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All Recipes, Tapas / January 29, 2020

4 AFFORDABLE Potato Dishes that are EASY TO MAKE

Everybody needs the humble potato in their diet. They´re loaded with health benefits, inexpensive and easily accessible all year-round. In this post, I will share with you 4 Affordable potato dishes that are easy to make. All 4 of these potato dishes are loaded with flavors, made with simple ingredients and each one done in 30 minute or less.


You can serve any of these 4 potato dishes as a tapas appetizer or even as a side dish. Either way you go, the flavors in each dish will surely have your taste-buds dancing.


To make these potato dishes, I used yukon gold potatoes. Just because I love their texture and flavor. However, you can use any type of potatoes you want here. From russet potatoes to new potatoes to red potatoes.


TIPS & TRICKS to make these recipes: Remember to wash your potatoes and scrub them dry before you start cutting them. This may seem like a silly tip, but I have came across some people that forget to wash their veggies! For the roasted potatoes, always have your oven preheated for at least 10 minutes before adding the potatoes. For the boiled potatoes, I always add a tsp of sea salt to my boiling water. This brings out the flavors in the potato.


Key Ingredients & Cookware I used in this Recipe:

EXTRA VIRGIN SPANISH OLIVE OIL
SWEET SMOKED SPANISH PAPRIKA
SPANISH SEA SALT

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4 AFFORDABLE Potato Dishes that are EASY TO MAKE

Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine Mediterranean, Spanish
Author Albert Bevia @ Spain on a Fork

Ingredients

FOR THE BOILED POTATOES WITH SPICY MAYO AIOLI

  • 2 yukon gold potatoes
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp hot smoked Spanish paprika
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • pinch sea salt
  • pinch black pepper
  • 1 tbsp freshly chopped parsley

FOR THE ROASTED POTATOES WITH PAPRIKA & THYME

  • 2 yukon gold potatoes
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 1/2 tsp sweet smoked Spanish paprika
  • pinch sea salt
  • pinch black pepper

FOR THE ROASTED POTATOES WITH GARLIC YOGURT SAUCE

  • 2 yukon gold potatoes
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • dash sweet smoked paprika
  • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1/2 tsp lemon juice
  • pinch sea salt
  • pinch black pepper
  • handful freshly chopped chives

FOR THE VOLCANIC MASHED POTATOES

  • 2 yukon gold potatoes
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 tbsp sweet smoked Spanish paprika
  • 1/2 cup water
  • pinch sea salt
  • pinch black pepper
  • handful freshly chopped chives

Instructions

FOR THE BOILED POTATOES WITH SPICY MAYO AIOLI

  1. Peel, wash & pat dry 2 yukon gold potatoes, cut the potatoes into 1/2 inch pieces, add the cut potatoes into a sauce pan, fill with cold water to about 1/2 inch above the potatoes and add in a generous tsp of sea salt, heat it with a high heat, meanwhile add 1/2 cup mayonnaise into a bowl, shred in 2 cloves of garlic, squeeze in 1 tsp fresh lemon juice, add 1/2 tsp hot smoked Spanish paprika, pour in 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and season with sea salt & freshly cracked black pepper, whisk together until well combined, after boiling the potatoes for 15 minutes they should be perfectly cooked, pierce one with a toothpick, if it easily goes in but with some resistance they are perfect, drain the potatoes and add into a shallow bow, add the spicy mayo aioli over the potatoes and garnish with freshly chopped parsley

FOR THE ROASTED POTATOES WITH PAPRIKA & THYME

  1. Wash & pat dry 2 yukon gold potatoes, cut the potatoes into 1/2 inch pieces and add into a large bowl, pour in 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil into the potatoes, 1 tsp dried thyme, a generous 1/2 tsp of sweet smoked paprika and season with sea salt & freshly cracked black pepper, toss together until well combined, add the coated potatoes into a baking tray lined with parchment paper, make sure they´re all in a single layer, add into a preheated oven, bake + broil option 250 C - 475 F, after 20 minutes remove the potatoes from the oven and transfer to a serving dish

FOR THE ROASTED POTATOES WITH GARLIC YOGURT SAUCE

  1. Wash & pat dry 2 yukon gold potatoes, cut the potatoes into 1/4 inch thick rounds, add the cut potatoes into a baking tray lined with parchment paper, make sure they´re all in a single layer, brush a kiss of extra virgin olive oil on top of the potatoes, season with sea salt & freshly cracked black pepper and sprinkle a kiss of sweet smoked Spanish paprika, add into a preheated oven, bake + broil option 250 C - 475 F, meanwhile add 1/2 cup Greek yogurt into a large bowl, shred in 1 clove of garlic, add 1/2 tsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and season with sea salt & a generous portion of freshly cracked black pepper, whisk together until well combined and transfer to a serving bowl, after roasting the potatoes for 20 minutes remove them from the oven and transfer to a serving dish, add the garlic yogurt aioli to the dish and sprinkle with freshly chopped chives

FOR THE VOLCANIC MASHED POTATOES

  1. Peel, wash & pat dry 2 yukon gold potatoes, cut the potatoes into 1/2 inch pieces, add the cut potatoes into a sauce pan, fill with cold water to about 1/2 inch above the potatoes and add in a tsp of sea salt, heat it with a high heat, after boiling the potatoes for 20 minutes they should be perfectly cooked, pierce one with a toothpick, if it easily goes in with no resistance they are perfect, drain the potatoes into a sieve with a bowl underneath to reserve the boiled water and set aside, heat a smal fry pan with a low-medium heat and add in 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil, after 2 minutes add in 5 cloves of garlic that have been finely minced and mix with the olive oil, after 15 to 20 seconds turn off the heat, add in 1/2 tbsp of sweet smoked Spanish paprika and mix together, then add in a generous 1/2 cup of the reserved water from the boiled potatoes and mix together until well combined, transfer the boiled potatoes into a large bowl, using a potato masher, mash the potatoes until they are no clumps, then season the potatoes with a little sea salt & freshly cracked black pepper, add in the garlic paprika sauce and mix it all together until well combined, transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with freshly chopped chives

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