Monday, February 13, 2012

Best Roasted Potatoes


Yes I'm saying it, BEST roasted potatoes. I am completely in love with the herb mixture and even if you try it and it's not the absolute best for you, I'm positive it will at least be really good.


E found this recipe one day when looking for a good potato seasoning mix and it's the one we've been using ever since. It's good on other vegetables too, but it's best on potatoes. Also really good on sweet potatoes, where it sticks really well because the sweet potatoes are a bit more "wet".

If this sounds good, you might also like:
Healthy Baked Zucchini Fries
Pan Roasted Cauliflower
Ginger Roasted Winter Vegetables
Maple Mustard Glazed Potatoes and String Beans
Caribbean Roasted Vegetables

Best Roasted Potatoes
Adapted from JMRYGH at allrecipes

I'm not sure if this is the ratio of potato to herb mixture we usually use, so just add to taste. Sometimes we have some spice mixture leftover

1 tablespoon minced garlic (usually we use dehydrated garlic)
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tbsp olive oil
4 large potatoes, cubed (or an equivalent amount of baby potatoes cut into 4)

Preheat oven to 450F. Prepare a baking sheet or roasting pan with parchment paper.

In a bowl, combine garlic, basil, marjoram, dill weed, thyme, oregano, parsley, red pepper flakes, and salt. On the baking sheet, mix together the potatoes, oil and spice mix. Stir around until evenly coated and then spread the potatoes out to a single layer.

Roast for 20 to 30 minutes (or until a bit crisp on the outside and tender on the inside), flipping the potatoes at least once.

6 comments:

Kristin (Book Sniffers Anonymous) said...

Mmm I love roasted potatoes. The herb mix does sound really good.
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janet @ the taste space said...

Looks great! I love how things can totally change with the right spices, and this looks like a great mix. :)

Johanna GGG said...

wow they look good - I usually roast my potoatoes plain but a bit of herbs sounds good

Joanne said...

My mom used to make herb-roasted potatoes but I have yet to be able to reproduce them...I have a feeling these could be IT though!

-hannah. said...

perhaps this will make me change my mind about potatoes... looking forward to trying!

Kim said...

that sounds delicious! I make a similar recipe but instead of adding in a whole bunch of different herbs I use about two teaspoons of dried italian seasoning, 1 to 2 cloves of crushed garlic, salt, pepper and olive oil.