Cheesy Bacon Oven Chips with Chipotle Ranch Sauce!!

What you need (for the oven chips):

- 1 large (or 2 medium) russet potatoes, cut into 1/8” rounds.

- Cooking Spray

- Shredded cheddar or colby jack cheese

- Salt & Pepper to taste

- Crumbled bacon (I used Bacon Bits)

What you need (for the chipotle ranch sauce):

- 1 tbs ranch dressing

- 3 tbs sour cream

- 1/4 tsp chipotle chili powder

- 1/8 tsp cayenne

- 1/8 tsp salt

- 1/8 tsp garlic powder

What you do (for the oven chips):

- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

- Bring sliced potatoes to a boil in cold, salted water. Boil for 5 minutes.

- Carefully drain and transfer slices to a paper-towel lined countertop or cutting board.  Pat to dry. Be careful as they like to mush and crumble.

- Grease a baking sheet with cooking spray and lay out potato slices.

- Spray lightly with additional cooking spray, then sprinkle with salt & pepper to taste.  Sprinkle evenly with shredded cheese & bacon.

- Bake 12-14 minutes in preheated oven until cheese is melted & bubbly. Serve with chipotle ranch sauce.

What you do (for the chipotle ranch sauce):

- Place all ingredients in a small bowl and stir to combine.  Refrigerate any leftovers.

I’ve been wanting to try this forever now so I sent Tyler to pick up the chipotle chili powder and went to work. This best serves 2 people but can easily but altered for larger parties. You can peel your potatoes or not (I peeled mine because I’m not a fan of the skin, sue me.) It was absolutely, without a doubt, freaking delicious and is something I’ll make again and again and again if I can. We have all this stuff in the house on a regular basis anyway and did a good job of filling us both up without making a ton of food. So glad I decided to give this a try. I will say that the ranch sauce had a serious kick to it (but we loved it all the same) so if really hot isn't your thing, you may want to lessen the chipotle chili powder or the cayenne.