# Halloumi & Fried Potatoes

A dish featuring crispy potatoes and pan-fried haloumi cheese, flavored with garlic, lemon, and parsley.

- Total time: 10 min
- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 package Halloumi cheese
- 1 large Yukon gold potato
- 4 -6 garlic cloves, thin sliced
- 1 pinch red pepper flake
- 0.25 cup minced parsley
- 1 lemon for zest and juice
- warm water
- 0.25 cup olive oil

## Instructions

1. Cut the halloumi cheese into two equal slabs.
2. Place the halloumi into a bowl and cover it with plenty of warm water.
3. Let the halloumi sit for about 10 minutes.
4. Mince parsley.
5. Thin slice a few garlic cloves.
6. Take two cooked and cooled Yukon Gold potatoes and pull them apart into smaller bite-sized pieces, leaving the skins on.
7. Gently pat the softened halloumi dry with paper towels to remove all water.
8. In a pan over medium heat, add about 1/4 cup of olive oil.
9. Once the oil is shimmery, gently place the slabs of cheese into the pan, away from yourself.
10. Add about half of the pulled-apart potatoes to the pan.
11. As the potatoes start to brown and turn crispy, flip them around in the oil.
12. After a couple of minutes, flip the cheese over.
13. Once the potatoes are almost golden brown, add the thin sliced garlic cloves.
14. Optionally, add a pinch of red pepper flake.
15. Once garlic cloves are just starting to turn golden brown around the edges, add lemon zest and a squirt of lemon juice to stop the cooking of the garlic.
16. Add the chopped parsley.

## Equipment

- bowl
- paper towels
- pan

## Tips

- Soaking the halloumi in warm water for 10 minutes makes it noticeably softer and less squeaky.
- When adding cheese to the hot oil, place it away from yourself to prevent splattering.
- Break potatoes apart by hand for uneven, rustic pieces that get extra crispy.
- Add lemon zest and juice at the end to stop the garlic from cooking further and add flavor.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lCgyntKU-LU
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/37f09974-33bd-4c4d-b030-83073d22a530
- Extracted: 2026-04-06

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