Name: Romanian-style roasted potatoes with bacon and thyme
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Balkan
Ingredients: 1 kg Potatoes; 200 g Bacon; 2 Onions; 6 Garlic cloves; 1 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Salt; 1 tsp Sweet paprika; 1/2 tsp Black pepper; 1/2 tsp Dried thyme; 1 bunch Parsley

Instructions

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Clean and peel the potatoes, then cut them into small pieces. Place them in boiling salted water, add the ground thyme, and boil for about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, peel and slice the onions and cut the bacon into strips. Cook them with the crushed garlic in a large skillet until golden brown.
Drain the potatoes and add them to the browned bacon, onions, and garlic. Mix well and season with black pepper, paprika, thyme, and salt.
Cook everything together for a few more minutes so the potatoes absorb the flavors. Then roast in an ovenproof skillet or baking dish in a preheated oven at 180 °C (350 °F) for 10–15 minutes, until crisp. Sprinkle with parsley and serve hot.
Serve with yogurt sauce or garlic dip, or as a side dish with steaks or breaded cutlets.

Tip: Cook the garlic with the bacon and onions over medium heat, stirring, since crushed garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Turn the potatoes gently afterward so they do not fall apart.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 457 kcal
Protein: 13 g
Carbohydrates: 52 g
of which sugars: 4.5 g
Fat: 23 g
of which saturates: 6.8 g
Fiber: 6.8 g
Salt: 2.4 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Rumunské roľnícke zemiaky pečené v rúre s tymianom