Patatas Bravas

Name: Patatas Bravas
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon fine sea salt; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 60 g (2¼ oz) piquillo peppers, or other roasted red capsicums (peppers), chopped; 1 litre (35 fl oz/4 cups) vegetable oil, for deep-frying; 900 g (2 lb) boiling potatoes, peeled, halved and each half quartered; 600 ml (12 fl oz) tomato passata (puréed tomatoes); 1 large pinch caster (superfine) sugar; 1 tablespoon sweet smoked paprika; ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; sea salt flakes; 1 bay leaf; freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

Easy Vegan

By Sue Quinn

Published 2015

About

This is a rich, spicy and wonderfully tasty dish that works brilliantly as part of a mezze spread.

Ingredients

1 litre (35 fl oz/4 cups) vegetable oil, for deep-frying
900

Side dish
Starter
Vegan
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan. Sprinkle the potatoes with salt and very gently simmer in the oil for 15 minutes until tender but not coloured. Drain and reserve the oil.

Heat the olive oil in a pan and gently fry the onion and peppers or capsicums over a low heat for 10 minutes until soft and sweet. Add the garlic and cook for 5 minutes more. Add the tomato passata, sugar, papri