Sunday 1 June 2014

Globe-cooking recipe : Patatas a lo pobre (poor man's potatoes)


I stumbled across a mention for Patatas a lo pobre (poor man's potatoes) in an old magazine so I decided to have a quick look on google to see what it was. It's a Spanish dish that is very quick and simple to throw together and which would go really well with most meat or fish dishes. 

Patatas a lo pobre (poor man's potatoes)

ingredients

2 large onions, roughly chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 large potatoes, diced (no need to peel them)
1 large green pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped
2 tbsp vinegar (sherry vinegar to be authentically Spanish but I used white wine vinegar)
100ml olive oil
1/2tsp sea salt 
1tbsp freshly ground black pepper
2tbsp smoked paprika
1tbsp garlic granules
1tbsp Spanish seasoning


Put the chopped vegetables (onion, garlic, potatoes and green pepper) in a large bowl. Throw in all the spices and vinegar and mix until it's all evenly coated in spices.


Put the olive oil in a large pan - make sure there's enough to coat the bottom of the pan to help prevent the potatoes sticking. Heat the oil thenpour in the vegetables. Cook over a moderate heat for 20 minutes, stirring and scraping the potatoes off the bottom when they start to stick, until the potatoes are soft and totally cooked through.

I served mine with Turkish Kofte Meatballs - click through to see that recipe.

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15 comments:

  1. I have some potatoes to use up so I'm going to give this a go tomorrow, or at least something similar depending on the spices we have in! I'm also going to try just sticking some veggie mince in the same pan!

    Sharon xx
    Beauty, Miscellany

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  2. This does look good - what would you class as "Spanish Seasoning" though? Is it a preprepared mix? Sounds good with the veggie mince too as 11 year old is refusing meat at the moment ! x

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    1. I used the Schwartz Perfect Shake Spanish seasoning mix because I had some (http://madhousefamilyreviews.blogspot.com/2014/04/schwartz-perfect-shake-review.html) but you could use whatever you have - smoked paprika, oregano, garlic pepper would all work well.

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  3. Pam Francis Gregory2 June 2014 at 19:47

    This looks like a great alternative to the normal way I cook potatoes - Will be giving it a go.

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  4. Ooh - that sounds good but it will have to wait a while for me to cook it as at the moment I am just starting to harvest new potatoes and the only way to eat them is boiled with a sprig of mint - simply divine!

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  5. Ala pobre is always my fave! #TastyTuesdays

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  6. Oh, this sound really tasty, I'm going to try this one :) #TastyTuesdays

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  7. Oh so delicious, will have to make this! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays

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  8. I love any and every potato dish and this sounds like a fab one! Pinning it now to try later. #TastyTuesdays

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  9. Lovely potato dish and so easy to do. Oh, I still have some Spanish sherry vinegar in my pantry.

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  10. What a fabulous way to spice up potatoes. Love it! A perfect entry for this month's #TheSpiceTrail challenge. Thanks for linking up.

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