These tender potatoes with tomato sauce make an easy vegan main meal or a delicious side for almost anything you can think of.
I have a nice and easy recipe for you today: something that fits the easiness and lightness of the day, a simple dish of potatoes with tomato sauce, something suitable for a fasting/vegan main meal accompanied by a nice salad or some pickled green tomatoes, for instance.
If you are not fasting and also not eating vegan, you can make this recipe as a side dish for any kind of meat dish you happen to cook.
Or you could fry or poach some eggs and have them with this wonderful dish. The last time I cooked them, we only had some Romanian cauliflower salad on the side, and we didn't need anything more.
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Ingredients
Potatoes:
- I often cook this dish with new potatoes in spring. They are nice and tender and have a special flavor.
- However, you can make these potatoes with tomato sauce all through the year using regular ones. All you have to change is cutting them into more pieces than you would cut the small new potatoes.
Sauce:
- I use my homemade spicy marinara sauce most of the time.
- However, regular marinara or tomato sauce, either store-bought or homemade, can be used instead. Whatever you happen to have or like.
Other ingredients:
- Onions, garlic, olive oil, tomato paste, and vegetable broth.
- For a slightly different flavor, replace the tomato paste with red pepper paste. Depending on the brand, the paste can be mild or really spicy, so take that into consideration when using.
What could you add?
- Olive slices: I prefer black, but green ones are fine as well.
- Sliced green onions during the last minutes of the cooking time.
- Other fresh herbs.
How to make potatoes in tomato sauce?
- Step #1: Clean the potatoes very thoroughly. The new ones don't need to be peeled. If using regular, I always peel them. If they are small, halve them. If they are larger, cut them into several larger pieces or thick slices.
- Step #2: Cook chopped onions in oil. Add potatoes and tomato paste. Stir very well to coat.
- Step #3: After about 2 minutes, add sauce, broth, salt, and pepper. Stir. Cover, but leave a crack open. Cook on low heat for about 20-25 minutes or until tender. Stir and check regularly. If the dish becomes too dry, add more broth.
- Step #4: Add grated garlic (olives or green onions) and stir for 2 minutes. Serve immediately.
You can reheat the dish on the stove. Add more broth, if necessary, so they don't catch.
What to serve them with?
You can serve this as a main meal with a green salad or white cabbage salad.
Or as a side dish with cast-iron chicken thighs, cast iron chicken breast, or cast iron pork tenderloin, with boiled frozen chicken breast, fish, or pork chops in milk marinade.
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Recipe
Potatoes with Tomato Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 lbs small new potatoes
- 1 large onion
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1 ¼ cup vegetable broth
- fine sea salt and pepper
- 2 large garlic cloves
Instructions
- Cut potatoes: Wash and clean the potatoes very well. You can leave them unpeeled, but make sure they are very clean. Halve or cut them into thick slices, depending on size.2 lbs small new potatoes/ 1 kg
- Saute: Chop the onion finely. Heat the oil in a large cast-iron skillet or a non-stick pan. Cook the onions on medium-low heat until translucent.1 large onion + 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Add the potatoes and the tomato paste, stir well, and cook them for about 2 minutes, stirring often.1 tablespoon tomato paste
- Simmer: Add tomato sauce and vegetable broth, some salt, and pepper. Mix well, turn the heat to low, and cover the pot leaving a small crack open. Cook for about 20-25 minutes, stirring several times in between until the potatoes are tender. Add a little bit more vegetable broth if the dish becomes too dry; I added about half a cup more vegetable broth.1 cup tomato sauce/ 250 ml + 1 ¼ cup vegetable broth/ 300 ml + fine sea salt and pepper
- Finish: Grate the garlic cloves, add them to the skillet, stir well, and cook for a further 2 minutes. Serve hot. 2 large garlic cloves
Heidemarie says
i made this using some huge not so great Sebago spuds - yummy even so! Served it at room temperature as well as hot - both good.
I like the suggestion posted in the comments about an egg on top - I'll have this when i eat the little bit of leftovers today!
Thanks Adina
Adina says
Thank you for the feedback, Heidemarie. It's a simple dish, but it always fullfills.
Kate @ Framed Cooks says
Ah, what a beautiful, easy to make, perfectly delicious dish! Thanks for this, Adina!
Sissi says
Lucky you! We don't have new potatoes yet... I must check on Saturday at the market.
Your potatoes look both delicious and original. And I'm all for the egg on top!
mjskitchen says
I put tomato with pasta and rice, but very seldom with potatoes. You're changing that with this dish. It looks and sounds quite exceptional. Thanks!
Denise Browning says
They look so hearty and delightful!!!
Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says
What a wonderful recipe, Adina. Adore new potatoes. Love how beautifully you have the combined them with tomatoes. And garlic in this recipe sounds even more intriguing.
grace says
i get so excited when it's time for new potatoes! i've never eaten them with a tomato sauce but it's a delicious idea.
Evi @ greenevi says
I love everything about this dish! I absolutely adore new potatoes and this tomato, garlic and herb version is simply divine!!
allie says
Hi Adina - I love new potatoes too. Makes me think of spring. I'm glad you are getting some mild weather there. I wish we could say the same. We had some mild weather a few weeks ago - but then we got over a foot of snow last night. Normally I love it, but it's time for spring! Past time. Thanks for this great new recipe my friend!
Kathryn @ Family Food on the Table says
You know I love me some potatoes! I've never had them cooked in a tomato sauce but now I've got to try it!
GiGi Eats says
Tomato sauce has the PERFECT way of jazzing anything up! This is a classy version of French Fries and Ketchup! haha!
Monica says
Two of my favorite things together! I could eat the whole bowl...totally delicious!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food says
The weather certainly makes a difference in my mood. Funny thing. When it's nice outside, it definitely puts a smile on my face! We had a lovely day here yesterday, but today, not so much....cold, windy and snow. Ugh. This dish looks delicious. Love the combination of potatoes and tomato sauce. Also, love the new look to your site! Looks beautiful 🙂