Traveling across the beautiful country of Spain, you'll be greeted with diverse and delectable cuisines that showcase the nation's rich history and vibrant culture. From mouthwatering seafood dishes along the coastal regions to hearty stews and savory rice dishes inland, Spanish cuisine offers a gastronomic adventure like no other. One dish that stands out with its simplicity and comforting flavors is the classic "Spanish Potatoes," a humble dish that has captured the hearts of many with its delightful combination of tender potatoes, aromatic spices, and a touch of smoky paprika. In this article, we'll embark on a culinary journey to discover the best Spanish potatoes recipes and unveil the secrets behind creating this iconic dish that embodies the essence of Spanish cuisine.
Here are our top 11 tried and tested recipes!
SPANISH CHICKEN WITH CHORIZO AND POTATOES
Provided by Nigella Lawson : Food Network
Time 1h15m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Much as I love to have a pan bubbling away on the stove, I often feel that the most stress-free way to feed people is by taking the oven route. When I'm frazzled, I firmly believe that a "tray-bake" is the safest way to go. Enjoy the easefulness of the oven: you just throw everything in, and you're done. I think I'd go to the supreme effort of laying on a green salad as well but, other than that, you may kick up your flamenco heels and enjoy the fiesta.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Put the oil in the bottom of 2 shallow roasting pans or quarter sheet pans, 1 tablespoon in each. Rub the skin of the chicken in the oil, then turn skin side up and put 6 pieces in each pan.
- Divide the chorizo sausages and the baby potatoes between the 2 pans. Sprinkle with the onion and the oregano, then grate the orange zest over the contents of the 2 pans.
- Bake for 1 hour, but after 30 minutes, swap the top pan with the bottom pan in the oven and baste the contents with the orange-colored juices. Transfer the chicken mixture to a large serving platter and serve.
- Making Leftovers Right
- Chicken Quesadillas:
- You can reheat what remains (removing the bones from the chicken first) within 2 days, maybe with some canned diced tomatoes, sherry, and orange juice, but my absolute favorite final destination for this dish is a quesadilla. When I was last in Kansas City, that shining city of lights, I breakfasted on a chicken, pepper jack, and potato quesadilla (as one does) and it inspired me. So, just get as many soft flour tortillas as your leftovers command, take the bones out of the chicken, dice the meat along with the chorizo and potatoes, and stir in some diced, shredded, or grated cheese (Cheddar, mozzarella, Monterey Jack, all are possible), dollop some of the mixture into each tortilla, fold, then griddle or fry. Make sure the chicken is piping hot. And do see p.433 for more in-depth instruction. This makes for a splendid hangover-banishing breakfast or near-instant dinner, the sort you chow down on while watching something compellingly bad on TV.
ROAST CHICKEN WITH SPANISH PAPRIKA AND HERB-ROASTED SMASHED POTATOES
Provided by Molly Stevens
Categories Chicken Herb Potato Roast Dinner Winter Thyme Bon Appétit Sugar Conscious Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Makes 4 to 6 servings (plus leftovers)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Butterfly the chicken.
- Tuck wing tips behind shoulder. Transfer to large rimmed baking sheet. Using fingertips, separate skin from chicken over breasts and thighs. Insert 1 thyme sprig between skin and flesh over each breast and each thigh. Repeat with second chicken. Mix 2 tablespoons coarse kosher salt and 2 teaspoons paprika in small bowl. Sprinkle all over chickens.
- Transfer uncovered chickens, skin side up, to refrigerator; chill at least 8 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Place potatoes in 11x7x2-inch baking dish. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon paprika. Sprinkle with salt and pepper; toss. Drizzle chicken with 2 teaspoons oil. Place chicken and potatoes in oven; roast until thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 175°F, about 1 hour. Let chickens rest 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, toss potatoes with 1 tablespoon chopped thyme. Return to oven and roast until tender and skins wrinkle slightly, about 5 minutes. Coarsely smash. Cut chickens into breast, wing, thigh, and leg pieces. Transfer to platter. Drizzle some drippings over; serve.
PAN ROASTED SPANISH-LEMON DRUMSTICKS WITH POTATOES
This is easy to make and it a hit with the whole family. The spice can be adjusted according to your families prefer taste. Yummy!
Provided by Chef Mia
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Chicken Leg Recipes
Time 1h
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Mix chicken with paprika, half of the olive oil, half of the garlic, half of the salt, and half of the pepper together in a bowl until evenly coated. Toss potatoes with remaining olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper in a separate bowl; add lemon slices and toss well.
- Arrange chicken in a roasting pan and surround chicken with potatoes and lemon slices.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes; rotate and flip chicken and potatoes. Continue baking until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the potatoes are tender, 20 to 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 508.1 calories, Carbohydrate 29.4 g, Cholesterol 138.3 mg, Fat 24.2 g, Fiber 4.8 g, Protein 44.7 g, SaturatedFat 5.7 g, Sodium 438.6 mg, Sugar 1.7 g
SPANISH ROAST CHICKEN, CHORIZO AND POTATOES
Recipe by Jamie Oliver. He notes that this recipe will really get your taste buds going as it fills the house with wonderful smells. Serve it with a salad and enjoy a complete meal. Note: If you can't find the Spanish form of chorizo, use the sausage of your choice (something that can slice. The Mexican type of chorizo crumbles).
Provided by LifeIsGood
Categories Chicken Thigh & Leg
Time 1h50m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Place potatoes with 2 of the lemons into pot of boiling wate for 5 minutes. Drain, then prick the lemons all over with a knife. (You will be putting these inside the chicken and the heat from them will help the chicken to cook quicker from the inside as well as making it taste and smell wonderful.).
- Remove the parsley leaves from the stalks and save the leaves to use later. Stuff the chicken with the hot lemons and the stalks of the parsley.
- Season the chicken and the potatoes with a little salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Slice the chorizo at an angle, 1/4 inch thick.
- Oil a roasting pan and lay the potatoes in the center, then place the chicken on top and sprinkle with the chorizo and a few of the parsley leaves (leaving the rest of the leaves for part of the finishing garnish). Drizzle the chicken with a little olive oil. Take a piece of wax paper (large enough to cover your roasting pan) and wet it so it becomes flexible, then shake it out and lay it over the top of the ingredients in the baking pan, tucking it in snugly so the juices don't escape (Don't plaster it tightly against the chicken or it will stick - tent and tuck.) Cook in the preheated oven for about 1 hour and 20 minutes.
- While the chicken and potatoes are cooking, finely chop the zest of your 2 remaining lemons, the parsley leaves and the garlic. Season lightly with salt and pepper and toss together to create a seasoning-type garnish.
- Remove the pan from the oven, take chicken out and put to one side to rest. Give the potatoes a shake and put them back in the oven for a few more minutes to crisp up. I set the oven to broil for this part, so the potatoes would crisp faster. Just keep an eye on them.
- Carve the chicken and divide between 4 plates, with the potatoes and chorizo. The potatoes will have taken on the smoky flavor from the chorizo, so if there is any juice left in the pan, pour every bit over the plates. Sprinkle over the seasoning garnish (when it hits the hot juice, it will smell fabulous).
SPANISH FRITTATA WITH PROSCIUTTO, POTATOES AND PEAS
Categories Egg Potato Vegetable Breakfast Brunch Bake Mother's Day New Year's Day Dinner Lunch Ham Pea Spring Prosciutto Bon Appétit Sugar Conscious Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat vegetable oil in large ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add potatoes; cover and cook until tender, stirring occasionally, about 18 minutes. (Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)
- Remove potatoes from skillet. Scrape out and discard any browned bits from pan. Whisk eggs, salt and pepper in large bowl to blend. Pour eggs into same skillet. Arrange half of potatoes over eggs. Sprinkle half of prosciutto and half of peas over potatoes. Repeat with remaining potatoes, prosciutto and peas. Bake until puffed and set, about 15 minutes. Loosen edges and bottom of frittata with flexible spatula; slide out onto plate. Drizzle with truffle oil. Sprinkle with chives and serve.
SPANISH POTATOES
Make and share this Spanish Potatoes recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Sarah_Jayne
Categories Potato
Time 45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Mix the oil, tomato paste and paprika together, then coat the potatoes thoroughly in it.
- Squash the garlic in its skin with the flat of a knife and place on a baking tray with the potatoes.
- Season well with salt and pepper, then roast for 40 minutes, turning halfway through, until the potatoes have crisped up and are fluffy inside.
- Five minutes before the end of cooking, sprinkle over the lemon juice and return to the oven.
- Serve with the parsley scattered over.
PATATAS BRAVAS - BRAVE SPANISH POTATOES
This recipe was published in the Toronto Star. The potatoes are adapted from Simone and Ines Ortega's 1080 Recipes and the aioli is from Gourmet. This dish is served in restaurants near Barcelona either as a side dish or as part of tapas. This recipe calls for chili but you could substitute ancho or chipotle powder. NOTE: the aioli has raw eggs. You could just mix the garlic and lemon juice with mayonnaise if you prefer.
Provided by Dreamer in Ontario
Categories Potato
Time 40m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- AIOLI:.
- In mortar using pestle, or on cutting board with knife, mince and mash garlic to a paste with a pinch of salt.
- Whisk together yolk, lemon juice and mustard in a small bowl.
- Combine 2 oils and dribble it into yolk mixture a little at a time, whisking constantly until emulsified. (If aioli separates, stop adding oil and whisk until it comes back together, then resume adding oil.).
- Whisk in garlic paste.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Refrigerate, covered, until ready to use.
- POTATOES:.
- Bring large pan of salted water to boil over high heat.
- Add potatoes and cook until tender (about 20 to 25 minutes).
- Drain and cool.
- Peel cooled potatoes and slice into rounds.
- Transfer to serving plate.
- In bowl, whisk together oil, vinegar, paprika, garlic and chili powder.
- Drizzle paprika sauce and aioli over potatoes.
- Refrigerate any leftovers for another use.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 609.1, Fat 32.1, SaturatedFat 4.6, Cholesterol 52.5, Sodium 31.1, Carbohydrate 75.5, Fiber 7, Sugar 3.4, Protein 7.8
SPANISH TORTILLA WITH SWEET POTATOES
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories main-dish
Time 40m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 425˚. Combine the onion, sweet potatoes, 1/4 cup olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a medium ovenproof nonstick skillet. Cover and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the sweet potatoes are tender but not falling apart, 6 to 8 minutes.
- Whisk the eggs in a large bowl and season with salt. Pour the potato mixture into the eggs and stir to combine. Stir in the cheese. Place the skillet over medium heat; add the egg mixture and spread out the potatoes with a rubber spatula. Cook until starting to set around the edges, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake until set, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whisk the vinegar and mustard in a large bowl; whisk in the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil until smooth. Add the endive, almonds and 2 tablespoons chives; toss and season with salt and pepper.
- Remove the egg tortilla to a cutting board, cut into wedges and divide among plates. Sprinkle with the remaining 1 tablespoon chives and serve with the endive salad.
BEEF STEW WITH POTATOES, SPANISH STYLE
Make and share this Beef Stew With Potatoes, Spanish Style recipe from Food.com.
Provided by FloridaGrl
Categories Stew
Time 55m
Yield 3 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F Brown the beef tips in oil. When half cooked, add green pepper, onion, bay leaf, garlic and paprika.Cook with tomatoes over medium heat for 15 minutes.
- Place potatoes with meat and tomato mixture in casserole dish and bake for 40 minutes. Decorate with peas and pimento strips.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 588.3, Fat 28.7, SaturatedFat 9.1, Cholesterol 113.6, Sodium 209.4, Carbohydrate 46.6, Fiber 7, Sugar 6.1, Protein 36.6
SPANISH POTATOES
I keep my kitchen stocked with fruits and vegetables. Potatoes are great to have on hand because they're nutritious and low in fat. Oregano seasons this side dish dressed up with onions, peppers and tomatoes. -Connie Thomas of Jensen, Utah
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 15 minutes or until tender., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the onions, green pepper, water, oil and bouillon. bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Drain potatoes; add onion mixture, tomatoes and oregano. Stir gently to coat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 113 calories, Fat 3g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 199mg sodium, Carbohydrate 21g carbohydrate (0 sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 2g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
SPANISH-SMASHED POTATOES WITH CILANTRO SAUCE
I was inspired to create this after visiting a great Latin restaurant. The salty potatoes and the bright herbs are great together.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 35m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain and transfer to a small bowl., Place the cilantro, garlic and salt in a small food processor; cover and pulse until chopped. Add water and vinegar; cover and process until blended. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream., Using a fork, flatten potatoes slightly; pour sauce over top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 317 calories, Fat 27g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 359mg sodium, Carbohydrate 16g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
Tips:
- Choose the right potatoes: For the best results, use a firm and starchy potato variety such as Yukon Gold or Russet potatoes. Avoid waxy varieties like red potatoes, as they tend to hold their shape less well during cooking.
- Cut the potatoes evenly: This will ensure that they cook evenly. Aim for 1-inch cubes or wedges.
- Soak the potatoes in water: This will help to remove excess starch and prevent them from sticking together during cooking.
- Season the potatoes well: Don't be afraid to use plenty of salt, pepper, and other spices to flavor the potatoes. You can also add herbs like rosemary or thyme for extra flavor.
- Cook the potatoes over medium heat: This will allow them to cook through without burning.
- Flip the potatoes occasionally: This will help to ensure that they cook evenly on all sides.
- Test the potatoes for doneness: Use a fork to pierce the potatoes. If they are tender, they are done.
- Serve the potatoes hot: Spanish potatoes are best served hot out of the pan. You can garnish them with chopped parsley or cilantro for extra flavor.
Conclusion:
Spanish potatoes are a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed as a side dish or a main course. With a few simple tips, you can easily make this classic Spanish dish at home. So next time you're looking for a tasty and easy meal, give Spanish potatoes a try!
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