Ready for an easy and indulgent side dish? Let’s make potatoes, pancetta and onion in a skillet! I love potatoes and their versatility in the kitchen: I can use them in more than a thousand recipes and never get tired of them! I have, in fact, created a collection of potato recipes, where I have sorted them by category to help you decide which recipe to try!
Last week I also shared a main course, the easy puff pastry with potatoes and onions with my recipe! As you can see I paired potatoes with onion again because I find it a perfect combo of flavors and textures! This time I added smoked pancetta to give more flavor and savoriness to this side dish I’m sharing today.
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But now, enough talk — let’s move on to the recipe for potatoes with pancetta and onion in a skillet!
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very inexpensive
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Cooking time: 40 Minutes
- Portions: 4 People
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Autumn, Winter and Spring, All seasons
- Energy 352.76 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 23.31 (g) of which sugars 2.12 (g)
- Proteins 19.64 (g)
- Fat 20.03 (g) of which saturated 6.37 (g)of which unsaturated 10.89 (g)
- Fibers 2.89 (g)
- Sodium 1,020.72 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 190 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients to prepare potatoes, pancetta and onion in a skillet
- 4 potatoes (medium-large)
- 7 oz smoked pancetta
- 1 white onion (medium-large)
- 1 drizzle extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 pinch salt (+ a bit of coarse salt for boiling the potatoes)
- 1 pinch pepper
- A few sprig thyme (or rosemary if you prefer)
Tools to prepare potatoes, pancetta and onion in a skillet
- 1 Pan
- 1 Pot
- 1 Colander
- 1 Knife
- 1 Cutting board
- 1 Wooden spoon
Recipe steps: potatoes, pancetta and onion
I start preparing the potatoes, pancetta and onion by bringing some water to a boil with a pinch of coarse salt. I wash the potatoes and then drop them into the water, letting them simmer for about 30 minutes. I then drain them in a colander and let them cool while I work on the next steps.
I take a nonstick skillet and add some extra virgin olive oil. I chop the onion (not too finely) and cut the smoked pancetta into small cubes. I add the onion first and let it soften. Then I add the pancetta and let it brown well.
Meanwhile I peel the potatoes — the skins will come off very easily — and then cut them into cubes, not too small. I add them to the skillet with the other ingredients. I let everything brown for about ten minutes and then add the vegetable broth.
I continue cooking for another about 10 minutes. Before turning off the heat, I sprinkle with salt and pepper and add a few fresh thyme leaves. If needed, I add a little more extra virgin olive oil.
I’m ready to serve the potatoes, pancetta and onion side dish at the table alongside a grilled meat or any other main course. The smell of onion and pancetta is irresistible — you won’t be able to wait to taste it!
I can only wish you a buon appetito and remind you that I’m waiting for you every day on my blog with many easy, quick and delicious recipes like this one!
We’ve made together an easy, indulgent and fragrant potato side dish, perfect all year round. This recipe, in Friuli Venezia Giulia, is a typical side dish with a different texture, because the potatoes remain much crisper, though it’s very similar. They call it patate in tecia and sooner or later I’ll try this traditional recipe too!
Tips, storage and recipe variations:
Tips: if you have butter, use it to sauté the onion and pancetta. The creaminess of melted butter will embrace the pancetta and onion as they cook. Do not cover the skillet with a lid during the whole cooking of the potatoes, pancetta and onion. Do not keep the heat too low, especially during the first part of cooking when you are sautéing the onion with the pancetta. Both ingredients should be well browned.
Storage: you can store the potatoes with onion and smoked pancetta in a lidded container in the refrigerator for a couple of days, or in the freezer for a couple of weeks.
Recipe variations: as mentioned, you can replace the extra virgin olive oil with butter. You can use cooked ham cubes or speck instead of pancetta. If you don’t have thyme, use rosemary.
