patatas a lo pobre recipe

Posted by: lamar563

patatas a lo pobre recipe - 03/24/04 11:22 PM

hi all!!
does anyone have the recipe for patatas a lo pobre? i would greatly appreciate it as i am missing spanish cuisine terribly!! thanks!! smile
Posted by: costaxpat

Re: patatas a lo pobre recipe - 03/25/04 05:17 AM

The recipe is basicly.. uneven chopped potatoes and sliced onion cooked very slowly on low heat with a little olive oil either in the oven or in a large frying pan..some add green peppers, tomatoes or chorizo.
Posted by: Chus

Re: patatas a lo pobre recipe - 03/25/04 10:59 AM

Here is a link to the recipe. It's in spanish but I thought it'll be more authentic...
http://lacocinadeisabel.net/patatas_a_lo_pobre.htm

Chus
Posted by: lamar563

Re: patatas a lo pobre recipe - 03/25/04 11:12 PM

thanks guys!!
what an awesome website!!! i'll make them tomorrow for sure!!
Posted by: Whitewidow

Re: patatas a lo pobre recipe - 03/26/04 12:34 PM

Hi!

"Patatas a lo pobre" are ONLY potatoes, basicaly due to his name, that is "Potatoes for poor people"

Thay are the potatoes you put in oven only with salt and garlic (optional)

Regards.
Posted by: nerjaman

Re: patatas a lo pobre recipe - 04/13/04 06:00 AM

Patatas or Papas a lo Pobre.

Sliced potatoes, onions and green pepper sauteed gently in olive oil until soft and lightly browned, seasoned with salt only. Mmmm... Lovely! This IS authentic, made for me on a regular basis by someone who was a cocinera at the Parador of Nerja.
Posted by: OsoMajor

Re: patatas a lo pobre recipe - 04/18/04 09:07 PM

Funny...I've been eating "patatas a lo porbe" all my life and I never knew it! My mom would make me patatas or papas almost everyday...fry them up in olive oil(or corn oil), salt, pepper, garlic. She never called them by that name. At times she would add a couple of eggs into the potatos. Yumm!!! smile
Posted by: Booklady

Re: patatas a lo pobre recipe - 04/19/04 11:59 AM

Oso, I think this is an international recipe, because my husband, who is of Scottish descent, makes these, even before we knew each other. Now of course he uses olive oil! laugh
Posted by: OsoMajor

Re: patatas a lo pobre recipe - 04/19/04 12:47 PM

I must agree with you Booklady. My wife's family is German/English and the first thing she made for me after our honeymoon was...........patatas fritas. However, she grew up using butter to cook instead of olive oil. Well, a couple of years of marriage to this Hispano/Italophile and olive oil replaced butter, though I luv things cooked in butter!!! wink
Posted by: Alun John

Re: patatas a lo pobre recipe - 04/22/04 04:28 PM

Hi

If you're looking for Spanish recipes, you may want to check out the website of popular TV celebrity chef Karlos Arguiņano who has hundreds of recipes on his website Karlos Net . Incidentally in his fine book Driving Over Lemons, Chris Stewart mentions a character from the local Andalucian village who only eats this delicacy. One final point if you use the new Amazon search engine - a9.com - you can type in "patatas a lo pobre" and it will individual pages of books held in the Amazon index which refernce these words - it's really neat!
Posted by: GuiaGuiri

Re: patatas a lo pobre recipe - 04/30/04 07:28 PM

In Valencia this is usually prepared as above, with the potato either cut up as for "french fries" or sliced to make "rounds" or "medalions", and served with one or more fried eggs on top.