Quick & Easy Potatoes O’Brien Recipe by Miki

Here’s another great recipe from my mom, Miki. She was a Southern Belle, from Louisville, Kentucky and boy to southerners know how to cook!

Try this classic side-dish of Potatoes O’Brien. It’s fast and easy and you likely have all the ingredients already.

“What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.” A.A. Milne

Potatoes O’Brien Recipe by Miki

Potatoes O’Brien Recipe by Miki

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup minced onion
• 1/3 cup minced green bell pepper
• 1/3 cup drained and minced bottled pimiento
• 1/3 – 1/2 cup olive oil
• 4 Idaho potatoes, peeled and diced
• salt and freshly ground pepper

Instructions

• In a large skillet, cook the onion, green pepper and pimiento in 2 tablespoons of olive oil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened.
• Transfer vegetables to a bowl.
• In the skillet, heat the remaining oil over moderately high heat until hot and add the potatoes.
• Sauté, stirring occasionally, for 15 to 20 minutes or until tender and crisp.
• Stir in the vegetable mixture and seasoning.
• Heat over moderately low heat until hot.
• Serves: 4

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