Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
Patatas Bravas are Madrid's answer to hot chips, fried twice and finished with a smoky, spicy sauce that bites back.
This is the Madrid style, not the Barcelona version with aioli on top. Just a glossy, smoky pimentón sauce, no tomato needed. The trick is frying the potatoes twice. First at a lower heat to cook them through, then a rest, then a hot blast to blister and crisp the outside without touching the inside.
The sauce comes together fast. Sweet and hot smoked paprika bloomed in warm olive oil, a touch of flour to bind it, stock whisked in, and a splash of white wine vinegar to cut through the richness. Glossy, pourable, and clinging to every ridge on the potato.
Steam-drying the boiled potatoes before frying is the step most people skip. Don't skip it. It's the difference between crisp and soggy.
Give it a go.
0:00 Sizzling Preview
0:27 Morning Coastal Walk with Kenji
3:21 The Recipe Starts - Patatas Bravas
6:53 Frying the Potatoes
8:08 Plating and Tasting
9:15 Kenji The Aussie Shep Treat & Afternoon Trail Walk
00:00 Intro
00:27 Morning walk with Kenji
03:21 Recipe starts
09:14 Kenji treat and walk
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Patatas Bravas are Madrid's answer to hot chips, fried twice and finished with a smoky, spicy sauce that bites back.
This is the Madrid style, not the Barcelona version with aioli on top. Just a glossy, smoky pimentón sauce, no tomato needed. The trick is frying the potatoes twice. First at a lower heat to cook them through, then a rest, then a hot blast to blister and crisp the outside without touching the inside.
The sauce comes together fast. Sweet and hot smoked paprika bloomed in warm olive oil, a touch of flour to bind it, stock whisked in, and a splash of white wine vinegar to cut through the richness. Glossy, pourable, and clinging to every ridge on the potato.
Steam-drying the boiled potatoes before frying is the step most people skip. Don't skip it. It's the difference between crisp and soggy.
Give it a go.
0:00 Sizzling Preview
0:27 Morning Coastal Walk with Kenji
3:21 The Recipe Starts - Patatas Bravas
6:53 Frying the Potatoes
8:08 Plating and Tasting
9:15 Kenji The Aussie Shep Treat & Afternoon Trail Walk
00:00 Intro
00:27 Morning walk with Kenji
03:21 Recipe starts
09:14 Kenji treat and walk
👉 Get this written recipe here: recipe30.com/patatas-bravas.html
👉 Curious about the knife I use in every video, including this one?
Grab it here: https://taski.store/products/kenji-7
👉 Check out my favourite kitchen tools (affiliate): amzn.to/4gjGmtz
👉 Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/recipe30
👉 Follow me on Facebook: facebook.com/recipe30
Want to mail me something?
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MAILING ADDRESS:
RECIPE30
PO BOX 416
MOUNT MARTHA 3934
VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
