These rustic skillet potatoes with paprika are crispy around the edges and pillowy soft in the center. This recipe's a great way to stretch a few potatoes to feed a crowd!
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Rustic Skillet Potatoes With Paprika

Last updated on May 28, 2021 by Liza Hawkins

These rustic skillet potatoes with paprika are crispy around the edges and pillowy soft in the center. This recipe’s a great way to stretch a few potatoes to feed a crowd! 

Sliced, cooked potatoes and onions in a white dish on a wooden table.

Last week at Smith Mountain Lake, the time came to figure out the rest of the meal to go along with the beautiful striped bass we were drooling over.

I realized we had a problem.

Eight people and *only one quart* of small red potatoes. What to do, what to do…

Close up shot of sliced, cooked potatoes and onions in a white bowl.

Well, if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past couple of years, it’s how to stretch certain ingredients when push comes to shove.

Potatoes are one of my favorites because they’re so amazingly versatile.

Baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes — you can make a few potatoes feed an entire army!

Not to mention they can handle a wide variety of spices, everything from simple salt/pepper/butter to recipes with intense depth of flavor.

In this case, one little container of potatoes was able to feed eight people with no problem!

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Sliced, cooked potatoes and onions in a white dish on a wooden table.

These potatoes aren’t cut so thin you need a mandolin slicer, but you do want to keep them from being too thick and chunky. 

I find a chef’s knife works best to make quick work of slicing potatoes this way.

Between slicing the potatoes and blanching them before adding them to the skillet, you’re able to get these potatoes on the table relatively quickly.

Bonus: the flat shape versus a cube shape provides lots of area for that paprika blend to coat the entire potato piece!

Mmm…

These rustic skillet potatoes with paprika are crispy around the edges and pillowy soft in the center. This recipe's a great way to stretch a few potatoes to feed a crowd!
Yield: 6 to 8

Rustic Skillet Potatoes with Paprika

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes

These rustic skillet potatoes with paprika are crispy around the edges and pillowy soft in the center.

Ingredients

  • 1 quart red potatoes (skins on), sliced 1/8" thin
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 shallots, sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, diced
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • 1 tablespoon dried thyme
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

  1. Place the potatoes in a large pot of water and set over high heat to boil for 7 minutes. Drain.
  2. Add the olive oil and butter to a large skillet and warm over medium-high heat for a couple minutes. When the butter starts to get foamy, add the shallots and cook until they start to soften. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
  3. Toss the potatoes with the paprika, thyme, salt and pepper, and then add them to the hot skillet.
  4. Cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to ensure the potatoes get evenly golden brown and crispy.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 199Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 303mgCarbohydrates: 25gFiber: 3gSugar: 3gProtein: 3g

Hi, I'm Liza — a self-proclaimed word-nerd who loves getting lost in whimsical stories and epic movies. I have laid-back, practical attitude towards life and am always on the hunt for good eats, easy recipes, binge-worthy shows, relaxing road trip destinations, the perfect fizzy gin cocktail, and time to finish my novel!

6 Comments on “Rustic Skillet Potatoes With Paprika

  1. Those look absolutely delicious and I love how you stretched them feed more people. That is a skill that I’m having to learn to employ in my home these days. My college age son is home for the summer and he’s a very “hungry” person. 🙂

  2. These were easy and delicious! Plus, I loved the way they looked too…like they had been roasting for hours. I made an hour ahead of time because of my schedule and put them in a casserole dish in the oven on warm and still yummy.

  3. @Candace – I have a 2yo boy…and I’m nervous about being eaten out of house & home in 10 or so years. 😛

    @Patty – Mmm…I love ways to make things fit into busy schedules. Thanks for the tip!

    1. Janella – good question. I’d estimate it’s about a third of a 5-pound bag. So, not quite 2 pounds? The recipe is very flexible though, so I wouldn’t worry TOO much about getting the weight exactly matched.

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