Harissa Potatoes

Roast Chicken is one of my ultimate comfort foods.  If I am dithering over what to cook, not feeling a hundred percent, have people popping over last min ... I turn to roast chicken.

Due to the amount of times it has turned up on our kitchen table I have come up with a number of quick and simple sides.  One delicious recipe that regularly features in our house is Harissa Potatoes ... bring them, the chicken and a bowl of lettuce leaves to the table and you have a delicious simple meal in no time ... 

HARISSA POTATOES -Serves 4-6

Ingredients

750g new potatoes, 2 red peppers, 1 yellow pepper, 1 heaped teaspoon of harissa paste, olive oil

• Turn the oven to 180
• Slice the peppers into long thin strips, they should be about half a cm wide.  Place the strips on a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil and pop in the oven for 25-30 minutes until soft and starting to brown slightly.  Turn the peppers every ten minutes so they cook evenly. 
• While the peppers are cooking, wash the potatoes and place in a saucepan full of cold water.  All the potatoes should be about the same size so they cook equally so cut an large ones in half or thirds as needed
• Boil the potatoes for 10-15 minutes until cooked, the drain them
• Place the potatoes in a bowl, drizzle with olive oil and add the harissa paste and the peppers, mix throughly and serve 

Cooking notes

The cooking time of the potatoes is a guide as it can vary enormously due to the size of your potatoes.  

I buy my harissa paste from le pain quotidien as it tastes wonderful.  You can also find it in most good supermarkets.  If you like your potatoes a little more spicy add in some more paste.

Adapting

If you don’t have any salad in the house chop up a large handful of parsley and add it to the potates and serve on its own with the chicken.

Comments

[Brigitte]

Nice idea, I love spicy potatoes. I do it with curry.

[Tonia]

This looks so good! I think I need to try this recipe this weekend.

[gurjeet]

Turn the peppers every ten minutes so they cook evenly.

[gurjeet]

Nice idea, I love spicy potatoes. I do it with curry.

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