A white deep-dish platter filled with golden brown new potatoes lightly stewed, garnished with sprigs of fresh dill, sprinkles of crumbled feta cheese, bursts of green olives and droplets of yellow lemon zest. A slice of crusty bread sits to one side.

Slow Cooker Nouveau Greek Potatoes

Name: Slow Cooker Nouveau Greek Potatoes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 480 min
Total time: 495 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: New Potatoes, 1.5 pounds halved; Kalamata Olives, 1/2 cup pitted; Garlic Cloves, 3 minced; Red Onion, 1 thinly sliced; Lemon, 1 zested and juiced; Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 1/4 cup; Fresh Oregano, 1 tbsp chopped; Fresh Rosemary, 1 tbsp chopped; Fresh Dill, 1 tbsp chopped; Ground Black Pepper, 1/2 tsp; Salt, to taste; Feta Cheese, 4 oz crumbled; Vegetable Broth, 1 cup; Crusty Bread, 4 slices to serve; Fresh Dill, Extra sprigs for garnishing

Category Main Course

Prep 15 minutes

Cook 480 minutes

Style Greek

Technique Slow Cooking

Diet Friendly Vegetarian

Daily Recipe: April 09, 2024

This slow cooker Greek-inspired recipe highlights new potatoes in a delightful manner. It reverberates with the vibrant freshness of spring, showered with herbs, lemon and olives. The wonder of this recipe is the slow cooker, infuses those flavors deep into the new potatoes bringing out a punch of savoury goodness.

Ingredients (for 4)

New potatoes - 1.5 pounds - halved
Kalamata olives - 1/2 cup - pitted
Garlic cloves - 3 - minced
Red onion - 1 - thinly sliced
Lemon - 1 - zested and juiced
Extra virgin olive oil - 1/4 cup
Fresh oregano - 1 tbsp - chopped
Fresh rosemary - 1 tbsp - chopped
Fresh dill - 1 tbsp - chopped
Ground black pepper - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Feta cheese - 4 oz - crumbled
Vegetable broth - 1 cup
Crusty bread - 4 slices - to serve
Fresh dill - Extra sprigs - for garnishing

Preparation

Step 1 - 💦🥔✂️

Firstly, rinse and halve the 1.5 pounds of new potatoes for your dish.
Step 2 - 🥔🥣🌿

Then, combine your potatoes, 1/2 cup Kalamata olives, 3 minced garlic cloves, 1 thinly sliced red onion, juice and zest from 1 lemon, 1/4 cup olive oil, 1 tbsp each of chopped fresh oregano, rosemary and dill, 1/2 tsp ground black pepper, salt to taste and 1 cup vegetable broth in a slow cooker.
Step 3 - 🥣👆🌀

In this step, gently stir all ingredients inside the slow cooker ensuring everything is well mixed.
Step 4 - 🍲⏰🔥

Cover the slow cooker and set it to low heat. Let your mixture cook for six to eight hours or until the potatoes are tender.
Step 5 - 🧀🥣🔄

Before you're ready to serve, crumble 4 oz of feta cheese over your dish and give it a quick stir.
Step 6 - 🔥🌿🍞

Serve your dish hot, garnished with fresh dill sprigs and a slice of crusty bread. Enjoy!

Additional

This dish is a wonderful twist to the regular slow-cooked potatoes. If you're up for it, try adding some cooked chicken or lamb for more protein. Kids can help in washing the potatoes and picking herbs. The use of a slow cooker in Greek cuisine allows for the intensification of flavor that the Greeks are famed for. You may prepare this dish the night before and simply heat before serving, allowing the flavors to seethe even further.