Day 57 - Patatas Bravas

Tonight was a 'Wine Night' and the selection was sangria. We split up in teams of 2 and ended up with 4 very different, very tasty sangria's. To go with the Spanish drinks Anne made spinach & cheese enchiladas and had some other festive, delicious foods. Since I am doing something new each day and have made sangria before I offered to make a side dish. Two of my favorite restaurants (one in Omaha and one in KC) are places that serve Spanish tapas and at both places I usually get Patatas Bravas so tonight I decided to make this on my own. I had almost all the ingredients on hand and only had to pick up some potato's (1.99 for a whole bag - we always buy them individually because we only need a few, but this was such a great deal and another first)

Ingredients:

4 tablespoons of olive oil
6 Russet potatoes, peeled, and cut to cubes
2 tablespoons minced onion (I used about 1/2 onion)
3 cloves garlic, minced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons Spanish paprika
1/4 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon Tabasco Sauce
1 teaspoon ground thyme
3/4 cup (4 fl. oz) Ketchup
3/4 cup (4 fl. oz) Miracle Whip
Additional olive oil , to cook the potato's

To begin, I scrubbed, peeled & cubed the potato's

Next I put a good amount of olive oil into the pan at med-high heat. After adding some salt & pepper to the potato's I added them so they could begin to cook while I worked on the sauce

For the sauce I first added about 4 tablespoons of olive oil to a new pan and let the onions cook down for about 3 minutes ,I then added the garlic and cooked another couple of minutes. I then turned off the heat and added the thyme, paprika, parsley & Tabasco and mixed well

I transferred the mixture into a larger bowl and added the ketchup & Miracle Whip

As the potato's cooked I stirred occasionally and after about 20 minutes they were ready (fork tender) and the potato's went into the bowl with the 'Bravas' sauce







This was a very simple dish and it turned out great. Next time I will use a different pan to cook the potato's in - something that won't stick so I can get a better crisp on them.

Other Firsts: I bought a whole bag of potato's for the first time . . . look out for more potato-based meals soon :)