peterredmer's posterous

randomly generated

Recipe: Spicy Olive Oil Pan Fried Potatoes with Green Beans

I have invented a delicious recipe for pan fried potatoes. This particular mix lends itself to a meal or side dish that is spicy and bursting with flavor, as well as healthy. You can change ingredients as you like, but this is the way I like the best. Do not substitute crappy ingredients, as you will be disappointed. The green beans provide a nice, sweet, snappy counterbalance to the soft and spicy potatoes.

You can continue cooking the potatoes as long as you like, but once the onions and garlic are caramelized, I usually stop. This means the potatoes will have a soft texture with slightly chewy, browned skins, as they have soaked up the olive oil. Making them crispy is harder, and I think less desirable, but you can cook as long as you want.

Ingredients:

  • 2-3 medium size golden potatoes (this is important, I use Klondike Goldust, regular russets would probably suck for this), diced thickly with skin on
  • 1 small white onion, sliced or diced
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic, minced 
  • A handful of french style green beans, fresh
  • A jalapeno
  • Sweet paprika, Hungarian if possible
  • Cayenne pepper, ground, at desired hotness
  • Extra virgin olive oil, 2 tbsp or so
  • Sea salt (I prefer Fleur de Sel, the grey variety)

Recipe:

  1. Pour the olive oil in a non-stick pan (also important) and heat.
  2. Once heated, CAREFULLY slide in the potatoes. They will sputter. This is ok.
  3. Cook, covered, for 10-15 mins and flip occasionally. Adjust heat so they don't burn, med-low or so. When you flip, make sure the condensed water from the lid does not pour back into the pan.
  4. Put in your seasonings to taste. I like a few pinches of salt and liberal amounts of cayenne and paprika.
  5. Stir/flip again and cook another 10 mins. You will note the dish, due to the spices, is taking on a nice dark red/brown hue.
  6. The potatoes should be browning and soft now. If so, add in your veggies and beans. Stir/flip again.
  7. Cover and cook an additional 5-10 mins or so, until everything achieves the texture and browning you like.