Chili Topped Fried Idaho Potatoes

These potatoes are garnished with your choice of chopped green onions, minced jalapeno, baby corn and chopped red pepper.

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

Chili

• 8 ounces 90% lean ground beef
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 1 to 2 tablespoons chili powder (to taste)
• 1 (15 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Potatoes

• 1/2 of (26 ounce) package frozen shoestring Idaho potatoes
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Garnishes

• 2 green onions, chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
• 1 cup canned baby corn
• 1 small red pepper, chopped

Instructions

Chili

1. (Chili can be made ahead of time and refrigerated; reheat before serving.)
2. Over medium-high heat, in a medium stock pot, cook the beef, onion and garlic for 5 minutes, or until meat is no longer pink.
3. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 5 more minutes.
4. Prepare the potatoes.

Potatoes

1. Over medium-high heat, in a large nonstick skillet, heat olive oil until hot. Carefully add the frozen potatoes. Cook potatoes, stirring and lifting the bottom ones so they all cook evenly, for 10 minutes.
2. Reduce the heat to medium-low.
3. Oil the bottom of a large Dutch oven or soup pot; place the pot on top of the potatoes to weight them down (place something in the pot to serve as a weight - a brick or two works well). Cook potatoes, weighted, for another 4 minutes.
4. Remove brick and soup pot; invert potatoes onto a serving platter. Top potatoes with the hot chili.

Garnishes

1. Garnish with your choice of chopped green onions, minced jalapeno, baby corn and chopped red pepper.

Nutrition

Approximate Per serving: 495 calories, 22g fat, 53mg cholesterol, 819mg sodium, 24g protein, 52g carbohydrates (does not include optional ingredients)

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Idaho Potato Commission