Fried Potatoes and Onions

Lyne Proulx

Are you searching for a crispy, golden, and tasty side dish for your dinner tonight? See how these Fried Potatoes and Onions can help!

4.50 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 8

Cook Time 12

Soak sliced potatoes in water 10

Total Time 30

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American, Canadian

Servings servings

Calories 243 kcal

Equipment

1 Frying pan
1 Bowl
Paper towel
1 Pairing knife

Ingredients

500 grams Potatoes About 6 new potatoes
3 tbsp Vegetable oil
2 tbsp Butter
1/2 Onion
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Ground black pepper
1 tbsp Paprika

Instructions

Gather all the ingredients. Peel the potatoes and the onions, then cut the onions into thin rings and the potatoes into thin circles.
In a bowl, soak the potatoes for 10 minutes in salted water. After, drain the water, dry the potatoes with a paper towel.
Heat a frying the pan and melt the butter and add the vegetable oil and potatoes with onions.
Fry in potatoes and onions until crispy and remove from pan.
Put them on a paper towel to remove excess oil.
When serving this side dish, sprinkle with paprika, pepper and salt.

Notes

RECIPE TIP: SOAK YOUR POTATOES BEFORE FRYING

One of the instructions for this recipe asks you to soak the potato slices before frying them. Why is it important to perform this task? After making this dish many times, I have found that potatoes that had been soaked before being fried ended up being crispier then if this step was skipped. The reason behind this is that the starch found in potatoes prevents a good crisp from forming.

Nutrition

Calories: 243kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 3gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 344mgPotassium: 556mgFiber: 3gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 252IUVitamin C: 29mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 1mg

Keyword breakfast side dish, dinner side dish, fried potatoes, fried potatoes and onions, skillet fried potatoes and onions

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