Patatas A La Pobre Recipes

POOR MAN'S POTATOES "PAPAS A LO POBRE"

Steps:

• Wash and peel your potatoes and chop them into thin slices.
• Chop up the onions, green peppers, and garlic
• In a large skillet add a good amount of olive oil and cook the potatoes over low heat until they begin to soften. Make sure to continue moving the potatoes carefully so they don't fry.
• When you see that the potatoes begin to soften, add the green peppers, onions and garlic
• Continue cooking until the potatoes, peppers and onions are all very soft.
• Drain the excess olive oil
• Add salt and pepper to taste
• Serve and enjoy as a side dish!

POOR MAN´S POTATOES - PATATAS A LO POBRE

Steps:

• Grab a medium to large sized frying pan and turn the fire to a medium-high heat
• Add 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil to the pan
• Leaving the skin on, cut the potatoes in about 1/4 inch thick circular slices
• Once hot, season the olive oil in the pan with sea salt and add the sliced potatoes to the pan
• Grab another frying pan, small to medium in size and turn fire to a medium heat
• Add the remainder 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil to the pan
• Peel the onion, cut in half, and cut in thin slices
• Cut the green and red bell peper in thin slices
• Peel and add the 2 cloves of garlic to the hot oil and cook for about 1 minute
• Add the onion and bell peppers to the pan and mix together
• Go back to the pan with the potatoes and turn them as needed to cook all the way through
• Once your potatoes are cooked all the way through, turn the fire off, and put them on a plate with a paper towel to drain the oil and season with sea salt
• Add the potatoes to a shallow bowl
• Continue to cook the onion and bell peppers until tender and turn the fire off once they are done
• Add the onions and bell peppers on top of the potatoes, season with sea salt, and mix everything together
• Sprinkle some freshly chopped parsley on top
• Enjoy!

PATATAS A LA POBRE (POOR MAN'S POTATOES)

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, deep frying pan (I use a non stick wok).
• Add the potatoes and some salt and fry on a high heat for 5 minutes, turning the potatoes in the oil, and then turn the heat down very low.
• Cover the pan and continue gently frying the potatoes for 10 minutes.
• Add the green pepper, garlic and onion and give everything a good stir.
• Cover the pan again and leave to fry gently for another 10 minutes. Check from time to time to make sure that it's not sticking too much to the bottom of the pan.
• At the end of 10 minutes look to see whether the potatoes are cooked and taste for salt, add some more if necessary.
• The potatoes need to be soft but with some of them a bit crispier to add to the flavour. If the potatoes are not fully cooked, put the lid back on and leave on the heat for another 5 minutes or so.
• Remove the vegetables from the oil with a slotted spoon and serve.
• If you want to add eggs, drain the oil from the pan, leaving the veggies and turn the heat up a little higher.
• Add one beaten egg per person and cook, stirring, until eggs are cooked to your taste.
• Prep time includes 20 mins soaking.

FILIPINO POORMAN'S STEAK (BISTEK A LA POBRE)

Steps:

• Pat the beef dry.
• Marinate beef in soy sauce,1 teaspoon of sugar, lemon juice, fish sauce,garlic, pepper and oil (to lock the moisture in meat) for 30 minutes to an hour.
• Put the pan in high heat, heat oil till smoking hot and stir-fry beef along with the marinade until cooked and tender. This takes about 5 minutes.
• Add the remaining 1 teaspoon of sugar and onion rings, sautee until translucent and slightly caramelized. Serve immediately.

PAPAS A LO POBRE WITH CHORIZO

Steps:

• Fry the chorizo in the olive oil with the crushed potatoes, garlic and rosemary. Allow the chorizo to form a crust before turning.
• Meanwhile, fry the eggs the way you like them. Mix the potatoes with the parsley and a light dusting of smoked paprika. Serve the eggs on top of the potatoes with a further dusting of paprika, if you like.

PATATAS A LO POBRE - POTATOES WITH ONION AND PARSLEY - SPAIN

Steps:

• Cut the potatoes into rough slices about 1/8 to 1/4" in width.
• Heat the oil over medium-high heat and add the onions and garlic and cook for about 5 minutes over medium heat.
• Now add the potatoes and cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes stirring occasionally until the potatoes are done.
• Be careful not to cook on very high heat as this will brown the potatoes and it is also important not to overcook the potatoes as they will be soft and mushy.
• When done, remove from the heat and strain off the extra oil.
• Put into a bowl and toss with the parsley, add salt and pepper to your taste and enjoy!