Pan-fried potatoes

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 1 kg potatoes
• 2 3 tablespoons oil
• 3 salt
• Total weight: 1,045 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
45 min.	55 min.	1 hour 40 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Peel and wash 1 kg potatoes. Cut into medium sized pieces if you have big potatoes, the ideal size is about that of your thumb. If you cut potatoes, wash again. This is very important because cutting potatoes releases starch, and that starch will make them stick when cooking. After washing, dry in a cloth. This is another important point, because wet potatoes can make the hot oil spit dangerously.
2	Pour 3 tablespoons oil into a non-stick pan on medium heat, and add potatoes. Stir well to coat each potato with oil.
3	Turn down heat, cover, do not salt and do not touch for at least 40 minutes. You must resist all temptation to salt because it makes them stick, and to stir them because it is useless and eventually produces famous fried mash.
4	After this time, uncover, salt, and...
5	... stir gently so that fried sides of potatoes are on top. Leave to cook a further 15 minutes, still covered.
6	Repeat this until potatoes are fried as you like them.
7	Be careful because once fried, potatoes can't be kept waiting, covered or not they will go soft. You should serve them without delay.

Remarks

Brief summary of the method: wash and dry potatoes, coat with a little oil, cook slowly without salt and without stirring for 40 minutes, only then should you salt and stir to cook on all sides.
You will get excellent results with rattes (small firm waxy potatoes), they are already just the right size.
My uncle Pierre, a great chef, when he was chef of his own restaurant, used this dish to test new young cooks.

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