These Roasted Baby Potatoes are a delicious and easy-to-make side dish. They go well with many main dishes, from roasted meats to grilled vegetables. They are simple to prepare and always a hit with guests.
Start by choosing fresh, small potatoes. Wash them well and leave them whole. After boiling and smashing them using a potato masher, toss the potatoes in olive oil, which helps them become crispy and golden brown when roasted.
Season the potatoes with sea salt, black pepper, garlic, paprika and your favorite herbs like rosemary or thyme. Roast until golden and crispy and enjoy this delicious potato side dish.
How to make roasted baby potatoes
To make these crispy smashed baby potatoes, start by preheating your oven to 200°C (400°F).
Scrub the baby potatoes thoroughly, leaving the skin on, and place them in boiling water for about 10 minutes. While the potatoes are boiling, prepare the oil mixture by whisking together olive oil, garlic powder, paprika, and desired herbs in a small bowl.
Once the potatoes are cool enough to handle, use a potato masher to carefully press them, flattening each potato slightly. Toss the smashed potatoes with the oil mixture, ensuring they are well-coated. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
Place the coated potatoes on a greased baking sheet, making sure they are spread out in a single layer. Bake them in the preheated oven for 40-50 minutes, or until the potatoes are golden and crispy on the outside.
Once they are done, sprinkle with chopped green onions for added flavor and freshness. Serve the warm smashed potatoes alongside a fresh salad for a delightful and satisfying meal.
This tasty potato side dish brings comfort and elegance to any meal, hope you will try it out. If you do, make sure to share the photos with me on Instagram and enjoy!
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Roasted Baby Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 pounds new baby potatoes
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- paprika
- ground garlic
- herbs, like oregano, thyme, rosemary , optional
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Green onion to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F).
- Scrub the potatoes and place them in boiling water for 10 minutes, leaving their skin on. In a small bowl, whisk the oil with garlic, herbs if used and paprika.
- When the potatoes are cool enough to handle press them carefully using a potato masher. Toss them with oil mixture, sprinkle salt and pepper, and place them in a greased baking sheet.
- Bake for 40-50 minutes until they are golden and crispy outside. Sprinkle with chopped green onion and serve warm along a fresh salad.
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Wow…these look like little pillows of perfection! I am such a potato junkie! Love this recipe! : )
Oh, yum! My family would be all over these delicious little spuds!
Great pictures first off! These little potatoes look fabulous!!
Love, Love, Love these potatoes!…… and yeah, really any potatoes, but your photos are extra delicious looking!
Mmmmm, this looks so delicious! Have to have this today!
How cute! They’re like mini hasselback potatoes, which I’ve been wanting to try. I bet they’re soft, fluffy, crispy and spicy. Yum!
this is making me soooooo hungry
These babies would go with everything!
I made these this past weekend. Wonderful compliment to any meal!
These are so cute! They look delicious; I can’t wait to make them.
Great photos! These look so tempting.
It looks like you cut them, not mashed the spuds???
I used a masher. I pressed the potatoes but not all the way down, so it still remain a whole piece.
I’m making these right now. My only issue so far is that my masher wouldn’t mash the potatoes. One of them went flying across the kitchen! I ended up just cutting into them a little bit.
I used a iron masher, not a plastic one so it is stronger, and very small potatoes. You need to be very gentle with them otherwise they will fly :). Hope you will succeed next time.
Ok – I love roasted potatoes and this looked too good to pass up! I made them just last night. Luckily I do have a iron masher, so I had no problem making the potatoes….The tip about being gentle is key because I smashed two of them, well, let’s just say a little too much! I backed off and then it went much smoother. OMG! These were just wonderful – I think I could make these a whole meal, but I had to share with my family! LOL
How much Hungarian paprika and ground garlic (is this garlic powder or minced garlic) is used? The recipe doesn’t mention this.
I've used garlic powder but minced garlic would work as well. I didn't mention how much because I wanted to let people to use these ingredients after their own taste, less or more the potatoes will still be good. But you can try with 1/2 tsp of paprika and 1/2 tsp of garlic powder see how this works for you.
The recipe is awesome all my family members loved it .I got this site my typing how to bake baby potatoes lovely site to much interesting things to bake
I am very glad you liked these. Hope you will try some other recipes too. Let me know.
Oh my YUM!!!my family and I looooved these!!!I used fresh garlic and garnished with crispy fried bacon bits and green onions and a dallop of salt&pepper sour cream on the side!!!!thank-you!!!
This looks really good – gosh I adore potatoes in any form and so does my hubby. These roasted baby potatoes look easy to make, which is very important to me! I found some of your other recipes I am also interested in making!!
This looks yummy. But, I don’t understand how one serving can have 13.7 grams of total fat. The only ingredient in this recipe with any real fat content is the olve oil. Could the information you posted by incorrect?
I used 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil for 4 servings
Is a serving one potato?
No, about 2-4 potatoes per serving- depending on the size.
If you want more of kick, add some Slap ya Mama or Zaterains spice to the water. Just add about a teaspoon to tablespoon to get the extra flavor.
Going to wrap in Alum foil and cook on grill. Should turn out good.
Yes, definitely, will cook good, probably a little different taste but good.
WOW !!! I’m hungry!!!! :))))…it is really great, thanks for the recipe, I will make this.
Made these last night for a dinner party and everyone raved! Thanks for posting such a great recipe.
I am so glad you and your friends loved these. I really appreciate your comment.
These were the best….so creamy on the inside.
I am very glad you loved these, and thank you for your review. These are one of my favorite too. You might also like this recipe with parmesan, https://homecookingadventure.com/parmesan-roasted-baby-potatoes. Let me know if you give them a try.
Love potatoes and this is my kind of recipe! Pinned to try these! Love the video!
Sorry, how did you scrub the potatoes? What if you do not have a masher? Also, do these go well with sour cream? 🙂
I scrub the potatoes with a new and clean dish sponge.. If you do not have a masher you can simply crush them using a bowl or something.. and yes.. they would work well with sour cream: why wouldn't they?