Potatoes Smothered with Egg Sauce (Cariucho)
The recipe Potatoes Smothered with Egg Sauce (Cariucho) can be made in around 45 minutes. This recipe makes 4 servings with 424 calories, 15g of protein, and 23g of fat each. For $1.22 per serving, this recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick
- Prep time
- 13 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 4 big russet
- 1 inch scallion
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon achiote seeds
- 1 cup scallions
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 0.25 cup cilantro
- 4 servings salt& pepper
- 1 cup milk
- 0.5 cup heavy cream
- 4 hard-boiled eggs
- 1 jalapeno
- 2 strips bacon
Instructions
- 1
Start off by cooking the potatoes with the skin on, 1 Tbsp of salt, and the 1 scallion that was chopped. Cook potatoes until tender then turn heat off to keep it warm. While cooking potatoes you can start working on the sauce.
- 2
Melt the butter in a pan/sauce pot with the achiote to extract the color. Once the butter is yellowish/orange remove the achiote seeds with a spoon.
- 3
Saute the scallions for 2-3 minutes, then add in the flour and cilantro and saute for 1 minute.
- 4
Dd in the milk and season with salt and pepper, cook for 1 minute. Then add in the heavy cream and cook until the sauce thickens.
- 5
Once sauce is thickened, stir in the chopped hard-boiled eggs and jalapeno.
- 6
Once ready to start plating, using a glove, peel the skin off the cooked potatoes and add them onto your serving platter. Smother on the egg sauce and garnish with bacon.