Poor Man's Cajun Potatoes
Poor Man's Cajun Potatoes

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, poor man's cajun potatoes. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Poor Man's Cajun Potatoes is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Poor Man's Cajun Potatoes is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Here is how you cook it. Add the green pepper, garlic and onion and give everything a good stir. The first time we tried papas a lo pobre, which translates into "poor man's potatoes," it was part of a menu del día with a strip steak and a fried egg.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have poor man's cajun potatoes using 4 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Poor Man's Cajun Potatoes:
  1. Prepare 4 Red Potatoes
  2. Make ready 3-4 Hot dogs
  3. Prepare Old Bay seasoning
  4. Take Water

Patatas a lo Pobre, Poor Man's Potatoes, is a traditional Spanish dish that can be found on many a tapas menu. Originating in medieval Spain, the dish is made up of inexpensive ingredients - potatoes, onions and peppers - making it affordable for the poorer masses. Thus the name, "poor man's potatoes". Poor Man´s Potatoes (known as Patatas a lo Pobre in Spain) were born during the medieval era of Spain, where the majority of the people were poor (unless they were royalty).

Steps to make Poor Man's Cajun Potatoes:
  1. Wash then cut potatoes into 1 inch chunks.
  2. Place the potatoes in a standard (3-4 quart) pot, and fill with water until just covered.
  3. Add Old Bay seasoning until liquid is thoroughly saturated.
  4. Bring to a boil, and cook until potatoes are fork tender.
  5. Dice hot dogs into small pieces, and add to a heated sautee pan.
  6. Once the hot dogs have good color, add potatoes to pan with little or no liquid, and continue to sautee
  7. Once potatoes begin taking on color, add half of your cooking liquid to the pan.
  8. Cook until reduced by half or completely absorbed.

The only ingredients most people could afford were the cheapest ones….potatoes, onions, bell peppers, etc. Now, in modern Spain, this recipe is popping up everywhere. This recipe is not light or healthy at all, but it's one of my favorite Spanish recipes and it's vegan (yay!). Poor man's potato is a direct translation of the Spanish dish called Patatas a lo pobre. It is made up basically of potatoes, onions and peppers fried in oil.

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