Home-fried Potatoes

Home-Fried Potatoes

Potatoes and paprika...

Ingredients

4 red potatoes

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 onion, chopped

1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon salt

3/4 teaspoon paprika

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Directions

1.      Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.  Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes.  Drain, cool and cut into 1/2 inch cubes.

2.      In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium high heat.  Add onion and green pepper.  Cook, stirring often, until soft; about 5 minutes.  Transfer to a plate and set aside.

3.      Pour remaining 2 tablespoons of oil into the skillet and turn heat to medium-high. Add potato cubes, salt, paprika and black pepper.  Cook, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are browned; about 10 minutes.

4.      Stir in the onions, green peppers and parsley and cook for another minute.  Serve hot.

Remarks

The key is paprika.  Usually, I would be tempted to add a bit more pariprika up to 1 or 1.5 teaspoons of it.