Skillet potato halves with sour cream and dill

Name: Skillet potato halves with sour cream and dill
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 800 g Potatoes; 1-2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 220 g Sour cream; 2 Garlic cloves; 1 tsp Salt; 2-3 tsp Dill (or parsley); to taste Black pepper

Potato halves browned and steam-cooked in a covered skillet, then topped with sour cream, dill, and garlic sauce. Serves 4.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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These skillet potato halves with sour cream and dill use a traditional, time-tested stovetop method, with no oven needed. Peel and halve the potatoes, score them, and place them cut side down in hot oil. After five minutes, cover the skillet and let the potatoes cook in steam and oil for about half an hour without turning them. Top the cooked potatoes with a sauce of sour cream, dill, and crushed garlic, with an optional chili pepper for extra flavor.

Instructions

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Peel the potatoes and cut them in half. Make a deep slit in each half without cutting all the way through.
Heat sunflower oil in a deep skillet, reduce the heat to medium, and place the potatoes in the oil cut side down. After 5 minutes, reduce the heat further and cover the skillet. Leave the potatoes to cook in steam and oil for about 30 minutes without turning them or lifting the lid.
Meanwhile, make the sauce: mix the sour cream with finely chopped dill, salt, pepper, and a chili pepper to taste, if desired. Add the garlic using a garlic press and mix thoroughly.
Transfer the cooked potatoes with a flat spatula so they do not fall apart, and pour the garlic sour cream sauce over them.

Tip: A heavy-bottomed skillet with a tight-fitting lid works best for this method to keep the potatoes from sticking and the steam from escaping. Pat the cut sides dry with a kitchen towel before adding them to the skillet to reduce oil splatter.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 290 kcal
Protein: 5.9 g
Carbohydrates: 38 g
of which sugars: 3.7 g
Fat: 13 g
of which saturates: 5.9 g
Fiber: 4.3 g
Salt: 1.5 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: Pečené zemiakové polovičky s kyslou smotanou a kôprom