These are always the first to disappear once I make them for parties and banquets. They are so wonderful that no one can believe how simple they are! A must-have!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 22 mins |
| Total Time: | 32 mins |
| Servings: | 2 |
| Yield: | 2 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 cups yellow potatoes, cubed
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 dried Thai bird chiles, or to taste (Optional)
- 3 scallions, white and green parts chopped separately, or to taste
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ cup water
- 2 ½ tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Rinse cubed potatoes in a colander under cold water to remove starch; shake well to remove excess water.
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir dried chiles until puffed and beginning to blacken, about 4 minutes. Remove from skillet. Increase heat to medium-high.
- Place potatoes in the skillet. Cook, stirring constantly, until translucent around the edges, about 5 minutes. Add scallion whites and garlic; saute for 1 minute. Mix in water, soy sauce, corn syrup, and sugar. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, stirring frequently, until potatoes are tender and sauce is thickened, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Remove potato saute from heat. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with scallion greens.
- You can use sweet potatoes in place of yellow potatoes, if desired.
- You can use bouillon instead of water.
- It can be as spicy or as tame as you like (just adjust the amount of dried chiles you saute in the beginning, or leave them out).
- If sauce thickens before potatoes are done, add more water and stir well. If sauce hasn’t thickened by the time potatoes are finished, remove lid and boil rapidly, making sure to stir constantly, until desired consistency is reached.
Reviews
This is one of my favorite ways to prepare potatoes. Serve them along side bulgogi marinated sirloin for a Korean steak and potato night.
Made as written and even though this did not turn out how I had envisioned, it was good. In my mind I thought these would be a big potato hunk with a thick browned crust about them. Not so much but they had good flavor!