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Fiesta Potato Smashers are quick, easy, and satisfying, with flavors the whole family will love. This is sure to be your new favorite recipe!

Fiesta Potato Smashers

One of the foods that my husband, two teenagers, and I can ALL agree that we love is potatoes.

Thank goodness for the amazing potato! We can whip up easy and tasty breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and snacks with these beautiful, incredible spuds. When I’m in a pinch and need to make a quick family meal, it’s often potatoes to the rescue!

potatoes in bowl

Fiesta Potato Smashers

Recently, I was searching the Side Delights website for a family-friendly recipe, and came across one that can be used either as a main dish or a side dish. With a combo of potatoes, bell peppers, and a dairy-free option, it was the mouthwatering Fiesta Potato Smashers recipe for the win!

This recipe checks off so many boxes for me when looking for a recipe to feed my family on a busy night:

  • it doesn’t have many ingredients (less than five!)
  • the ingredients are items I usually already have on hand
  • the recipe requires little prep time and short cooking time
  • it is a recipe that my whole family will love.

Fiesta Potato Smashers

Enter to Win

If you love potatoes like I do (or if anyone in your household does), you’re gonna love this giveaway! Enter to win a sample box of Side Delights fresh potatoes AND an Instant Pot. That’s right: an Instant Pot! If you already have one, you know that you could use two (I know several people who use two regularly!). You can nter to win using the form below, now through August 20, 2018. Please be sure to read the full details in the form. 

Best of luck to all who enter this contest!

Fiesta Potato Smashers

Fiesta Potato Smashers Recipe

Fiesta Potato Smashers

5 from 13 votes
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Quick, few ingredients, and a true crowd pleaser! Enjoy as a main dish or a side dish! 
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Ingredients 

  • 5 small Yellow potatoes
  • 5 small Red potatoes
  • 1 pint sweet mini peppers (red, orange and yellow)
  • 8 sprigs cilantro, picked from stems and chopped
  • cooking spray or olive oil
  • salt, pepper, chili powder

Instructions 

  • Place whole potatoes (do not poke) into microwave-safe covered dish. Microwave on HIGH for 3 to 4 minutes.
  • While potatoes are cooking, cut mini peppers into small 1/4-inch slices. Spray a nonstick pan with cooking spray and heat to medium. Add peppers and sauté until they become slightly soft and start to brown. Remove from pan and set aside.
  • Remove potatoes from microwave and, using a layer of paper towels covering each potato, smash them on a cutting board until 1 3/4-inch thick. Helpful tip: Use the side of a coffee cup or flat cooking utensil to smash the potatoes.
  • Spray sauté pan with cooking spray or add 2 tbsp olive oil to a pan, heat on high, and add smashed potatoes in a single layer. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes until potatoes start to brown on both sides.
  • On a plate, place potatoes and layer with sour cream or yogurt (optional), peppers and cilantro. Dust with salt, chili powder and pepper to taste. Serve warm.

Nutrition

Calories: 272kcal, Carbohydrates: 62g, Protein: 8g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 0.2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 0.03g, Sodium: 59mg, Potassium: 1777mg, Fiber: 9g, Sugar: 9g, Vitamin A: 3994IU, Vitamin C: 189mg, Calcium: 46mg, Iron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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36 Comments

  1. Amelia Fletcher says:

    5 stars
    Wow, This looks so good. Thanks you for helpful shearing recipe. I love this recipe .

    1. Marlynn | UrbanBlissLife says:

      I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thank you, Amelia!

  2. Marjory says:

    5 stars
    These could be my new nachos! Love them!

    1. Marlynn | UrbanBlissLife says:

      Definitely! Thank you, Marjory!