Roast potatoes, with chorizo and red peppers
Ingredients
- 5 egg-sized potatoes cut into quarters
- 2 onions cut into quarters
- 7oz sliced Palacios Chorizo
- 2 sliced sweet Italian red peppers
- 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 crushed cloves of garlic
- 1/2 tablespoon of oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
This recipe that is cooked in the oven is perfect for a gathering at home, combined with other snacks or as a side dish for roast meat or fish. It is tasty and nutritious, so everyone will like it!
METHOD
First cook the potatoes for 5 minutes. If you steam them they will be tastier and lose fewer nutrients.
In the meantime preheat the oven to 356ºF.
When the 5 minutes is up, drain the potatoes and put to one side.
In a separate bowl, mix the oil, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper.
In a baking dish distribute the potatoes, chopped peppers and onion and coat everything with the oil mixture.
Add the sliced chorizo and bake everything for 30 minutes.
Every 10 minutes open the oven, stir and check that nothing has burnt.
Take out of the oven and serve hot.
NUTRITIONAL COMMENT
The potato is a food that mainly provides carbohydrates. Boiled or roasted it does not contain many calories and is one of the most filling foods, very important when we finish eating. It is a source of B vitamins, potassium and vitamin C.
When it is steamed it retains more nutrients than if you boil it in water.
It is low in protein and fat.
