Patatas A Lo Pobre (modification On A Traditional Spanish Dish,

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 3 green peppers, in small pieces
• 1 (7 1/4 ounce) jar red peppers (in oil with garlic ( if you can't get these please see my recipe)
• 2 medium tomatoes (peeled... make a cross at the top and the bottom, toss into boiling water for 2 minutes and plunge i)
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 4 medium potatoes, medium chunks
• 2 large onions, in small chunks
• 1 head garlic (the whole bulb, yes...the whole thing!)
• 1 red chili pepper (usually dry, use more if you have a cold, or like it hot!... i use 2 if its for me and 0 if my bf is)
• cayenne pepper
• tabasco sauce
• pepper
• salt
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• oil (for deep frying)
• water, for boiling (stock is best, but water will do)
• crunchy bread (for mopping up)

Recipe

• 1 cut potatoes into smallish chunks and boil them for 4 or 5 minutes in salted water, they should be very firm and only slightly cooked.
• 2 drain the potatoes and rinse with cold water.
• 3 heat frying oil to 160ºc and fry for 5-6 minutes, or until they are cooked, not crispy.
• 4 turn heat up to 190ºc and fry until golden and crunchy.
• 5 in a deep skillet with a good lid (i use a wok) heat the olive oil.
• 6 fry onions until they have wilted on a high heat, then turn down the heat and cover.
• 7 peel your garlic (bash it with the flat of a good kitchen knife and "top 'n' tail") and chop into smallish pieces (if you're going to serve this to kids put it through a food processor, if you like garlic just cut it into rounds).
• 8 add to the onions and turn the heat up again.
• 9 chop your red chili pepper very, very carefully into really tiny pieces; add to the pan and wash your hands!
• 10 i mean it!
• 11 go wash 'em and then come back!
• 12 throw in your peppers and your spices, you'll have to experiment with this, because i love my papas to be real spicy, i add about 2 tsp tabasco, a good tbsp pepper and then a liberal amount of cayenne to give that extra colour and flavour.
• 13 mix the water, soy sauce, vinegar and sugar and stir into the pan.
• 14 reduce for a bit, you should end up with something thick and gooey that looks unappetizing, sort of chutney consistency.
• 15 cut up your tomatoes into eighths and put into the mixture.
• 16 they will disintegrate.
• 17 just before serving, and i do mean just, toss the potatoes in this jam/chutney you have just made.
• 18 it looks, ummm, not too pleasant, but it tastes great.
• 19 if you have left overs, refrigerate and then when you want to use it shape them into a sort of "patty" by mashing the potatoes a bit, then either fry in oil or "dry-fry" them in a large pan.