🇬🇷 Greek

Potato Kokkinisto

Name: Potato Kokkinisto
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 4 Potato; 400 ml Tomato Sauce; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 1 tsp Dried Oregano; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 200 ml Red Wine; 1 stick Ground Cinnamon

🇬🇷 Greek

Slow kokkinisto — potato braised in cinnamon-scented tomato until spoon-tender. 50 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Potato4
Tomato Sauce400 ml
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Dried Oregano1 tsp
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Stock or Broth750 ml
Red Wine200 ml
Ground Cinnamon1 stick

Optional extras

Fresh Dillhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Olive Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the potato well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the potato out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the dried oregano.
3
Return the potato, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh dill right before serving.

Chef's tip

Prep everything before the heat goes on — greek cooking moves fast once it starts.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Greek Potatoes Stew In Tomato Sauce - Πατάτες Γιαχνί · on YouTube