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Spain on a Fork > All Recipes > Tapas > Abuela’s Home-Style Potatoes | A Traditional Dish Made by Grandmothers
All Recipes, Tapas / May 24, 2021
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These Abuela’s Home-Style Potatoes, which basically means Grandma´s potatoes, are one of Spain´s most traditional potato dishes. Made with the most humble ingredients, packed with incredible flavors and super easy to make.
This dish is what we call here in Spain, Un plato de toda la vida de las abuelas. Which translates to a dish we have always eaten made by our grandmothers. Full of flavor and load´s of love in each bite.
Serve these potatoes as a tapas appetizer or even as a side dish. They work great next to some Spanish Cod and a typical Spanish salad.
TIPS & TRICKS to Make this Recipe: I used new potatoes to make this dish. You want to use waxy potatoes versus starchy potatoes here. Such as golden delight, yukon gold or new potatoes. That way when you cook the potatoes, they keep their shape and they don´t get mushy.
Key Ingredients & Cookware I used in this Recipe:
MY NONSTICK FRYING PAN
EXTRA VIRGIN SPANISH OLIVE OIL
SPANISH SEA SALT
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Abuela's Home-Style Potatoes
CourseAppetizer, Side Dish
CuisineSpanish
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings 4
Author Albert Bevia @ Spain on a Fork
Ingredients
- 1/4cupextra virgin olive oil60 ml
- 2slicesbaguette
- 3clovesgarlic
- 3potatoes
- 1small onion
- 1green bell pepper
- 1large tomato
- 1tspsweet smoked Spanish paprika2.30 grams
- 1/2cupwhite wine120 ml
- 2 1/2cupswater600 ml
- 1bay leaf
- handfulfresh parsley
- sea salt & black pepper
Instructions
Heat a large fry pan with a medium heat and add in 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Meanwhile, cut 2 slices from a baguette that are 1-inch thick (2.5 cm) and remove the skins from 3 cloves of garlic
After heating the olive oil for 2 minutes, add in the slices of baguette and the garlic, cook the garlic for 3 minutes and the baguette slices for 3 minutes per side or until golden fried
While the bread and garlic are cooking, get the rest of the ingredients ready, cut 3 medium sized potatoes (peeled & washed) into half moon shapes that are 1/4 inch (.65 cm) thick, thinly slice 1 small onion, cut 1 green bell pepper into thin strips and finely grate 1 tomato
Once the garlic (3 minutes cooking time) and baguette slices (6 minutes cooking time) are golden fried add into a mortar and set aside
Using the same pan with the same heat, add in the sliced onion and strips of green bell pepper, mix with the olive oil, after 5 minutes and the onion is translucent, add in the grated tomato and cook for 2 minutes
After 2 minutes and the grated tomato has thickend up, add in the slices of potato, 1 tsp sweet smoked paprika and season with sea salt & black pepper, mix together until well combined, then add in 1/2 cup white wine and turn up the heat to a medium-high heat, cook for another 2 to 3 minutes, then add in enough water to just barely cover the ingredients, 1 bay leaf and a little sea salt, mix and bring to a boil
While the water is heating up, move back to the mortar with the fried garlic & bread, add in a small handful of fresh parsley and a small pinch of sea salt, using a pestle pound down until you form a paste like texture
Once the water comes to a boil, add the bread & garlic mixture, mix everything together, place a lid on the pan and lower the fire to a low-medium heat
After simmering for 23 to 25 minutes, remove the lid from the pan, the potatoes should be perfectly cooked (you can pierce them with a toothpick to ensure they are done) and there should be some liquid left in the pan, remove from the heat
Transfer the potatoes into a serving dish, add the remaining sauce in the pan over the potatoes and sprinkle with finely chopped parsley, enjoy!
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Tags: baguette, bay leaves, bread, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, green bell peppers, home-style, onions, paprika, parsley, plant based, potatoes, recipe, side dish, sweet smoked spanish paprika, tomatoes, vegan, white wine
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4 Comments
Stephanie McGregor
Awesome, muy bien y delicioso! Mucho amor desde Vancouver, Canada!14 . Jun . 2021
Spain on a Fork
Cuanto me alegro! Un saludo 🙂
14 . Jun . 2021
Ramya
Will be making this soon can i skip green bell pepper and tomato as am not a big fan of them i never had abuela’s home-style potatoes before perfect for my office snacks will dm you if i make this and let you know how it goes Thanks Ramya
24 . May . 2021
Spain on a Fork
Sounds great Ramya! Much love 🙂
24 . May . 2021