Spanish Poor Mans Potatoes Tapa Or Side 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!

SPANISH POOR MAN'S POTATOES (TAPA OR SIDE)

Steps:

• 1. Slice potatoes into 1/4-inch slices, then cut each slice into 4 evenly sized quarters. Place potato slices in a stock pot with just enough cold water to cover them and put heat to high. When boiling, reduce heat to a simmer.
• 2. Meanwhile, cut slit across the garlic cloves, but leave skin on.
• 3. Start checking potatoes after about 5 minutes. You want them al dente, (when pierced with a toothpick it should meet some resistance but go through), so they won't break up too much when frying.(Mine were ready at 6 minutes.) Drain the potatoes and run cold water over to stop the cooking. (You can do this earlier in the day, just leave them in the colander until ready to add them to the pan.)
• 4. In a large, deep skillet, heat 1/3 cup olive oil, then add the onions and garlic cloves and cook until onions are translucent, 3-4 minutes.
• 5. Now add the bell pepper strips and continue cooking, stirring, until bell peppers are tender, about 6 minutes.
• 6. Add the potatoes to the pan and mix so everything is coated with oil, then only mix carefully every 2 minutes or so after that so as not to break the potatoes up too much, eventually achieving a light golden color on the vegetables after 10-15 minutes.
• 7. Remove to a serving dish and sprinkle with parsley. Serve with fried eggs if desired. In your serving, when you come across a garlic clove, because of the slits you made earlier, just squeeze the sweetly cooked clove out onto your plate or right into your mouth! Delicious!

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!