Roasted Baby Potatoes
These Oven Roasted Baby Potatoes are the perfect side dish to practically anything. So quick and easy to make, whilst absolutely bursting with flavour!
Servings: 4
Cost: £1 / $1
Equipment
- Sharp Knife & Chopping Board
- Large Mixing Bowl & Spatula
- Large Greaseproof Baking Tray (see notes)
Ingredients
- 1.6lbs / 750g Baby Potatoes
- 1.5 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 tsp Fresh Rosemary, very finely diced
- 1 tsp Fresh Thyme, very finely diced
- 1 tsp Garlic, very finely diced
- 1/2 tsp Salt, or to taste (can adjust this when serving if needed)
- 1/4 tsp Black Pepper
- 2 tsp finely diced Fresh Parsley, to serve (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F/200C and place a suitably sized tray in there to get nice and hot.
- Meanwhile, slice the potatoes in half and combine them in a bowl with olive oil, rosemary, thyme, garlic, salt and pepper. Don't do this ahead of time, the longer they rest the more moisture the salt draws out, and the more they'll steam in the oven.
- When the tray is piping hot, quickly take it out and add the potatoes cut side down. Pop back in the oven for 20-25mins or until fork tender and nice & crispy. Timings will depend on the size of your potatoes, so just be vigilant.
- Enjoy with fresh parsley!
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Notes
a) Can I sub Dried Herbs? - I much prefer fresh herbs for this recipe, I find that dry herbs don't really infuse the potatoes as well in the short amount of time they're cooking. If you were to use dry herbs I recommend half the amount of fresh (i.e 1/2 tsp rosemary & thyme).
b) Parsley - Try not to think of this as just garnish, it adds a burst of fresh flavour to the potatoes. Dried parsley is not suitable here.
c) Space them out/Baking tray(s) - Make sure you don't cram them together on the tray, otherwise they will simply steam instead of roast. If you're not sure your tray will be large enough, just slice the potatoes first and add them to the tray before it goes in the oven. If they don't fit, heat two trays and continue with recipe. You'll want a good greaseproof baking tray, old and battered trays tend to increase the risk of the potatoes sticking!
d) Calories - Based on divided between 4 people with 1 tbsp of parsley to garnish.
Nutrition
Calories: 187kcal | Carbohydrates: 32.19g | Protein: 3.77g | Fat: 5.27g | Saturated Fat: 0.758g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.619g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3.713g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Sodium: 302mg | Potassium: 777mg | Fiber: 4.1g | Sugar: 1.43g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Vitamin C: 41.3mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1.6mg