These healthy simmered potatoes are flavored with onions, ginger, tomatoes and spinach. A comforting side dish!
Neither my flip-flops nor I were prepared this morning for the sight of six inches of snow covering every rooftop, tree, and roadway. Now, I realize the first things that should have come to mind were shoveling and bundling up my kids for the frigid weather. Instead, my mind was on food. Warm, slow-cooked comfort food, with plenty of spices and pleasing aromas. My mind turned to the Crockpot Gingered Chickpea and Spicy Tomato Stew I made last year. However, with nary a chickpea to be found in my pantry and a distinct lack of will to drive to the store, I started to re-invent this recipe. I used the same spices - ginger, garlic, and coriander seeds - but replaced the chickpeas with potatoes and came up with a quick stovetop version. With fuzzy slippers on my feet, and the kids warmly bundled off to school, I sat down to enjoy a bowl of these potatoes as a feeling of well-being crept through my body.
The recipe:
Peel and wash russet potatoes. Slice into â…“-inch rounds. Place potatoes in a large pot of cold, salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook until the potatoes are just tender, about 10 to 12 minutes. Drain the potatoes and set aside.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chopped onion and cook, stirring, until the onions begin to brown. Add minced garlic cloves, minced fresh ginger, ground coriander, coriander seeds, salt, and black pepper. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
Add balsamic vinegar and coarsely chopped canned or fresh tomatoes. Bring the mixture to a boil. Add potatoes, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until the potatoes are tender. Scatter fresh spinach leaves over the potato mixture, cover the skillet and simmer until the spinach leaves are starting to wilt. Remove from the heat and serve.
Gingered Potatoes, Tomatoes & Spinach
1 lb. russet potatoes, peeled, washed & cut into â…“-inch thick rounds
2 teaspoon olive oil
½ medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
1 cup chopped canned or fresh tomatoes
1 cup (packed) fresh spinach leaves
Place potatoes in a large pot of cold, salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook until the potatoes are just tender, about 10 to 12 minutes. Drain the potatoes and set aside.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chopped onion and cook, stirring, until the onions begin to brown. Add minced garlic cloves, minced fresh ginger, ground coriander, coriander seeds, salt, and black pepper. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
Add balsamic vinegar and coarsely chopped canned or fresh tomatoes. Bring the mixture to a boil. Add potatoes, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until the potatoes are tender. Scatter fresh spinach leaves over the potato mixture, cover the skillet and simmer until the spinach leaves are starting to wilt. Remove from the heat and serve.
Serves 4 to 6 as side dish.
Koek!
Oh I love this idea, especially since i have far too many potatoes festering away at home... Ginger seems like quite an unorthodox ingredient in this scenario but I am most intrigued!
Robyn x
warmvanillasugar
Gingered potatoes sound so good!!
Dorian
One day after it snowed here in Edmonton, I got a call from my boyfriend complaining about the snow in Salt Lake! I was just there and it was beautiful out. >.<
Laurie @simplyscratch
I'm so not ready for snow!!! But I am ready for this dish! YUM!
Maria
I was not happy this morning. Great recipe to warm up a winter day!
My Kitchen in the Rockies
It has been snowing in the mountains in Colorado, too. Beautiful to look at. The temperatures dropped to winter over night.
I realty like that dish. I will take the recipe to try. Thanks and stay warm!
Greetings.
Kirsten
Jenny
Snow=no fun, your recipe however looks fabulous!
Tracy
Sounds amazing! Sorry about the snow though...I'm not ready for it either!!
Food o' del Mundo
I adore ginger in any way, shape or form. This sounds grand right along with the chickpea one.
I'd tease you about the snow, but I know it's headed my way ;-(
~Mary
Chef E
Sorry to hear about the snow, but this meal looks like it made up for it! Crockpot, I need to get one!