Fried Potatoes and Onions
These fried potatoes are an amazing, crispy addition to your breakfast table, especially combined with the tender onions in this easy recipe.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 239kcal
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil divided
- ½ large yellow onion sliced
- 3-4 red potatoes peeled and sliced into ¼-iInch thick slices
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon fresh minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon salted butter
- Sliced green onions for garnish optional
Instructions
- Heat a skillet over medium high heat; add 1 tablespoon of oil to the hot skillet.
- Add onions and cook for 4-6 minutes until browned.
- Once browned, remove onions from the skillet and set aside.
- Reduce heat to medium low and add the remaining oil to the pan. When the oil is hot, place the potatoes in a single layer in the skillet. Then keep layering the potatoes into the skillet until all the potatoes are used.
- Cover with a lid and cook undisturbed for 1-2 minutes before flipping so they can brown on one side. Once browned, flip and cover again. Continue to do this until most of the potatoes are browned; about 10 minutes.
- Ad the onions back into the skillet along with the salt and pepper flakes. Flip and stir to combine. Let it cook for an additional 2 minutes, without the lid.
- Lastly, add the butter and garlic. Stir and flip to coat all the potatoes in butter as it melts and let the garlic brown and become fragrant. This should take about 1-2 minutes. Be careful not to burn the garlic.
- Garnish with green onion if desired and serve immediately.
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Notes
- It is important to get the potato slices as even as possible for even cooking. Using a mandolin slicer is best for this.
- If making a double portion use a large skillet so that you will have more surface area for browning.
- I like using red potatoes for this dish because they have less starch and fry easier. If using a starchier potato you can soak the sliced potatoes in water and then dry before cooking to remove some of the starch.
- For a less spicy dish substitute the red pepper flakes for black pepper or omit pepper completely.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 239kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 636mg | Potassium: 761mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 136IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg
