potatoes Here are a few things to keep in mind when making this sheet pan potato recipe. Our recipe testers preferred the flavor of tossing the potatoes with reserved bacon grease, but you could easily swap in olive or avocado oil. Cook the bacon until very crisp to ensure it's easy to crumble on top of the finished potatoes. Don't have a fresh jalapeno pepper? Try swapping in thinly sliced bell pepper or pickled jalapeno peppers. We liked the flavor of cheddar cheese in this cowboy potato recipe, but you could also use pepper jack or Monterey jack cheese. Don't have red potatoes? Try using Russet or Yukon gold potatoes instead. Cook Mode (Keep screen awake) Ingredients 4 slices bacon 2 lb. red potatoes, cut into 1-inch pieces 3/4 cup coarsely chopped red onion 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper 1/2 tsp. paprika 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1/2 cup bottled barbecue sauce 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1 jalapeno pepper, sliced 1/4 cup chopped green onions 1/4 cup sour cream Directions Credit: Kelsey Hansen Cook Bacon Preheat oven to 425°F. In a large skillet, cook bacon until crisp, about 8 minutes. Reserve 3 Tbsp. bacon drippings, adding olive oil if needed to make 3 Tbsp. Drain bacon on paper towels. When cool enough to handle, crumble bacon. Credit: Kelsey Hansen Prep Potatoes In a large bowl, toss potatoes and onion with reserved bacon drippings, salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder. Toss to combine. Spread on a 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Credit: Kelsey Hansen Bake Bake 45 minutes or until tender and crispy; stirring after 30 minutes. Credit: Kelsey Hansen Add Sauce Drizzle potatoes with barbecue sauce. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake 5 minutes more or until cheese is melted. Credit: Kelsey Hansen Finish and Serve Sprinkle with bacon, jalapeño, and green onions. Serve with sour cream. Save Rate Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 323 Calories 11g Fat 44g Carbs 11g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 6 Calories 323.2 % Daily Value * Total Fat 11.3g 14% Saturated Fat 5.5g 28% Cholesterol 31.9mg 11% Sodium 693.2mg 30% Total Carbohydrate 44.3g 16% Dietary Fiber 3.7g 13% Total Sugars 12g Protein 11.4g 23% Vitamin D 0.1mcg 1% Vitamin C 24.3mg 27% Calcium 178.3mg 14% Iron 1.6mg 9% Potassium 1022.1mg 22% Fatty acids, total trans 0.3g Vitamin D 5.8IU Alanine 0.4g Arginine 0.5g Ash 4.5g Aspartic acid 1.5g Caffeine 0mg Carotene, alpha 2.8mcg Choline, total 44.7mg Copper, Cu 0.3mg Cystine 0.1g Energy 1351.6kJ Fluoride, F 6.8mcg Folate, total 54.8mcg Glutamic acid 2.1g Glycine 0.4g Histidine 0.3g Isoleucine 0.5g Leucine 0.8g Lysine 0.7g Methionine 0.2g Magnesium, Mg 59.6mg Manganese, Mn 0.4mg Niacin 3.5mg Phosphorus, P 250.9mg Pantothenic acid 0.8mg Phenylalanine 0.5g Phytosterols 5.9mg Proline 0.7g Retinol 74.6mcg Selenium, Se 10.2mcg Serine 0.4g Starch 23g Theobromine 0mg Threonine 0.5g Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 0.7mg Tryptophan 0.2g Tyrosine 0.4g Valine 0.6g Vitamin A, IU 511.5IU Vitamin A, RAE 87.2mcg Vitamin B-12 0.3mcg Vitamin B-6 0.5mg Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 15.5mcg Water 175.3g Zinc, Zn 1.7mg *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.