Make these Garlic Butter Roasted Potatoes for your next delicious side dish! Baby potatoes parboiled and then roasted in garlic butter for a wonderful taste. This recipe only uses 5 ingredients and is great to serve through all seasons.
Here on the blog, I have so many potato recipes including a roundup of my 15 Best Potato Recipes that you must check out. Potatoes make a great side dish and are so versatile. Apart from the versatility, potatoes are economical and available to pretty much everybody and you can buy them everywhere. So let’s take a look at these delicious Garlic Butter Roasted Potatoes.
What is This Potato Recipe Like
- Difficulty – The recipe is pretty basic and easy. Just make sure to follow all the steps and don’t miss anything out!
- Taste – These potatoes have a delicious garlic butter flavour. The exterior of the potatoes are super crisp, while the inside of the potatoes are super fluffy and light.
- Serving – This recipe easy serves six servings. Remember, in the recipe card at the bottom of the post you can easily adjust servings to suit.
Ingredients
- Baby potatoes – This recipe uses baby potatoes. Because mine weren’t all the same size, I cut the bigger ones to make sure they all cooked evenly.
- Butter – I used unsalted butter in this recipe. It doesn’t matter if it’s cold or at room temperature since it will be melted.
- Garlic – Fresh garlic is the only way for this recipe. I used three garlic cloves. You can use more or less to suit your taste.
- Parsley – I added a few tablespoons of fresh chopped parsley to the garlic butter.
- Salt – Regular table salt works just fine for the garlic butter.
NOTE, The full recipe and instructions can be found at the end of the post in the recipe card.
Instructions
- Preheat oven – Preheat oven to 375 degrees F/190 degrees C. Have ready a large baking tray and set aside.
- Parboil potatoes – Place the potatoes in a large pot of boiling water and simmer for about 15 minutes or until they are starting to go soft. Remove from pot and drain. Set aside.
- Make garlic butter – In a small saucepan, add the butter and bring it to a sizzle, about one minute. Add the garlic and give a good stir. Cook over medium heat for about 2 minutes. Add the parsley and the salt and stir to combine. Remove from heat.
- Roast potatoes – Place the parboiled potatoes on the baking tray. Evenly pour over the garlic butter. Place the potatoes in the oven and roast for about 40 – 45 minutes in total. Turn the potatoes half way through roasting.
- Serve – Remove from oven and serve hot.
Recipe Tips
- Cut the potatoes into the same size – It’s important to cut the potatoes as close to the same size as you can. This will ensure even roasting.
- Parboil the potatoes until they are just starting to go go soft – You should be able to slightly pierce them with a fork. You don’t want them soft all the way, just starting to cook.
Substitutions
- Potatoes – As explained previously, I used baby potatoes. You can choose to use any kind of potato that you like for this recipe
- Garnish – You do not need to garnish these potatoes, it’s completely optional. I used fresh chopped parsley. However, fresh chives would be nice as well.
Serving
Serve these delicious Spiced Roasted Potatoes with the Crispy Fried Chicken Cutlets, the Stove Top Tex Mex Chicken Tenders, Parmesan and Tomato Skillet Chicken or even the Chicken Cutlet Sandwiches with Italian Green Peppers. The truth is, these potatoes are so versatile and can be served with pretty much anything!
Frequently Asked Questions
Roasted potatoes are best served as soon as they are cooked. However, you can reheat them on a large baking tray at 350 degrees f/180 degrees c for about 10 minutes.
There are many reasons your potatoes may not be crispy. If you used a potato with a higher starch content, like new potatoes they may not crisp up. Also, the oven may not be hot enough or they were not cooked long enough.
Yes, this step is essential to getting perfect roast potatoes. It softens the exterior of the potato enabling the oil to completely coat the outside and get into a few small cracks of the potato. This ensures crispy potatoes every time.
Parboiling simply means to partially cook the food in boiling water as the first step in the cooking process.
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Ingredients
- 2 lbs baby potatoes cut into even sizes if necessary
- 3 tablespoons butter unsalted
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F/190 degrees C. Have ready a large baking tray and set aside.
- Place the potatoes in a large pot of boiling water and simmer for about 15 minutes or until they are starting to go soft. Remove from pot and drain. Set aside.
- In a small saucepan, add the butter and bring it to a sizzle, about one minute. Add the garlic and give a good stir. Cook over medium heat for about 2 minutes. Add the parsley and the salt and stir to combine. Remove from heat.
- Place the parboiled potatoes on the baking tray. Evenly pour over the garlic butter. Place the potatoes in the oven and roast for about 40 – 45 minutes in total. Turn the potatoes half way through roasting.
- Remove from oven and serve hot.
*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
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