I love potatoes. Seriously, I have to be careful and not make too many or I will eat them all. That’s any kind of potato, mashed, fried, roasted… whatever. So to me there is nothing sadder than the ubiquitous restaurant roated potato. They are not crispy. I’m not sure what they are actually. A boiled potato might even be better. They are almost always underseasoned, they don’t have enough salt, and while you can see the rosemary you ususally can’t taste it.I never order them, they are never worth it. If they do come on my plate, I usually don’t eat them. You can tell by looking at them, they won’t we worth the effort it takes to eat them. Which is sad because good roasted potatoes come down to two things. Time and salt. You need a nice hot oven, patience and good salt. A humble restaurant with nothing fancy to offer could really set themselves apart by putting some time and attention to their roasted potatoes.

So secret number one to a good roasted potato is to boil them. I know, its a second step, but the results are worth it, and it does not take any longer. You can spend your cook time in the pot or in the oven, either way its gonna take the same amount of time. So boil your potatoes all the way…. I mean it, all the way. One time I forgot all about my potatoes and boiled all the water away and caught the potatoes just before they burned in the dry pan, and they still made GREAT roasted potatoes. When you boil them in generously salted water you give them a ton more flavor then you can by roasting them with salt on them. They also come out much creamier than they would if you just roasted them. If you are a busy person, who does not have a ton of time to cook. You can boil these potatoes ahead of time and just roast them when you are ready. A great time saver for a busy weeknight meal.

Let’s talk about your salt. You might be tempted to ignore me and use table salt… don’t. Your potatoes will be terrible. They will be too salty and you won’t want to eat them. If you can’t find the Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt, use Morton’s Kosher salt. It’ll be fine. Just DO NOT USE table salt. As a matter of fact, throw away your table salt. I promise you won’t be sorry. That stuff tastes terrible.

My final bit of advice here is don’t take your potatoes out of the oven too soon. You might get impatient, but they are just so much better if you wait until they are golden brown and crispy. If you think they might need some more time… wait. You are right, they need more time.

If your local grocer does not have Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt you can get it on Amazon 😀

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Perfect Roasted Potatoes

Perfect Roasted Potatoes

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes

Get perfect crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside roasted potatoes everytime!

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Baby Potatoes
  • 8 tbsp Kosher Salt, Diamond Crystal
  • 6 cups water
  • 4 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
  • 1 tbsp pepper, fresh ground

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees
  2. Line a sheet pan with heavy duty foil and set aside
  3. Generously salt water and bring to a boil.
  4. Taste water, it needs to taste really really salty. But not painfully so, add enough salt so it tastes like your memory of the ocean
  5. Add your potatoes whole and gently boil for 1o-15 minutes. Until you can prick with a fork and it slides right in. Your potatoes should be throughly cooked
  6. Drain the Potatoes and cut them while they are still hot. Use a oven mit on the hand you use to hold the potato.
  7. Put the cut potatoes on your foil lined sheet pan and toss your potatoes generously with salt, pepper and olive oil (or tasty oil of your choice, I like duck fat or back fat on these... but if you want to keep it vegan, stick with Olive!)
  8. Taste your potatoes do they taste yummy? If not, add more salt.
  9. Step 7: Slide the sheet pan full of potatoes into your hot oven and check them at about 20 minutes. Are they golden? Pick one up and look at the bottom, is it a lovely dark (but not too dark!) golden brown? Yes? Ok, taste it. Is it crispy and delicious? Take it out and serve!

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