Potatoes with chipotle and lime juice, a perfect Mexican recipe

These are the only potatoes you need for a snack, salad, or accompanying your favorite dish. This Mexican potato recipe is for the best Chipotle Lime Chili Potatoes, which are slow-cooked, tangy, smooth, and perfect.

Mexican potatoes with lime juice ahd chipotle served in glasses like appetizers.

INGREDIENTS FOR the mexican CHIPOTLE POTATOES

Chipotle Chile in Adobo and Canned chipotle chili in adobo are perfect for this recipe.
New potatoes, fingerlings, or any other small potato
Lemon juice, use fresh lemon juice or lime juice; it will always be better than any store-bought lemon juice.
Olive oil

blue colander with small potatoes and limes and chipotle paste on the side.

THE TECHNICAL PART OF THIS RECIPE

Confit is the culinary term used when an ingredient is simmered in fat. This technique is best known for fats of animal origin. But the fantastic thing is that you can also cook vegetables and anything else you want in vegetable oil or olive oil.

pouring the dressing over the samll potatoes.

HOW TO MAKE POTATOES IN CHIPOTLE AND OIL

It is as easy as blending the ingredients for the confit; you must combine the oil with the lemon juice and salt. When blended and perfect, pour it over the potatoes and cover the pan with a lid.

Cover the potatoes and leave them over low heat until they offer no resistance and are soft when you prick them with a fork.

HOW TO SERVE THE POTATOES

Serve them in small glass cups if you serve them as appetizers or snacks.

Put them on a large platter to serve family dinner style and use them as a side dish or a grilled protein.

Serve them on top of hummus or steamed brown rice. Or as part of your Buddha bowl.

Serve on a bed of lettuce or sliced cabbage. The combination between the freshness of the green leaves and the spiciness of the potatoes is delicious.

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🔥 IMPORTANT NOTE

Since these potatoes are cooked in oil, it reaches high temperatures. Be very careful when handling it.

IT WILL BE VERY HOT.

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Small potatoes with chipotle peppers and lime juice

Alejandra Graf

This recipe for potatoes with chipotle and lemon is perfect to bring to a party, to serve over greens as a salad or as a side dish. This recipe is healthy and very easy to prepare.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Mexican

Servings personas

Calories 286 kcal

Equipment

blender
Cast iron braiser

Ingredients

2 lb / 1kg small potatoes
2-4 tablespoons chipotle pepper in adobo paste
1 cup lime juice
1/2 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Add to a blender jar the chipotle pepper paste, the lime juice, the olive oil and salt. Blend until well mixed.
Wash the potatoes and put in a pan with a lid. Add the chipotle pepper and lime juice mixture over the potatoes, cover and cook for 20 min. over low heat.
Pinch the potaotes with a fork to ensure they are cooked through.

Notes

-The chipotle chili paste is made by pureeing a can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce.

-Add the amount of chipotle pepper paste that you like, it all depends on your love for spicy food. -This recipe can be divided in two without

-This recipe can be divided in two without a problem.

-If the lemon juice is very acid, add 2 or 3 tablespoons olive oil more to the mixture.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 286kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 3gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gSodium: 398mgPotassium: 684mgFiber: 3gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 23IUVitamin C: 42mgCalcium: 24mgIron: 1mg

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