Oven braised potatoes are a complete, hearty second course for lunch or dinner, perfect for the whole family. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
It is not for nothing that it is customary to consider potatoes as the second bread, and in terms of the amount of useful and nutritious substances, it can safely compete with many other vegetables. So, boiled potatoes contain a lot of fiber, which is much less in some vegetables. Therefore, dishes with potatoes occupy one of the first places in the menu of many housewives. The most common potato dish is stewed potatoes. It is almost impossible to spoil it. But if you cook stewed potatoes with meat, you get both the main course and the side dish at the same time. Such a hot dish just melts in your mouth. At the same time, despite the popularity of this dish, there are many secrets of its preparation, which are not known to all housewives.
- You need to cook stewed potatoes in a saucepan with a thick bottom. This can be done on the stove, in the oven, in a multicooker.
- Regardless of the cooking method, the meat must first be fried and then stewed until soft. This is the whole secret of the juiciness of the dish.
- You can fry products both individually and immediately, first laying some products, alternately adding others.
- First, the meat is fried over high heat, then vegetables are added, and the dish is cooked over medium heat.
- Additional ingredients, in addition to potatoes and meat, can be carrots, onions, garlic, bell peppers, eggplants, zucchini, etc.
- Vegetable oil is usually used for frying, but the dish will be interesting if you use lard, butter, or a combination of fats.
- Meat is suitable for anything from fatty pork to a diet rabbit.
- It is advisable to use non-cooked potatoes with a moderate starch content.
- Do not forget about the spices: dried dill, bay leaves, thyme, black pepper … They will only enrich the taste of the dish.
See also how to stew potatoes with apples in pots.
- Calorie content per 100 g - 325 kcal.
- Servings - 3-4
- Cooking time - 1 hour 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 4-5 pcs. medium size
- Salt - 1 tsp or to taste
- Fat (any) - for frying
- Ground black pepper - 0.5 tsp or to taste
- Allspice peas - 4 pcs.
- Bay leaf - 2 pcs.
Step by step cooking stewed potatoes in the oven, recipe with photo:
1. Homemade chicken skin is used as the fat in this recipe. Cut it into pieces of any size.
2. In a saucepan with a thick bottom and walls, put the chicken skins and turn on a medium, or preferably low heat.
3. Melt the skins so that there is enough fat in the saucepan. You can remove the greaves from the pan, or leave them to simmer with the potatoes. It's a matter of taste.
4. Meanwhile, peel the potatoes, wash and cut into medium-sized cubes.
5. Send prepared potatoes to the pot.
6. Turn on medium mode and fry the potatoes until golden brown.
7. Add salt, black pepper, bay leaf and peppercorns to the saucepan.
8. Fill the food with drinking water so that it completely covers the potatoes.
9. Close the pan with a lid and send the potatoes to stew in a preheated oven to 180 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes. At the same time, the longer the potatoes languish in the oven, they will become more boiled. Therefore, adjust the degree of readiness yourself, depending on the desired result.
See also a video recipe on how to cook stewed potatoes in the oven.
