Chilli / Chili Sour Cream Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 slices bacon, rind and fat removed (reserve if you like)
• 1 tablespoon oil (optional)
• 1 onion, roughly diced
• 1 red chile, finely sliced
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 teaspoon mexican chili powder (or to taste)
• 2 large potatoes, scrubbed, cut into 2 . 5cm chunks
• salt and pepper (lots of pepper)
• 100 ml light sour cream (about 5 tablespoons)

Recipe

• 1 dice the bacon.
• 2 cook bacon fat and rind until fat runs then remove and discard, or heat the oil in a pan over medium heat.
• 3 cook the bacon, onion, chili and garlic gently for about 5 minutes or until the onion is softened.
• 4 add the chili powder and cook a minute or so more.
• 5 add the potato pieces and stir gently.
• 6 turn the heat to low and cover with a lid.
• 7 cook for about 45 minutes shaking the pan occasionally.
• 8 when the potatoes are very tender, remove from the heat, season well and stir the sour cream through gently. serve.