Garbage Fried Potatoes

Today is another after-work-no-tuition day. So decided to cook something simple for myself.

Yes, that's the name of the dish... Garbage Fried Potatoes. And yes, too... the dish turned out looking more like fried carrot cake than potatoes.

Anyway, this is a really simple dish to make, especially for 1 - 2 persons.

Took me about an hour to finish everything. Although not a really healthy cooking method, it's a pure vegetarian dish, and really filling coz of the potatoes. If you look through the recipe, the person who posted this up explained why the word "garbage" is in the name.

If you are not a fan of the green and red bell peppers, you can try to substitute them with other stuff. I used the US Russet potatoes, which soften in about 35 minutes, about 10 minutes faster as the stated time in the recipe. In addition, I felt that 15 minutes is just right for cooking the onions but a bit too long to be cooking the bell peppers. They turned out too soft for my liking.

Also, the recipe states to cut the potatoes into thin slices, which I think, should turned out something like potato chips in the end. But obviously, I didn't follow that. The reason being I felt it's much easier cutting them in cubes than in slices. In another word, lazy. Heh.

Garbage Fried Potatoes (from : allrecipes)

4 servings

Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 large baking potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the potatoes, and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until you think they are about halfway done.

2. Mix in the mushrooms, red pepper and green pepper. Continue to cook and stir until potatoes are golden brown and somewhat crisp, about 15 more minutes. Season with salt and pepper, and serve.