Tag: Red Potatoes

Slow Cooker Irish Beef Stew

I will be honest. I am partial to Irish Stew made with lamb. But Irish Stew made with beef is tasty in its own right! This Slow Cooker Irish Beef Stew is a flavorful, comforting dish perfect for colder rainy days too!

This recipe is very similar to my OG Irish Stew I shared over a decade (!) ago, with a few adjustments. Recipes like this Irish Beef Stew are perfect to make in your slow cooker (paid link), which helps develop the flavors of the dish while perfectly cooking the meat and vegetables.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
  • 3 onions, chopped
  • 3 leeks, white and light green parts only, sliced into half moons
  • 1 tablespoon dried thyme
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 5 lbs stew beef
  • 5 carrots, peeled and chopped
  • 1 parsnip, peeled and chopped
  • 5 cups beef stock, divided
  • 1 (15 oz) can Guinness
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 3 tablespoons pearl barley
  • 2 lbs baby red potatoes, cut into bite sized pieces
  • 1 cup frozen peas

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Smoked Potato Salad with Bacon and Sriracha Mayo

Note: I was sent a sample of Bear Mountain Gourmet Blend BBQ Wood Pellets in order to write this post. Opinions are mine alone.

I absolutely love grilling, and love to grill anything I can get my hands on. I do not have much experience with smoking foods on my grill though. So when Bear Mountain contacted me about trying some of their wood pellets, I couldn’t wait to get started!

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Smoking adds an additional layer of flavor to your grilled foods that can completely change the taste of a dish. If you’re new to smoking your food, wood pellets are a great “intro” option – you don’t have to soak them ahead of time and they can be used on any normal grill. Bear Mountain offers a bunch of different blends to pair with poultry, seafood, lamb, pork, beef and vegetables. Their wood pellets don’t use any fillers, binders, or bark so their premium all-natural wood pellets deliver a perfect, clean smoke – every time.  They’ve also refined the pellet-making process, creating the perfect pellet structure with only 5% moisture.  This means that Bear Mountain pellets grant the perfect burn, infusing mouth-watering flavor with little ash to clean up.

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I was looking through Bear Mountain’s recipes for a little inspiration and was intrigued when I cam across a recipe for  potato salad that smoked the potatoes on the grill before tossing them in a yummy sriracha mayo.

I decided to add some bacon to further highlight the rich, smoky flavor of the pellets. The result is this amazing Smoked Potato Salad with Bacon and Sriracha Mayo!

Ingredients:

  • 2 pound red potatoes, cut into bite sized pieces
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground pepper
  • 1-2 cups Bear Mountain Gourmet Blend BBQ Pellets
  • 4 slices of cooked bacon, finely chopped
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons sriracha, depending on your preferences
  • 1 cup mayo
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped scallions

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Slow Cooker Garlic Red Potatoes

I’ve mentioned before that my smoke alarms in my house are… sensitive. If I roast anything in the oven, they tend to go off. So when possible, I try to find alternate means to cook my food. In the summer, that means a ton of grilling. And as the weather cools off, my slow cooker becomes my best friend!

My latest Hungry Harvest (note: this is a referral link) included 2 pounds of red potatoes, so I wanted to try cooking the potatoes in my slow cooker.

This recipe for Slow Cooker Garlic Red Potatoes works well as a side to a recipe that already is using up your oven, like a roast turkey or chicken. It’s also a good option for a night that you can set the slow cooker in the early afternoon, and let it do its thing while you go about your day. When it’s dinner time, your side is all set, and you can quickly whip up a seafood dish, or sautéed chicken in no time!

Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 large shallot, thinly sliced
  • 2 lbs red potatoes, cut into bit sized pieces
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

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Chimichurri Roasted Chicken with Potatoes and Onions

My husband and I just moved into a new home, so I wanted to make one of my first meals here extra homey!

This recipe for Chimichurri Roasted Chicken is perfect for a Sunday night and is hearty to feed 6 people.

The original recipe used cilantro in the chimichurri, but I didn’t have any on hand, so I used parsley instead.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup finely chopped shallots
  • 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/4 cup olive oil, divided
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar, divided
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
  • 3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 2 bone-in chicken breasts
  • 3 bone-in chicken thighs
  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
  • 1.5 pounds baby red potatoes
  • 2 small red onions, cut into wedges

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Smoky Portuguese-Style Mussels

Mussels are one of my favorite quick meal options — they take just 5 minutes to cook! This recipe for Smoky Portuguese-Style Mussels infuses the broth with turkey kielbasa and smoked paprika before steaming the mussels in the broth, resulting in a really flavorful dish. The broth is really spectacular, so be sure to serve this dish with a sliced baguette. (Note: the whole dish takes about 30 minutes to cook.)

Ingredients:

  • 2 teaspoons canola oil
  • 4 ounces chopped turkey kielbasa
  • 1 1/4 cups chopped onion
  • 8 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
  • 1 pound red potatoes (I used assorted baby potatoes)
  • 2 cups unsalted chicken stock
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 40 mussels, scrubbed and debearded
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 4 lemon wedges
  • parsley, for garnish
  • 1/2 baguette, sliced

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Whole Grain Mustard Potato Salad

I’ve never fully understood traditional potato salad. Mayo on potatoes just doesn’t appeal to me, especially on hot summer days where you always seem to find it as a side at barbecues and picnics, which is why this recipe for Whole Grain Mustard Potato Salad appeals to me!

I came across a whole grain mustard based potato salad from 1st & Fresh Catering a while back that had no mayo and was absolutely delicious. I’ve been meaning to try to make my own version ever since. So when our friends said they were having people over this weekend to barbecue, I knew exactly what I was going to make! (These poor friends of mine are always my taste testers for new recipes, from Cornbread to Brownies with Grilled Fruit. Hopefully they don’t mind!)

 

This recipe does include some Greek yogurt to keep the dish creamy but is fairly minimal. To kick the flavor up a notch, I included some of Healthy Solutions Spice Blends’ Salmon with Dill Spice Blend. The spice blend includes dill (of course), onion powder, and garlic powder along with some other spices that I thought would really complement the whole grain mustard. The result is a spicy potato salad that is sure to be a hit!

Note: Healthy Solutions Spice Blends sent me samples of some of their blends including the Salmon with Dill.

 

Ingredients:

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Curry Clay Pot Chicken

I was recently sent a clay pot from Romertopf to try out and review. Cooking in a clay pot is something I never really thought about, or even considered.  You just cook your meal in a clay pot which has been soaking in water. This releases steam while it cooks and keeps the food moist. Clay pots have been used for cooking dating back to Roman times and are still used around the world.  The clay pots are perfect for making roast chicken, paella, ratatouille, or even dessert!
I honestly had no idea how to go about finding a recipe to try out my new spiffy clay pot. So I just used a recipe from the Romertopf website as my first attempt.  The Curry Clay Pot Chicken sounded right up my alley. (https://www.romertopfonline.com/chicken-recipes.htm)
Ingredients:
  • 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken thighs
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh ginger
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 6 small new red potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch slices (I forgot to cut mine! Make sure you do though!)
  • 6 baby carrots
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 1 medium onion, roughly chopped
  • 2 tablespoons curry powder
  • 1 medium tomato, cut into 1/2-inch wedges
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce (or coconut aminos to make gluten free)
  • 1 teaspoon sugar

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Grilled Striped Bass with Bacon Vinaigrette Red Smashed Potatoes and Sauteed Butter Thyme Mushrooms

Grilled Striped Bass with Bacon Vinaigrette Red Smashed Potatoes and Sauteed Butter Thyme Mushrooms. Whew. By the time you say the title of this post you could have cooked most of this meal. Fish is a perfect weekday choice because it is so darn quick to cook up. I managed to make all parts of this meal in 40 minutes which was awesome! If you wanted to cut the time for this meal even more, you could doctor up some of those refrigerator mashed potatoes from the supermarket, but I really like home made mashed potatoes so I went for it.  No one is surprised to hear that this menu comes from my trusty Cooking Light.
Ingredients:

2 (8-ounce) striped bass fillets
salt, divided
freshly ground black pepper, divided
4 slices center-cut bacon
2 large shallots, finely chopped and divided
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/8 teaspoon sugar
4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 pound red potatoes
2 garlic cloves, halved
1/4 cup 2% reduced-fat milk
2 tablespoons butter, divided
2 (8-ounce) packages presliced baby bella mushrooms
1/3 cup dry white wine
4 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme

Begin with making the mashed potatoes. The original recipe has you peel and cube the potatoes. I really like the skins of potatoes so I altered the recipe to be smashed instead of mashed. Feel free to check out the original recipe here if you’re not into the skins. Add the potatoes and the halved garlic cloves to a large pasta pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil.
While waiting for the water to come to a boil, prepare your other ingredients. Chop the shallots and fresh thyme. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1/4 cup of the chopped shallots to the pan. Cook for about 1 minute.

 

By now your water will hopefully be boiling. Reduce heat for the pasta pot and simmer for 15 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender.

Go back to the saute pan. Add a 1/2 teaspoon salt and the mushrooms to the pan, stirring occasionally. Cook for 13 minutes or until the mushrooms are brown and the liquid has evaporated.

While waiting for the two to cook (and if you have room on your stove), add another saute pan over medium high heat. Add the bacon and cook until crisp. Remove from heat and add to a paper towel. Reserve 1.5 tablespoons of the drippings in the pan. Crumble the bacon.

Add the crumbled bacon and 2 tablespoons shallots back to the pan, cooking over medium heat for 1 minute stirring frequently.

Remove from heat and stir in the vinegar, Dijon mustard, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and 1/8 teaspoon sugar.

Back to the mushrooms. Add the wine to the pan and cook for 2 minutes or until the liquid almost evaporates.

Stir in the thyme and cook for 30 seconds and remove from heat.

 

Drain  the pasta pot and return the potatoes and garlic to the pot. Mash using a potato masher or a large fork. Add the milk, 1 tablespoon butter, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and mix to combine.
We haven’t abandoned the Vinaigrette! Take the mixture and slowly add the olive oil to the vinegar mixture, stirring constantly to get an emulsion.

 

Last but not least, we have the bass. Heat a grill pan over medium high heat and spray with cooking spray. Sprinkle the fish with salt and pepper and add to the grill pan skin side up. Cook for 4 minutes. (You can set your table during this time).

 

Flip the fish and cook for another 4 minutes.

Serve drizzled with the bacon vinaigrette.

 

Multi tasking at its finest! I hope my directions made sense. It’s not nearly as confusing as it sounds. You kind of bounce around between things based on when you have the opportunity to do so.
So whoever thought of the idea of bacon vinaigrette is one awesome person.  It was smoky and slightly tangy. I actually put some on my mashed potatoes as well (which I highly suggest).
This was my first time having bass and I really enjoyed it. Despite doing a whole lot of nothing to cook it, the fish was flavorful and had almost a buttery taste to it.
The mushrooms were awesome as well! I added a bit more fresh thyme once it was on my plate for a little more flavor and some color.
Sorry my photos are so crummy. First, it’s not exactly the most colorful meal I’ve ever made. Second, the smell of bacon made my antsy. I needed to eat this ASAP 🙂
I hope you’ll forgive my lack of photography skills due to the calling of bacon.

 

Pecan Crusted Halibut with Roasted Asparagus and Potatoes

I have a confession. Despite cooking most nights a week (and making leaps and bounds over the past year and a half as to what I am able to cook) I still struggle to pull an entire meal together at one time, i.e. a protein and two sides. Unless it is a one-pot kind of meal, I tend to just make the protein and be done with it, or I make a huge batch of the side and have that as my dinner. So with Cooking Lightt’s April issue including 40 Meals Under 40 Minutes, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to tackle making an entire meal. I used their Hazelnut-Crusted Halibut with Roasted Asparagus and Roasted Red Potatoes as a base for this meal – Pecan Crusted Halibut with Roasted Asparagus and Potatoes.
Ingredients:
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
  • 2 (6-ounce) halibut fillets, skin still on
  • 1 egg white, lightly beaten
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
  • 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
  • 1 pound asparagus, trimmed
  • Cooking spray
  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
  • 2 lemon wedges
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 2 shallots, thinly sliced
  • 2 handfuls of small potatoes (I used red, fingerling, and purple) – Very scientific, I know

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Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage

St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner, which means Americans nationwide are gearing up for a corned beef and cabbage feast. Despite being Irish-American myself, I’ve never eaten this St. Patrick’s Day staple before. My boyfriend, a huge corned beef fan, was really looking forward to having some, so I finally decided it was time to try to make it. I choose to adapt this recipe from Food Network for Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage so that I could use my slow cooker and not have to watch over it for hours.

Ingredients:
  • 4 pounds raw corned beef brisket
  • Pickling Spice (included with brisket)
  • 1 medium rutabaga, halved, peeled and cut into wedges
  • 5 large carrots, cut into 4-inch pieces
  • 1 bag red potatoes
  • 1 yellow onion, chopped
  • 1 leek, white and light-green parts only, sliced
  • 1/2 head cabbage, roughly chopped
  • 1/3 cup Dijon mustard with horseradish
  • 1/3 cup crème fraiche or sour cream
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Mashed Potatoes with Mushroom Sauce

I love mashed potatoes. I love them so much that my Aunt and Uncle usually ask me to come over the day before Thanksgiving to help peel all of the potatoes so that there are enough for me (I could probably eat  just a bowl of mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving and be happy.) I found a new method of making mashed potatoes on MyRecipes, but modified it a bit and added a mushroom sauce to make this vegetarian recipe for Mashed Potatoes with Mushroom Sauce.
Ingredients:
  • 8 medium-size red potatoes, peeled and quartered
  • 2 cups half-and-half
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 2 teaspoons chopped fresh chives
  • 2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley

Mushroom Sauce:

  • 2 teaspoons butter
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 container of  sliced cremini (baby bella) mushrooms
  • 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
  • 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 teaspoon low-sodium soy sauce (or coconut aminos to make gluten free)
  • Salt and pepper, to taste

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Garlic and Rosemary Smashed Potatoes

I made Sauteed Chicken with Fennel and Rosemary, and needed something starchy to soak up some of the sauce. The recipe suggested polenta or mashed potatoes, so I thought I’d make smashed potatoes and incorporated some of the same ingredients found in the main dish. I had a bag of red potatoes from my CSA share so I luckily had all ingredients on hand.
Ingredients:
1 bag of red potatoes (I had enough to fill up a medium sized bowl)
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon heavy cream
1/4 cup chicken stock
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1 teaspoon fresh chopped parsley

Wash your red potatoes thoroughly, making sure to remove all dirt.
Halve any red potatoes that are larger than the average size. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Drop in the red potatoes and cook until fork tender, about 15 minutes.
Drain the potatoes and add to a medium sized bowl. using a large spoon or a whisk, smash each of the potatoes. Don’t go overboard, you want them to be chunky.
In a saute pan, add a small amount of the butter, rosemary and the minced garlic over medium heat. Cook for 1 minute.
Lower the heat and add the chicken stock, stirring. Add the rest of the butter and the cream and stir to combine.
When the butter has melted, pour over the smashed potatoes and stir to combine.
Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Top with parsley.
These were absolutely delicious. Creamy and flavorful, the rosemary and parsley worked so well with the potatoes. I prefer smashed potatoes to mashed potatoes solely because you get to keep the skins on the potatoes. Not only does it make the dish prettier, it also adds texture.

Truffled Roasted Potatoes

I was so excited to receive red potatoes in my CSA share this week. I love roasted red potatoes with fresh herbs, but I had a little bit of white truffle oil left that I wanted to use. I found this recipe for Truffled Roasted Potatoes from Cooking Light which sounded delicious.

Ingredients:
1 small container of red potatoes, washed and quartered
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic scapes, chopped
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 tablespoon white truffle oil
1 teaspoon each of chopped fresh thyme leaves, sage leaves, and rosemary

Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Wash your red potatoes thoroughly, but gently. (The skin of red potatoes is fragile). I used a little brush to lightly buff off the dirt under warm running water.

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Cut the potatoes into wedges: quarters for the larger potatoes, and halves for the smaller potatoes, and arrange on a cookie sheet.

Drizzle olive oil over the potatoes and sprinkle with garlic scapes, salt and pepper.

Bake at 450 degrees for 30 minutes or until the potatoes are brown and slightly wrinkled.

While the potatoes are cooking, chop your thyme, sage, and rosemary. Combine.

Remove the potatoes from the oven, drizzle with truffle oil, and sprinkle with the herb mixture.

This was fantastic. I honestly couldn’t stop eating the potatoes. Truffle oil is such a great ingredient, although it is a bit of a splurge. Truffle oil is usually added at the end of a dish, the oil is too delicate to be subjected to high heat. A little bit of truffle oil goes a long way though so do not overpour! When I make this recipe in the future, I plan on using normal minced garlic (2-3 cloves), the garlic scapes were quite burnt from the oven so I didn’t get any of the garlic taste from them. Boo.

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