Strip Steak, Crash Hot Potatoes, Chimichurri

[JckDanls 07]

Whole boiled small potatoes,

chef k-dude , Peeled ??

 

[checkdude]

What a great looking meal! It seems that there is no end to the variety one can devise. I love the ingenuity of you all. Excellent job! And I might shamelessly steal your idea. Thanks for sharing.

 

[chef k-dude]

chef k-dude , Peeled ??

Nope, skins and all. But we like the skins, I leave them on for potato salad, etc.. Nothing says you cant peel them if thats your preference but the skins in this case provide a nice chew, in fact it can be hard to cut through these with just a fork because of that.

Note that these are a waxy potato, like red or white smallish (2-3 bite) potato as opposed to, say, a russet. But you can use bigger potatoes, maybe cut in half skin sides down? There are recipes and probably even videos out there to get a well rounded feel for making these. I've seen some variations but brushing with olive oil is important. It helps get those crunchier firm bits

Also, people are using all kinds of things like the bottom of a glass or mug to smash them. I like to use a wire masher like this, spraying with canned olive oil and carefully pushing the bits that stick through with my fingers to get them to release. You will develop a technique as you make these a few times.

 

[chef k-dude]

Interestingly I got this recipe in one of my email boxes for the smashed potatoes today.

Here is the Ree Drummond one

They use Parmesan. I dont.