Skillet Potatoes or “Home Fries”

Skillet Potatoes or “Home Fries”
Yield
2servings
Yield
2servings
Skillet Potatoes or “Home Fries”
Yield
2servings
Yield
2servings
Ingredients
  • 2tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1medium oniondiced or julienned
  • 1small green bell pepperdiced or julienned
  • 1medium Yukon Gold potatocut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • a/n coarse salt
  • 1tablespoon butter
  • a/n black pepper
Yield:
Instructions
  1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in 8-inch heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking.
  2. Add onion, bell pepper and sauté, stirring frequently, until browned, 8 to 10 minutes.
  3. Transfer onion and bell pepper to small bowl and set aside.
  4. Meanwhile, bring a large saucepan of salted (2 tbsp per gallon) water to a boil.
  5. Boil the cut potatoes for 5 minutes and drain potatoes thoroughly.
  6. Heat butter and remaining 1 tablespoons oil in now-empty skillet over medium-high heat until butter foams.
  7. Add potatoes and shake skillet to evenly distribute potatoes in single layer; make sure that one side of each piece is touching surface of skillet.
  8. Cook without stirring until potatoes are golden brown on bottom.
  9. Continue to saute the potatoes until most of the potatos sides are golden-brown.
  10. Add the onions and bell peppers and salt and pepper to taste; toss to blend and serve immediately.