Here’s a classic, comforting potatoes and onions recipe—crispy on the outside, soft inside 🥔🧅
Skillet Potatoes and Onions
Ingredients
- 4–5 potatoes, sliced or diced
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 3 tbsp oil or butter
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp paprika (optional)
- Garlic powder or fresh garlic (optional)
Instructions
- Parboil potatoes (optional but great)
- Boil in salted water 5–7 minutes until just tender. Drain well.
- Heat skillet
- Heat oil or butter over medium-high heat.
- Cook potatoes
- Add potatoes in a single layer. Let cook 4–5 minutes without stirring to brown.
- Flip and continue until golden.
- Add onions
- Stir in onions and seasonings.
- Cook 5–7 minutes until onions are soft and caramelized.
- Serve hot
Flavor Boosters
- 🥓 Cook in bacon grease
- 🧄 Add garlic at the end
- 🧀 Sprinkle cheese on top
- 🌿 Finish with parsley or thyme
Want oven-roasted, Southern-style, or breakfast potatoes?
