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🍽️ Hearty Fried Potatoes with Chorizo and Quail Eggs

377 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 700 g potatoes (mostly waxy)
• 200 g chorizo
• 1 shallot
• 200 g bell peppers (orange and green)
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• salt
• paprika powder (sweet)
• 8 quail eggs
• 0.5 handful parsley
• pepper (from the mill)

Instructions

1. 1. Thoroughly wash the potatoes under running water.
2. 2. Place the potatoes in a pot with salted water.
3. 3. Boil the potatoes for about 20 minutes until tender.
4. 4. Drain the water and let the potatoes steam dry in the colander.
5. 5. Slice the chorizo sausage into rounds about 1 cm thick.
6. 6. Fry the chorizo slices in a non-stick pan for 2 to 3 minutes.
7. 7. Remove the fried sausage from the pan and set it aside.
8. 8. Peel the shallot and dice it finely.
9. 9. Wash the peppers and halve them lengthwise.
10. 10. Remove the seeds and white membranes from the peppers.
11. 11. Cut the pepper vegetables into thin strips.
12. 12. Slice the cooled potatoes, still with the skin, into rounds about 5 mm thick.
13. 13. Fry the potato slices in the remaining chorizo fat for about 5 minutes until golden brown.
14. 14. Turn the potatoes while frying so that both sides become golden brown.
15. 15. Add the chorizo and pepper strips to the fried potatoes in the pan.
16. 16. Heat the mixture briefly until everything is warm.
17. 17. Heat a second pan with a little oil.
18. 18. Fry the quail eggs in the second pan as sunny-side-up eggs (eggs fried from the bottom without flipping).
19. 19. Portion the fried potato mixture onto plates.
20. 20. Place the fried quail eggs on top of the potatoes.
21. 21. Garnish the dish with fresh parsley leaves.
22. 22. Season with freshly ground pepper to taste.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 377
• Protein: 16 g · Fett/Fat: 21 g · Carbs: 30 g