Basque Style Potatoes

Submitted by graffeetee

"Spicy potatoes. You can do these in the oven if you like, but I find the stovetop to be easier when I have a limited amount of time and/or energy. When I'm feeling especially lazy, I sub out a premixed creole seasoning for the seasonings. Always add the fresh garlic though."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 3-4

ingredients

• 1 lb new potato, scrubbed but not peeled
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large garlic clove, minced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon thyme
• 1⁄2 teaspoon rosemary, crushed
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons smoked paprika
• 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (to taste)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Melt the butter in the evoo in a skillet.
2. Add potatoes and roll around to coat with the oil/butter.
3. Sprinkle in the seasonings except for the garlic.
4. Cover and saute, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are done. This should be about 30-40 minutes.
5. Shortly before the potatoes are done, add the garlic to the skillet and stir to combine.

Reviews

[Maito]

Great potatoes, the smoked paprika really makes it. I used fresh thyme, skipped the butter and used lots more garlic.

 

[momaphet]

This made a nice side dish with our grilled salmon. I increased the garlic and would probable add more seasoning over all except for the paprika because I don't really care for it, other wise a very good dish.

 

[Studentchef]

This is really a great combination of flavours. I added a second large garlic clove, because I really wanted the garlic flavour to come out, and it did wonderfully.

 

[Chocolatl]

Garlic fiends that we are, I decided to double the amount of garlic, and add half while the potatoes were browning, and half at the end. They were delicious. Thanks for posting!

 

[iris5555]

I used plain old white potatoes, peeled them and cut them in chunks. This allowed me to cut down on cooking time. The seasoning was perfect--but I'm partial to anything with smoked paprika.