Crispy Smashed Potatoes
Crispy Smashed Potatoes is a oven-baked recipe ready in 1 h 5 min. It makes 4 servings, each 260 kcal with 5 g protein. Beginner level, 7 ingredients.
Recipe by @bitesofberi, adapted and measured by Cookpath.
- 1 h 5 min15 min hands-on
- Beginnerlevel
- 260kcal a serving
- 5 gprotein
What is Crispy Smashed Potatoes
Baby potatoes boiled until tender, pressed flat and baked with herb butter and olive oil until crisp outside and soft inside.
- From the oven · Vegetarian
- Boiling
- Roasting
- Needs oven
- Needs air fryer
How to make Crispy Smashed Potatoes
Tips from the cook
- No fresh garlic or fresh herbs before baking: they burn in 40 minutes. Use garlic powder instead.
- Keep the olive oil in: butter alone can burn and taste bitter. Olive oil alone works fine.
- Smash them less if you like them soft in the middle.
- For a spicy version add cayenne, paprika or chilli flakes, or cajun seasoning.
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Goes well with
Sides from Cookpath that balance this dish, the same picks the app suggests.
Meal prep and storage
Keeps 3–4 days in the fridge. Reheat in the oven, an air fryer or the microwave.
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Crispy Smashed Potatoes substitutions
Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.
Butter2 options
- Vegan/dairy-free butter block 1:1 by weight
Soft tub margarine fails in pastry and cheesecake base.
- Olive oil use about 3/4 as much by volume
Not for creaming or pastry; base goes oily.
Serve it with
- Crispy chicken
- Green salad
- Sour cream
- Tzatziki
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