Potato Dumplings with Bacon and Onions

This recipe was one of my favorite dishes when I was growing up. Grandma used to make them when grandpa went to deer camp because he didn't like them. Comfort food at it's best.

Michol.Tanner @cook_2906551

Manistee, Michigan

This recipe was one of my favorite dishes when I was growing up. Grandma used to make them when grandpa went to deer camp because he didn't like them. Comfort food at it's best.

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Ingredients

45 mins

6 servings

4 largeeggs
1 lbbacon, chopped
1 largeonion, chopped
8 mediumpotatoes, peeled and shredded (press liquid out)
3 cupall purpose flour
1salt and pepper to taste

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Steps

45 mins

1

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
2

Peel potatoes and shredd (pressing out excess liquid).
3

Add eggs and the salt and pepper to a separate bowl and wisk.
4

Pour egg mixture over potatoes and toss to coat the potatoes.
5

Add the flour, one cup at a time, mixing with yours hands until a thick dough forms.
6

Coat hands with flour and roll dough into balls a little smaller than a golf ball. Place on a cookie sheet to ease transitioninto boiling water.
7

When all dumplings are formed, drop into boiling water. Dumplings will sink and resurface when done. Approximately 20 minutes.
8

While dumplings are boiling, saute onions and bacon until partially cooked.
9

Add drained dumplings to the bacon and onions and continue cooking until onions are translucent and bacon and dumplings are browned.