Crispy Crushed Potatoes
Our Crispy Crushed Potatoes roasted in the oven with garlic and herbs are ridiculously delicious, you'll want all potato sides to taste this good!
This potato side dish is just delicious. Not only is it super easy to prepare, it's also really easy to cook too!
Our crushed new potatoes recipe is the ideal potato dish to go alongside herby roast chicken, foil baked salmon fillets, a juicy steak or even with burgers in place of your regular chips.
And these are super delicious alongside our air fryer chicken breast foil packets.
Equipment Needed
- Chopping board
- Scrubbing brush
- Saucepan with a lid
- Cup
- Teaspoon
- Tablespoon
- Baking tray
- Fish slice or spatula
Crushed Potatoes Ingredients
You'll only need five ingredients to make this tasty crispy crushed potatoes recipe
- 1.5kg new potatoes
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoon Italian seasoning - we used Schwartz Spicy Italian Seasoning here.
How To Make Roasted Crushed Potatoes
You will just LOVE how simple these yummy smashed potatoes are to make!
Step One - scrub the new potatoes
- Give the potatoes a wash under running water and scrub off any dirt, soil or mud.
Step Two - boil the new potatoes
- Place the potatoes into a saucepan, cover with water and bring the pan to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer with the lid on for around 10 minutes or until the potatoes are tender throughout.
- Drain the potatoes and tip them onto a baking tray.
- Preheat the oven to 200C / 400F / Gas Mark 6
Step Three - crush the potatoes
- Grab hold of the cup and use it to push down on every boiled potato so that is crushes on the tray.
Step Four - season the crushed potatoes
- Drizzle over the olive oil and sprinkle on the garlic and onion powder, sprinkle on the Italian seasoning and then if you're using salt and black pepper put them on now too.
Step Five - roast the crushed potatoes in the oven
- Roast the potatoes in the hot oven for around 45 minutes or until they're crispy, caramelising and browning up nicely. Flip the potatoes over using a spatular or fish slice half way through the cooking time.
What To Serve With Roasted Crushed Potatoes
These yummy crushed garlic potatoes go great with any of the following meal ideas!
Crushed Roast Potatoes Recipe Variations
It's easy to add a little extra kick of flavour to these delicious roasted smashed potatoes! Try any of the following ideas!
Cheesy Potatoes
Add some feta cheese or grated mature Cheddar cheese to the tops of the potatoes when they have around 15 minutes of cooking time left.
Pesto Potatoes
Add a dollop of pesto to each potato around 15 minutes before the end of the cooking time.
Buffalo Spiced
Switch the Italian seasoning for a good pinch of buffalo seasoning for a spicy kick of heat. These are delicious served with soured cream drizzled over too!
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Crushed Potatoes Recipe
A super tasty crispy, roasted crushed potatoes recipe that's a great side for chicken, salmon and casseroles.
Ingredients
- 1.5kg new potatoes
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- pinch salt
- pinch black pepper
Instructions
- Give the potatoes a wash under running water and scrub off any dirt, soil or mud.
- Place the potatoes into a saucepan, cover with water and bring the pan to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer with the lid on for around 10 minutes or until the potatoes are tender throughout.
- Drain the potatoes and tip them onto a baking tray.
- Preheat the oven to 200C / 400F / Gas Mark 6
- Grab hold of the cup and use it to push down on every boiled potato so that is crushes on the tray.
- Drizzle over the olive oil and sprinkle on the garlic and onion powder, sprinkle on the Italian seasoning and then if you’re using salt and black pepper put them on now too.
- Roast the potatoes in the hot oven for around 45 minutes or until they’re crispy, caramelising and browning up nicely. Flip the potatoes over using a spatular or fish slice half way through the cooking time.
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