Potato Porridge Recipe ( Potato Pottage)
An easy Potato Porridge recipe that needs simple ingredients, gets ready in a few minutes and is perfect for lunch or midweek dinner. Potatoes are a great substitute for african yams in many recipes and this luscious potato pottage is one of them. Interested? Learn how to prepare this easy potato recipe in a few steps, photos included.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Servings
Calories 450kcal
Ingredients
- 5 lbs potatoes peeled and cut into quarters
- 2 medium Red bell peppers coarsely blended
- ½ medium green bell pepper chopped
- 2 medium onions chopped and divided
- ¼ cup coarsely ground crayfish or 2 cans of Tuna fish.
- ½ Tablespoon Pepper flakes
- ½ Tablespoon bouillon powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt more to taste
- ½ -3/4 cup palm oil
Instructions
Make Potatoes:
- Put the quartered potatoes in a clean pot.
- Add enough water to a level about 1 inch above the and potatoes in the pot.
- Add chopped onions, crayfish, bouillon, salt
- Cook till the potatoes are tender.
Make Sauce:
- While the potatoes are cooking, begin to prepare the sauce.
- Sauté 1/2 of chopped onions till transluscent and fragrant.
- Pour in the coarsely blended red bell peppers, add salt and cook till liquid evaporates and it's reduced in volume.
- Add the chopped green bell pepper if using, stir, then turn off heat.
- Pour sauce into pot of cooked potatoes, mix in to combine. Taste for seasoning and adjust accoedingly. (don't worry if some of the potatoes are broken, while you mix that's what helps to thicken the sauce of the yummy porridge.)
- Allow to simmer for about a minute.
- Turn off heat. Serve warm
Notes
- It will be helpful if you start making the sauce as soon as you begin to cook the potataoes.
- You can add more oil up to 2 Tbsp if you'd like more oil
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Potato Porridge Recipe ( Potato Pottage)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 450
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.