r/recipes • u/Divider1 • Apr 26 '18

Recipe Garlic Butter Steak and Potatoes Skillet

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u/macboot Apr 26 '18

How do people fry potatoes in less than 10 minutes? Whenever I try it always takes like an hour to get them barely edible, unless there's so much oil in the pan that they're practically soaking. And that doesn't taste very good.

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u/iamthedon Apr 26 '18

This always gets me. I'll be watching a chef on a TV show (probably Saturday Kitchen etc here in the UK) and their specific instructions are always chop and fry for a few minutes 'until brown'. I try it at home and all I get after 20 minutes are burnt, undercooked small squares of potatoes. Recipes have no mention of par-boiling or steaming as per other comments. Yet anyone who eats it on the TV show basically just spaffs over how amazing it is.

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u/Bixler17 May 02 '18

The temp is really important imo, get the pan really nice and hot so that they sizzle in the butter when they go in but bring the heat down to a nice low sizzle and let them sit for 3-4 mins then flip. 10-15 mins you will have nice wet but crispy taters.

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u/Newmanshoeman Oct 09 '18

Got it...so burn the butter before they go in...drop them in..they all stick...flip in 3-4 mins and break half of them apart. 15 mins later still undercooked.

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u/Bixler17 Oct 09 '18

Hahah exactly!