Rioja-style potatoes

30 MIN Medium prep 6 SERVES
Rioja-style potatoes

Ingredients

  • 6 potatoes
  • 3 chorizos
  • 1 onion
  • 1 green pepper
  • 2 red choricero peppers
  • 1 bulb of garlic
  • Water
  • Olive oil
  • Salt
  • 2 bay leaves

One of the most well-known and highly rated recipes in Spain: Rioja-style potatoes. Are you up for making them?

Preparation:

  1. Chop the onion and the green pepper and place them in a pressure cooker with a dash of oil. 
     
  2. Add the bulb of garlic and the bay leaves. Add the chorizos cut into slices and the potatoes, peeled and chopped. 
     
  3. Cover with water and season. 
     
  4. Close the pressure cooker and cook on 1 for 5 minutes from when the steam starts to come out.
     
  5. Cook until the potatoes are cooked (about 30-40 minutes)
     
  6. Remove the seeds from the red choricero peppers and soak them in a saucepan with warm water. When they soften, leave to cool, remove the pulp with a knife and chop.
     
  7. Uncover the pressure cooker, remove the bulb of garlic and skim off the fat with a ladle. Add the red choricero peppers, stir and cook for a further two minutes (to mix the flavors).
     
  8. Add salt to taste and serve the potatoes.