Omma’s Gamja Jorim (Braised Potatoes)
If you love potatoes, you will love this dish, not only because it tastes amazing, but because it takes so little effort to prepare.
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 3 large potatoes (chopped into bite size pieces)
- 3-4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1/2 red onion (chopped)
- 3 Korean chili peppers (can sub green peppers or jalapenos)
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons soy sauce (use GF to make the recipe GF)
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 cup water
- salt
- pepper
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- 1
In a large pan over medium high heat, add 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil. When the oil is hot and shimmery, add 3 potatoes chopped into bite sized pieces
- 2
Allow the potatoes to cook in the pan for about 4 minutes, until they start to get browned. Then, add 3-4 cloves of minced garlic, 1/2 chopped red onion, and 3 sliced Korean chili peppers. Season with salt and pepper.
- 3
Continue to cook the veggies in the pan until onions start to grow translucent (~3 minutes). Add 1 ½ tbsp soy sauce and 1 ½ tbsp maple syrup. Stir until veggies are evenly coated.
- 4
Add 1 cup of water and bring to a boil. Then, cover the pan with a lid and reduce the heat to medium low. Cook for approximately 12 minutes, removing the lid every once in awhile to baste the potatoes with the braising liquid.
- 5
When potatoes are almost done cooking, remove the lid altogether and continue “basting” until liquid is reduced and thick and potatoes are tender.
- 6
Drizzle potatoes with 1 tsp of sesame oil and add 1 tsp of toasted sesame seeds, just before serving.