I would already figure everyone knows how to make pancakes and potatoes but just in case you don't ... buy a package of "just add water" pancake mix and frozen diced potatoes ;) I'm an advocate for the semi-homemade scene. If it helps any, I like the frozen potatoes that have green peppers and onions already added so they aren't so bland. Little garlic, little pepper ... you get the point. Since this is about wrapping things in bacon, not how to cook the things you're wrapping in bacon, I'm going to go ahead and move on.
Potato Balls! Serious deliciousness! Cook your diced potatoes. Take a strip of bacon and cut it in half. Cross your bacon halves. Pile the potatoes in the middle. Fold the bottom piece of bacon over the top. Fold the next piece of bacon over the top. Admire your work! Hint: Admire your work now because once it's cooked you'll be too busy trying to figure out how to shove it into your mouth without burning yourself. Place those on your broiler pan or cooking rack or what-nots and let's continue ...
Pancake rectangle ready? Sausage cooked? The rest is easy peasy. Step one: Wrap that sausage link with the pancake. Step two: Wrap the pancake roll with the bacon. It's crucial you do the steps in order! Cause honestly, how are you supposed to wrapped the bacon around something that hasn't been created yet? Put those on the cooking rack!
Wrap some bacon around plain pancake rolls. Throw those on the cooking rack!
Wrap some bacon around plain sausage links. Throw those on the cooking rack!
Wrap some bacon around the dog ... err, wait. Don't do that.
Now we've got potato balls, pancake-sausage-bacon wraps, pancake-bacon wraps, sausage-bacon wraps ... throw that rack in the oven on broil and watch the magic!
My taste tester and I decided the sausage stuffed pancakes weren't as good as the plain pancakes. Crazy, I know. There was just something about the flavor mesh that didn't work. Sausage overwhelming the bacon flavors? I'm not sure. A friend told me that he puts ground sausage in his pancake batter. Maybe worth a try instead of the link.
The potato balls? Did you not read the entry above? Serious deliciousness! I think the green pepper/onion mix really made the ball flavor pop! (I couldn't help myself)
Also, I didn't have any eggs but I imagine that if I did, I might have diced a hard boiled egg, mixed it with the potatoes, and then made the bacon ball. Or tried to stuff scrambled eggs in with the potatoes. Or maybe just wrapped a whole hard boiled egg in bacon. Heaven only knows. There are unlimited bacon wrapping options in the world.
So there it is ... breakfast foods wrapped in bacon! What better way to start your morning? Maybe throw a little bacon gravy over everything ... and make sure you have EMT's on speed dial ;)
