I have a new toy in my kitchen! It's a multicooker - the Redmond RMC-M4500, to be precise. If you've not used a multicooker before, you might not know what one is, so let me tell you: utter magic. That's what it is. This thing stews, fries, steams, cooks rice, makes soup... you can even use it to bake bread and make yogurt! You just stick everything in the bowl, press the right button, and it does it all for you. I told you, it's magic. It's also pretty attractive, and looked very at home on my countertop next to my other toys: This multicooker comes with a book of 100 recipe suggestions, but since I like to be awkward, I decided to have a go at coming up with something on my own: cheesy Mexican potatoes! And let me tell you, these things are cheeeesy. I used mature cheddar, which added an amazing tang to the potatoes - but feel free to use something more Mexican if you disapprove of my cheddar! A bit of mozzarella wouldn't go amiss either, if you want your cheese to go nice and stringy (definitely not Mexican, but who's going to complain about mozzarella?). This recipe's really easy, especially if you use a multicooker - start by adding the potatoes to the pot along with some onion, chilli and yellow pepper. I cooked it all on the 'fry' setting - just close the lid, and it's all done for you. The default time for this setting is 15 minutes, but I decided to leave it for 20 minutes in the end, so that it all cooked down to my liking. The timings are really easy to adjust. Using the multicooker was much less labour intensive than cooking in a normal pan - instead of having to stir the veg every minute or two to prevent them from sticking or burning, I was able to just close the lid, and get on with the washing up instead (which isn't exactly my favourite activity... but at least it allowed more time for Pinterest later in the day!). After frying up your veg, just add some tomatoes, a few spices, and allll thaaat cheeeese. There's quite a big handful of it... but that's what makes these cheesy Mexican potatoes! If you want to make this potato side dish into more of a full meal, you could swap a few of the potatoes for some beans instead (black beans or kidney beans would work well)! If you'd like to try out the Redmond RMC-M4500 multicooker, you can buy your own here.
Cheesy Mexican potatoes
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Print Pin CommentIngredients
- 950 g potatoes I left mine unpeeled, cut into 2cm dice
- 1 large onion sliced
- 1 small red chilli finely chopped
- 1 yellow pepper cut into short strips
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 4 tablespoon fresh coriander chopped
- 400 g tinned tomatoes
- ½ teaspoon hot chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 200 g cheddar cheese grated
Instructions
- Add the potatoes, onion, chilli, yellow pepper and oil to your multicooker, and mix well until everything is coated with the oil. Cook on the ‘fry’ setting for 20 minutes, stirring just once or twice during this time.
- Add the fresh coriander, tin of tomatoes, the spices, and the grated cheese. Mix to combine, and cook on ‘fry’ for a further 5 minutes, until the cheese has melted and the mixture is hot.
Nutritional information is approximate, and will depend on your exact ingredients. Please calculate your own nutritional values if you require accuracy for health reasons.
Here's another of my favourite potato side dishes: garlic and parsley fries!
Marla Meridith says
Loving these cheesy potatoes ~ think i'll make em today. Pinned!
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
Thanks Marla, enjoy! :)
Sheila Nelson says
I have a Redmond multi cooker as Christmas present and I would love more recipes,than in the book that comes with it.Can you advise me please.My favourite is chicken and fish dishes,and curries.Many thanks in advance.SN
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
Hi Sheila, there's another Redmond recipe here: https://www.amuse-your-bouche.com/butternut-squash-red-lentil-stew but that's the only other one on the blog at the moment. I'm afraid I can't help with chicken or fish dishes as this is a vegetarian blog :)
Jan @GlugofOil says
Now that's my kind of food! Love the multicooker, very fancy.
Luci {Luci's Morsels} says
I've never even heard of a multicooker. It sounds fabulous! And Cheesy Mexican potatoes??? Those are three of my favorite food words!! What a fun mix!
Gary says
I can't walk past a potato recipe! Looks great Becca.
Stuart Vettese says
Sounds like a fantastic machine! And I'm liking the look of your cheesy potatoes Becca ;)
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
Haha why does everything you say sound like an innuendo?!
Stuart Vettese says
Sorry Becca! Don't mean them to :)
Dixya @ Food, Pleasure, and Health says
this cooker sounds very versatile....
Kavey says
Very interesting! I sent to an event a year or two back for launch of a Jamie O branded appliance which I think ess possibly similar but I was underwhelmed during the demonstrations so didn't review it. Wonder if I was to quick to decide or could just be that this one is better! :-)
Wineshout says
Love the look of the dish - screams comfort food - and thinking a tropically-charged Gewurztraminer or a similarly sweet-nosed white would go so well with this as the days get a bit cooler.
Marisa Franca @ All Our Way says
Looks delicious!! I would love to have a gadget like that -- how handy. How do you think the recipe would work with sweet potatoes (yams) plus adding something like smoked paprika or chipotle seasoning? And you can never go wrong with mozzarella.
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
Thanks Marisa! :) I don't use sweet potatoes very often but I don't see why they wouldn't work - they tend cook a bit quicker though, so you might need to adjust the cooking time.
Elizabeth says
These look SO lovely! What a nifty little gadget too - I wouldn't mind getting one for myself!