Southern Fried Potatoes – Easy Skillet Recipe

These Southern Fried Potatoes are cooked in a skillet until tender with delicious crispy edges. An easy, old-fashioned side dish everyone loves.

Why You’ll Love These Southern Fried Potatoes

First, nothing beats fried potatoes; the soft center and crisp edges are the only way to go! They come out tasting so good, and they are the perfect side dish to breakfast, lunch, or dinner! We serve these year-round and for any meal, and you will want to do the same! This is an old-fashioned dish that people always love to comment on. How their Grandmother made them every Sunday or it’s still their favorite meal. This is a recipe you must try!

Swaps and Additions

We like to use a lot of oil when we make our potatoes because we like them crispy and brown. Adjust the oil to your liking. This is all personal preference, and it may take some adjusting. We also like the bacon grease, but you can leave it out. Not a fan of onions? Leave them out. Now… you can also add in green pepper, smoked sausage, ham, hamburger, and top with cheese. This is a great base recipe.

Handy Tip:

If you want to speed up the frying process, you can always slice your potatoes, boil them until tender and then add them to a skillet and fry them. It will save you some time. You can also boil some potatoes, keep them in the fridge and just fry a few each morning for breakfast if you don’t want to make a big amount at a time.

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Southern Fried Potatoes

Judy Yeager

These Southern Fried Potatoes are cooked in a skillet until tender with delicious crispy edges. An easy, old-fashioned side dish everyone loves.

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Total Time 55 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

• 10 medium potatoes peeled, washed and sliced.
• 3/4 to 1 cup oil I use Canola
• 1 medium onion peeled and chopped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
• salt and pepper
• 2 to 3 tablespoons bacon grease optional

• Have your grease and oil hot.

• Add potatoes, onion, garlic, pepper.

• Fry uncovered for about 45 minutes turning down stove after potatoes have browned and cooking until done.

• Remove from stove, add salt.

You can also add green peppers and any kind of meat like ham or smoked sausage to this recipe.
Handy tip: If you want to speed up the frying process, you can always slice your potatoes, boil them until tender and then add them to a skillet and fry them. It will save you some time. You can also boil some potatoes, keep them in the fridge and just fry a few each morning for breakfast if you don’t want to make a big amount at a time.
 

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