Potato pie at home. An unusual dish for our table - potato pie

Everyone loves a tasty snack. But quite often dishes are repeated, and you want something new. Then you can cook potato pie. But let's figure out why this particular dish was chosen.

Potatoes always and everywhere

It's no secret that potatoes have been a huge success since their first appearance in Russia. When Peter 1 brought it from Europe, people immediately came up with many different and delicious recipes. Therefore, quite a few people believe that potato dishes- This is national Russian cuisine. However, this is not the case at all.

Russians borrowed and fell in love with many “overseas” potato recipes, including potato pie. But what kind of dish is this? An ignorant person may think that our today's dish- this is nothing more than a potato pie, because the word "pie" with in English and translates as "pie". But no, it's tasty dish somewhat similar to "fries". However, it can be used as an addition to different dishes. Let's talk about how to cook potato pie.

What you will need

Now you can start preparing for playback culinary masterpieces. To make potato pie, you don't need anything special. As a rule, all the necessary products should be found in the refrigerator of any housewife. In addition, even a schoolchild can prepare this dish - there is no need to have culinary skills. Except maybe the ability to handle a frying pan.

So, to understand how to make potato pie, you will need some kitchen utensils. Take a deep frying pan or saucepan with a thick bottom, a knife, a grater, a deep bowl and paper towels. Now you can start searching necessary products. In order to cook potato pie, you will need, of course, potatoes. Exactly as much as you want to cook (it’s better to take more than 0.5 kg). Next, stock up on salt, starch (4 tablespoons per 0.5 kg of potatoes), spices and vegetable oil. When you already have everything you need, you can start preparing a dish called “Potato Pie.” The recipe is quite simple.

How to cook

All the ingredients are in place, the equipment is in order - you can start preparing a wonderful culinary masterpiece.

First, peel the potatoes and wash them thoroughly. After this, cut into thin circles (no thicker than a matchstick) and then into strips. For this purpose, it is best to use a sharp grater with a special attachment for grating vegetables. Try to keep the “straw” as thin as possible without breaking.

Now the chopped potatoes need to be dried. Do this quickly so that the vegetable does not turn black. While the potatoes are drying, pour starch, salt and spices to taste into a deep bowl. Mix well. Lower potato straws into the resulting “powder”. Simply put, roll each straw thoroughly in spiced starch. Try to ensure that the starch is evenly distributed throughout the vegetable slices. This is very important for the final result.

Now pour into a deep saucepan or frying pan vegetable oil. You will need quite a lot of it. Let the oil heat up. Pour the starch straws into a container, then leave to fry for 5-10 minutes until golden crust. It is important here that the vegetable oil completely covers the sliced ​​potatoes (it is better to have a layer of oil of about 1 cm on top). When ready, remove the potato pie and let all the oil drain. Use paper towels for this. The dish is ready to eat. If necessary, add more salt and your favorite spices.

Faster cooking

But there is another recipe. “Potato Pie” is a little different from the previous one and is not suitable for everyone. In addition, the cooking time for the final dish is reduced to 2 minutes. What does it take to quickly recreate potato pie? The answer is simple - a deep fryer. Fortunately, these potatoes are significantly different from American fries.

So, in order to cook potato pie using a deep fryer, stock up on vegetable oil (about 2 liters) or special oil for deep frying. All other ingredients remain the same: potatoes, starch, salt, spices.

Fill the fryer with oil and turn it on. It is best to set it to 180-190 degrees. While the fryer is heating, peel and rinse the potatoes. After that, anyone in an accessible way cut it into strips (preferably using a special grater). As before, pour the starch, salt and desired spices into a bowl and stir. Dry the potatoes, coat them in powder, then open the fryer. Carefully place the straws on the grill and lower them into the oil for 2 minutes. The potato pie will be ready when it turns golden brown. Remove the grate and let all the oil drain (no paper towels needed here). Carefully place the potato pie on a plate. The dish is ready.

How it can be used

Of course, you can use potato pie different ways. First of all, it's great independent dish, which is no worse than ordinary fried potatoes or "fries". Potato pie is perfect as an addition to poultry, pork and beef. In addition, using this dish as a component in salads would be a rather interesting move. For example, in a salad with smoked chicken.

Crispy and tender potato strips are also wonderful dish for children. You can use it to decorate any children's lunch(especially if you are used to making different faces and figures on a plate of food). Children will be happy to eat delicious potatoes share.

It is difficult to imagine our life without eating such a “native” from America as potatoes. Many people don’t even imagine how they can live without the intoxicating smell fried potatoes, but there are few who can clearly tell what potato pie is. But such a dish is no less appetizing and tasty than there are several options for preparing this dish. We present to your attention only a small fraction of the options for preparing dishes for unusual name"potato pie."

For the first recipe you will need a minimum of products. Potato pie, the recipe for which is given here, is prepared from 0.5 kg of potatoes, 4 tablespoons of starch (preferably potato), vegetable oil (intended for frying) and table salt(taste). The method of preparing it is simple to the point of banality:

1. Peel and wash the potatoes, dry them with a paper towel, and then grate them on a fairly coarse grater. Place the potato chips on a paper towel or napkins so that the starch on its surface dries a little.
2. Add finely ground salt to the starch sifted through a sieve and roll potato chips in it.
3. The prepared potatoes are dipped into boiling vegetable oil and fried until golden brown.
4. The fried potato pie is removed from the fat and placed on a paper towel to drain excess fat. This dish is great side dish for any meat or fish dishes.

Another version of the potato pie dish easier than the first prescription To prepare it you only need potatoes, vegetable oil and fine salt. Peeled and washed potatoes are rubbed on a coarse grater. In this case, a grater is also great for cooking. The resulting potatoes are thoroughly washed in water and dried on a paper towel. The best cooking option is to use a special deep fryer. If it is unavailable, the prepared potatoes are dipped in small portions into very hot oil and fried until tender. You should carefully monitor the frying process as thin potatoes It fries very quickly and can simply “burn” in the frying pan. Potato pie is salted after it is removed from the vegetable oil (directly on a paper towel).

In addition to recipes that can be used to prepare regular potato pie, there are also recipes in which this product is one of the ingredients. So we offer you a salad with potato pie, prepared with chicken breast. All calculations of ingredients are made for 1 serving. To prepare this tasty and nutritious meal you will need the following products:

• chicken fillet - 50g;
• fresh cucumbers - 50 g;
• pickled cucumbers - 50 g;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• medium fat mayonnaise - 30-40 g;
• lettuce - 15 g;
• potato pie - 30 g;
• pickled mushrooms (preferably white) - 30 g;
• chopped greens - 5 g;
• chopped green onions- 10 g;
• fine salt - 1 g;
• ground pepper - to your taste.

Preparation

Chicken fillet cut into small pieces, salt, pepper and fry in a frying pan until full readiness. Potato pie is prepared using one of the above methods. Pickled and fresh cucumbers are cut into small cubes. Place in a salad bowl and mix chicken breast, cucumbers, finely chopped garlic, herbs and green onions, mayonnaise and salt. The washed and dried ones are placed on a portion plate around the perimeter, and a mixture of all the ingredients is placed on its center. Chilled potato pie is placed on top of them. Marinated mushrooms cut into thin slices are beautifully placed along the edge of the plate. This dish will become a real favorite at any table.

Who doesn’t remember the famous “potato” tirade of Rumyantseva in the role of Tosya Kislitsina from “Girls”? In case anyone still doesn’t remember verbatim, let me quote it here in full: “What about ‘potatoes’? Do you know how many dishes can be prepared from potatoes?... Well, count them! Fried, boiled, mashed potatoes. So, further! French fries, potato pie. Well, these chips are fried in a saucepan in boiling oil. Potato pies with meat, mushrooms, cabbage. Etc! Potato fritters, mushroom sauce, tomato sauce, sour cream sauce, and so on. Potato roll, potato casserole, stewed potatoes with prunes, stewed potatoes with bay leaves and pepper, boiled young potatoes with dill, shangi.”

I want to offer you a different version of potato pie that was known to Tosya, and with her, to our mothers and grandmothers. They rubbed "potato chips" on coarse grater. This method, of course, is also very good, and most importantly, it is publicly available. But the most impressive-looking potato pie is obtained, in my opinion, if you use a grater to Korean carrots. It is very decorative, tasty, crispy, quick to make, and is ideal for sprinkling on some dishes, such as salad "".

I couldn’t find reliable information about which country’s cuisine includes potato pie, so for now I’ll put it in the cuisine of the USSR - at least, they even talked about this recipe in the movies there. ;)

You won’t surprise anyone with potatoes in a salad for a long time. But only if the usual boiled product is added, or at least classically fried. Few people know about such a variation of cooking as “Pai”. Naturally, salads with Pai potatoes will be very unusual, original, attracting close attention. Surprising everyone around and delighting your loved ones with another “delicious treat” turns out to be quite simple. The only thing is to cook potatoes in a special way and make a wonderful salad with them, which will be very difficult to tear yourself away from - it has an amazing taste.

Be sure to prepare another of our signature salads -.

The difficulty in preparing this dish lies solely in frying special recipe potatoes. Even the meat is replaced here smoked chicken, and due to this, the cooking speed becomes lightning fast. Moreover, it is this product that gives the dish an unsurpassed taste and aroma, which is important for any salad.

Required components:

• 300 gr. smoked chicken breast;
• 200 gr. potatoes;
• 1 medium cucumber (fresh);
• 2 medium cucumbers (salted);
• 1 onion;
• 20 gr. greenery;
• 2 gr. salt;
• 120 gr. mayonnaise;
• 100 gr. vegetable oil.

Potato pie salad recipe:

1. The potatoes are immediately washed and peeled with a brush, after which they take a Korean carrot grater and rub it on it. After such grinding, they are washed again and placed in a colander, and all the water is drained.
2. Heat the oil in a frying pan and pour the potatoes into it, then fry it and place it on a napkin to remove excess oil from the product.
3. All cucumbers are cut into thin strips on a board.
4. The chicken breast is also finely chopped; you don’t even have to cut it, but tear it into fibers with your hands.
5. The onion is cleaned, washed with water and chopped into thin half rings with a knife, doused with boiling water and squeezed.
6. Place chicken at the bottom of the salad bowl, and onion on it, coat it with mayonnaise.
7. Next they place fresh cucumber and they also coat it.
8. After this, pickles are laid out and “Pai” potatoes are placed on top.
9. Sprinkle everything with washed and finely chopped herbs.

Important! Before frying, the potatoes should already be completely dry; the slightest drop of moisture will cause the oil to start shooting out, and the root vegetables themselves will stick together during the frying process.

Potato pie salad

This salad can safely be called self-sufficient. It is very tasty and high in calories, capable of satisfying even a tired and fairly hungry man after a day of work. Moreover, not only the meat in it attracts attention, but also vegetables that give freshness, and pleasantly crispy, fried potatoes - main feature this recipe.

Be sure to try other potato salads, for example. Your family will definitely be happy!

Required components:

• 150 gr. beef;
• 2 medium tomatoes;
• 2 medium cucumbers;
• 100 gr. lettuce leaves;
• 120 gr. mayonnaise;
• 2 garlic cloves;
• 20 gr. green onions;
• 20 gr. dill;
• 100 gr. oils;
• 200 gr. potatoes.

Preparation step by step:

1. The meat must be washed and then placed in a saucepan with salted water, boiled, cooled in the broth and then placed on a board, cut into small cubes.
2. The potatoes are washed very well and the skin is peeled off, then grated using a Korean carrot grater.
3. Pour oil into a frying pan and pour in grated potatoes, fry, and then transfer to a napkin so that all the fat drips off.
4. The cucumbers are washed and cut into large cubes.
5. Tomatoes are cut in the same way.
6. Pour chopped meat, cucumbers and tomatoes into a salad bowl.
7. Lettuce leaves are washed, torn by hand and added to other foods.
8. The garlic is peeled and crushed with garlic cloves and added to the salad.
9. The greens are washed and chopped with a knife, and added to the composition.
10. Pour mayonnaise over everything and mix with a spoon.
11. Sprinkle everything with already dried crispy potatoes.

Advice: lettuce leaves most often they simply tear with their hands, but so that they ready dish were more tender and did not stand out much among other products; they can be chopped into thin strips.

Salad with potato pie

This salad turns out simply extraordinary, incredibly bright, very filling and multifaceted. Although it uses enough simple products, the presence of which in a salad cannot surprise anyone, but it is with them that the dish acquires a special charm and nobility. A brightly designed masterpiece can make certain changes in festive decoration table, help move away from all stereotypes.

Required components:

• 500 gr. chicken fillet;
• 250 gr. canned mushrooms;
• 250 gr. corn in a jar;
• 50 gr. iceberg lettuce;
• 100 gr. potatoes;
• 300 gr. cucumbers;
• 50 gr. butter;
• 50 gr. mayonnaise;
• 2 gr. salt;
• 4 gr. pepper

Preparation step by step:

1. The chicken fillet is immediately washed and cut on a board with a knife into thin, even strips as even as possible.
2. Pour oil into a frying pan and pour in the shredded chicken, fry well, but do not dry it out, and pour into a bowl.
3. The mushrooms are filtered from the marinade and poured into the same bowl.
4. The cucumbers are washed and grated using a medium-sized grater, squeezed out of the resulting juice, and added to other products.
5. Open the jar of corn and place it in a colander to dry.
6. The potatoes are washed well with a brush and the skin is peeled off, chopped into very thin strips, dried and only then fried.
7. Pour everything into one bowl, leaving only a few potatoes for later decoration.
8. Lettuce leaves are washed and cut into medium strips.
9. Pour mayonnaise over the salad, mix everything with a spoon and place on a dish, garnish with “Pie” potatoes.

Tip: instead of pickled mushrooms, you can also use fresh ones, which you just need to chop and fry. Most aromatic dish it will work with forest mushrooms, and not with ordinary store-bought champignons or milk mushrooms.

Potato pie salad

All the products used in this recipe are in the kitchen of any housewife, but despite this dish it is worthy of being in the center even festive table, it turns out very tasty and fantastically elegant. All guests will certainly like it and will become business card housewives.

We also have other cooking options for you, for example, or.

Required components:

• 4 medium tomatoes;
• 150 gr. sausages;
• 100 gr. cheese;
• 250 gr. potatoes;
• 200 gr. mayonnaise;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 100 gr. vegetable oil.

Preparation step by step:

1. The potatoes are washed, peeled and Korean grater tinder, place in a colander, rinse and dry. When it dries, pour oil into the frying pan and add grated potatoes and fry.
2. Already prepared root vegetables are transferred to a napkin with a slotted spoon and dried.
3. The tomatoes are washed well, wiped and cut into rings on a board, placed on the bottom of a plate and coated with mayonnaise mixed with garlic.
4. The sausage is cut into thin strips on a board and placed on the tomatoes, also coated.
5. The cheese is simply grated and scattered on the sausage, and it is also coated.
6. Finally, they put in the dried potatoes, and let everything sit for half an hour in order to fully saturate them.

Potato pie salad with chicken

This amazing dish Even children will eat with great pleasure. After all, who, who, and they are definitely crazy about unhealthy chips and French fries. They will also like this variation of potatoes. Crispy thin strips miraculously do the impossible - the salad is tasty, filling, and incredibly attractive.

Required components:

• 300 gr. chicken fillet;
• 300 gr. potatoes;
• 2 large eggs;
• 2 medium cucumbers;
• 100 gr. cheese;
• 20 gr. green onions;
• 120 gr. mayonnaise;
• 100 gr. vegetable oil;
• 2 gr. salt;
• 4 gr. spices

Preparation step by step:

1. Peeled, washed, chopped and dried potatoes are placed in very small portions in a frying pan and fried for about three minutes. The main thing is not to overcook the potatoes; immediately after they are slightly browned, remove them from the pan with a slotted spoon and transfer them to a napkin.
2. Already on a napkin that has not yet cooled down, salt and spices are added to it.
3. The chicken fillet is washed and placed on a board, cut into thin strips and placed in a frying pan, fried with butter for just a couple of minutes.
4. Place the eggs in a saucepan with some water and boil for about twelve minutes, then immediately cold water cool and clean. Simply grind them on a medium grater.
5. Grate the washed cucumbers on a Korean grater and squeeze them a little.
6. The cheese is grated using the same grater as the eggs.
7. Green onions are washed and finely chopped with a knife.
8. All the products prepared for this moment begin to be laid out in a wide dish. The first of them appears in in this case potato.
9. Following closely behind are cucumbers and cheese.
10. After this, chicken and eggs, green onions are placed.
11. Just coat the onion with mayonnaise and repeat laying out all the layers in the same order.
12. The top is also coated with mayonnaise and sprinkled with cheese.
13. As original and simple decoration onion feathers protrude. You can arrange them however you like. Each housewife has her own concept of beauty.

Particularly attractive are salads to which a delicious root vegetable, prepared in a special way, is added – the amazing “Pai” potato. It gives the salad a wonderful crunch and amazing aroma. At the same time, all other components used add a certain sophistication and unsurpassedness. Salads with potato pie look presentable, and their taste can captivate absolutely everyone, regardless of age and taste preferences.

For those who want to diversify their diet, potato pie will become the best option. These are a kind of chips that are easy to prepare at home. This dish It turns out crispy, tasty and very interesting. Potato pie can be served both as an appetizer and as a main course. If everything is done correctly, then such food will take the first line on the home menu.

Potato pie according to the classic recipe

Vegetables prepared in this way will surprise everyone with their originality and appetizing crunch. This is the best substitute for the famous French fries. The dish is very simple to prepare. Even an inexperienced cook can cope with this task.

Ingredients for the classic recipe:

• 0.5 kg of potatoes;
• a glass of sunflower oil;
• dessert spoon of salt;
• spices (optional).

To make the stripes long, rub the potatoes in one direction.

In order for the dish to turn out beautiful, you need to choose tubers with the smoothest possible surface. Also Special attention You need to pay attention to the size of the potatoes. It is best to use medium sized vegetables.

Potatoes should be washed and peeled. It is best to remove the peel with a vegetable peeler. Rinse the tubers in cold water and start cutting. There are two ways to chop potatoes: with a knife and using a grater to prepare Korean carrots.

Place the chopped tubers in a large, deep bowl. Rinse the straw thoroughly under cold running water. This procedure is necessary to remove starch. If you don’t do this, the potato pie won’t work.

Place the chopped vegetables in a colander. It should be kept in this state until the excess liquid drains. Spread the prepared potato tubers in a thin layer on a paper towel. This is necessary so that the straw dries well.

The better the potatoes dry, the tastier the dish will be.

Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan or deep pan. Place the container on medium heat, hold until light smoke appears. Once the oil warms up to desired temperature, you can put some potatoes in it.
The straws should be fried in small batches, otherwise the dish will not cook properly.

Keep in boiling oil for about 3 minutes. Vegetables are considered ready when the stripes on all sides become appetizing, golden brown crust. Once the potatoes are golden, use a slotted spoon to pull them out and place them on a paper towel. The rest of the batches are prepared using the same principle.

As soon as excess fat has drained from the potatoes, it is recommended to salt them and, if desired, season with dry spices. The dish can be served either warm or cold.

This recipe for potato pie goes well with various sauces and meat side dishes. You can also combine it with steamed vegetables.

Delicious and quick potato dish

It's simple, but at the same time, unusual salad, which is suitable for any holiday table. A dish prepared using this method will please all guests and will become the hostess’s calling card. The salad turns out to be very satisfying, and thanks to the potatoes, it has a great, unusual taste.

Set of products for the recipe:

• 150 g beef (or pork);
• two medium-sized tomatoes;
• two small cucumbers;
• middle beam;
• half a glass of mayonnaise (can be replaced with sour cream if desired);
• 2 medium cloves of garlic;
• fresh dill and parsley;
• two glasses of potato pie.

Rinse the potatoes in cold water until the liquid becomes completely clear.

Salad preparation process:

Serve the salad with potato pie in separate plates. Sprinkle generously on top of each serving fried strips. If desired, you can add thin slices of hard cheese to the dish.

All of the above recipes are the best option for the holiday table. Potato pie dishes will turn out not only beautiful, but also incredibly tasty. At proper preparation they will be the highlight of any event.

Video recipe for salad with potato pie