Spicy Fried potatoes and sausage. Beyond how quick and easy it is (always a win in my book), what I love most about this recipe is its versatility. If you like adding some heat to dinner, as my husband and I do, go ahead and make this with spicy Italian sausage. Cooking one of my favorite meals in the RV.

I'm not knocking the boiling method—it's a Southern classic for a reason—but I find that sauteing the sausage and shrimp separately instead of boiling them with the potatoes and corn enhances the flavors a little more. When the potatoes are almost done add the onion to the pan. Also onions and red or yellow bell peppers fried with the potatoes add great flavor. You can cook Spicy Fried potatoes and sausage using 10 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Spicy Fried potatoes and sausage

Prepare 6 of potatoes.
Prepare 1-2 of jalapeños depending on how much spice you like.
Prepare 1 of hot banana pepper.
Prepare 1 of purple onion.
You need 1 of large ecrich sausage.
You need 3-4 tablespoons of oil.
It's Teaspoon of garlic powder, onion powder.
It's 1/4 teaspoon of adobo.
You need 1/2 of sazon packet.
You need to taste of Cajun season.

Great variation with sausage - omit. Fried potatoes are also excellent with sausage and onions, so when I found this recipe for Southern fried potatoes with sausage, onions, mushrooms, and cheese by We used to eat the German fried potato medley with her famous pork chops or sometimes just on their own with lots of spicy ketchup. Add the potatoes and fry all together for a couple of minutes. Then stir in the cumin, paprika, cayenne pepper, chilies and tomatoes.

Spicy Fried potatoes and sausage instructions

Wash everything up and cut the ends off everything and remove membrane and seeds from peppers. Cut the potatoes long ways and then cut into pieces. Finely dice the onion and peppers. Slice the sausage long ways and then into pieces..
Put oil in a cast iron skillet and heat to medium. Place everything except the sausage in the pan and cover. Cook 15-20 min until potatoes are able to poke with a fork and feel soft. Remove lid, mix in sausage and fry another 5-10 minutes..

Sausage and potatoes are such a great combination! The peppers, onion and garlic make the house smell incredible with the smoked sausage. And the end result was a magnificent spicy juice to eat with it. I used my Palermo Spiralizer for the potato and onion, and I used Hot and Spicy Chicken Sausage, instead of mild. Wash the potatoes and then cut into shreds of similar size.