Potatoes are my favourite. You can make many creations from it, like potato salad, potato wedges, shepherd’s pie patties, potato cutlets, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes and many more.
Potatoes are a good source of many vitamins and minerals, such as potassium and vitamin C and B6 too.
Today, I am going to share a simple pan-fried potato recipe that you can make in under 20 minutes. The important cooking tool that you must have is a non-stick frying pan.
Ingredients
- 4 medium potatoes (sliced in ½ cm thickness circles)
- 1 medium white onion (sliced horizontally)
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon mixed herbs or oregano
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder
- ¼ cup water
- 1 heaped tablespoon of butter
- 3 tablespoon oil
Method
- Heat a non-stick pan at medium heat. Start by putting in some oil.
- Then add butter. Now put in the onions and stir fry for 30 seconds.
- Put in potatoes and followed by garlic powder, mixed herbs, salt and pepper. Mix well and saute for 2 minutes.
- Now add ¼ cup of water and turn your flame to low heat.
- Cover your pan with a lid so that the potatoes can cook in the steam.
- Cook for 10 minutes and open the lid to check if they are done.
- If there is any liquid left, do dry it. Your tasty pan-fried potatoes are ready to be served! Eat them hot.
Final thoughts:
- These pan-fried potatoes are a side dish and they can be served with any type of eggs, omelette, chicken or fish.
- You can add onion powder, thyme or dried parsley too.
- The flavour of these potatoes is very tasty.
- You must have a non-stick pan to make these potatoes so that they can cook evenly without sticking to the pan.
- Do give it a try today and you will be amazed by the taste. Happy trying!
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