Herb Roasted Potatoes

I’m always up for a quick side dish that lacks in effort but does not lack in taste. These herb roasted potatoes are a great go-to recipe. The potatoes have a wonderful light herb flavor. They’re creamy buttery inside (you can also use fingerling potatoes for even more buttery creaminess!). And they have one of my favorite things: crunchy skin.

Herb Roasted Potatoes

Consistency Means Better

Make sure your potatoes are pretty much all equal in size when you make these herb roasted potatoes. You don’t want a bunch of big pieces mixed in with small ones or the cook times will vary. You’ll end up with big not-quite-done-potatoes and little over-done ones. You don’t want that. So if you have to, halve them or even quarter them to get them all the same sizes. You can also make this dish with either baby red potatoes or fingerlings.

Grab A Grill Basket

I also like to make these potatoes on my grills, either gas or charcoal or even electric. I use a grill basket like this one. It makes cooking them super easy, and I don’t have to worry about anything falling between the grill grates. Clean-up is also super easy. Grill baskets are a win and a must-have for grilling!

Herb Roasted Potatoes
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Herb Roasted Potatoes

I’m always up for a quick side dish that lacks in effort but not taste. These herb roasted potatoes are a great go-to recipe
Course Side
Cuisine American
Keyword roasted potatoes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 92kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 450 F.
  • Rinse potatoes and pat dry.
  • In a medium bowl combine the remaining ingredients.
  • Add the potatoes and stir gently to coat.
  • Spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray or use a silpat.
  • Dump potatoes out onto the baking and sheet and spread out evenly.
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until the potatoes are tender and have a nice golden lightly crispy skin.

Nutrition

Calories: 92kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 436mg | Potassium: 482mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 17IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutritional values are approximate.

Roasted Garlic Parmesan Potatoes on the Char-Broil Big Easy

Note: This recipe was developed using the Char-Broil Big Easy Oil-Less Fryer. If you are cooking using the Char-Broil Smoker-Roaster Grill you should cook with the lid open and the temperature set to High. You might also need to adjust the cooking time.

This is one of the best side dishes we’ve made. Roasted garlic Parmesan potatoes on the Char-Broil Big Easy was crazy easy to make, used simple ingredients, yet came out absolutely delicious. The idea for these roasted garlic Parmesan potatoes came to me after making roasted mushrooms with the same sauce. The sauce is so good I had to find other dishes that would use it, and here it is!

Roasted Garlic Parmesan Potatoes on the Char-Broil Big Easy

Super Easy. Super Delicious.

I like to partially cook my potatoes first before placing them into the Char-Broil Big Easy. It makes this dish easier and quicker. It also helps ensure that the potatoes in this roasted garlic Parmesan potatoes dish on the Char-Broil Big Easy are cooked evenly, and that’s important.

The sauce is amazing, and has quickly become one of our favorites.

You have to get a bunk bed basket for your Big Easy. Or get a two. You can get two in the cooker at once, but it takes some gymnastics. It’s the quickest way to double or triple the cooking area on your fryer.

Also try my garlic butter potatoes made on the Big Easy.

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Roasted Garlic Parmesan Potatoes on the Char-Broil Big Easy
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Roasted Garlic Parmesan Potatoes on the Char-Broil Big Easy

The sauce is amazing, and has quickly become one of our favorites.
Course Side
Cuisine American
Keyword Big Easy, Char-Broil, garlic Parmesan, potatoes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 280kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the potatoes

  • 1 ½ pounds small potatoes halved
  • 4 small mushrooms sliced
  • 2 green onions sliced

For the sauce

Instructions

For the sauce

  • Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
  • Add the garlic and Italian seasoning along with a few pinches each of salt and pepper. Stir and cook for 1 minute.
  • Whisk in the flour. Continue whisking while cooking for another 1 minute.
  • Reduce heat to low and whisk in the vegetable broth.
  • Turn the heat back up to medium and bring the mix to a slight simmer. Continue whisking as the sauce thickens, 2-3 minutes.
  • Add the cream, cheese and parsley and whisk until the cheese melts and the sauce becomes creamy and smooth.
  • Reduce heat to low and stir often until the sauce is as thick as you want it. If you get it too thick add a bit more broth or cream and stir.
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper, stir, and keep warm until ready to use.

For the potatoes

  • Fire up your Big Easy.
  • Place the potatoes in a microwave-safe bowl.
  • Microwave on medium high, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are just tender.
  • Transfer the potatoes to a large bowl.
  • Gently stir in the sauce.
  • Divide the potatoes between the two pans. Place one pan in the bottom of the Big Easy basket. Place the other in a bunk bed basket and transfer it to the Big Easy basket.
  • Lower the basket into the Big Easy. Cook until the potatoes start to turn golden brown and the sauce begins to bubble.
  • Carefully remove the pans from the Big Easy basket.
  • Stir and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 710mg | Potassium: 459mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 769IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 383mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutritional values are approximate.

Crispy Parmesan Potatoes

We were looking for the perfect side for our Stove Top stuffing meatloaf. We thought perhaps it would be mashed potatoes. Creamy homemade mashed potatoes would definitely be good with the wonderful brown gravy from the meatloaf. But we both wanted something a little crunchy, something roasted… something with more flavor than ‘just’ mashed potatoes. These crispy Parmesan potatoes were definitely the perfect side. We could not have found a better pairing for our stick-to-our-ribs meatloaf! The crispy edges were a good contrast to the meatloaf.

Crispy Parmesan Potatoes

The Right Bite

The original recipe for these crispy Parmesan potatoes called for using fingerling potatoes. As much as we both love fingerlings, we felt that cubed Russets would give us more of that crunchy texture, more of that wonderful roasted-ness that we were both craving. Plus, I couldn’t find any fingerlings at my grocery store!

We made the right call as they were fantastic! Fingerlings probably would’ve been just fine. If I could’ve found them!

I highly recommend that you shred or grate your own cheese at home. Don’t buy the pre-shredded or pre-grated stuff. It has stuff added to it to keep it from sticking together. That ‘stuff’ affects how the cheese melts. Shred it yourself and use the good stuff.

Also try my crispy homemade potato chips and my parmesan garlic potatoes.

Crispy Parmesan Potatoes
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Crispy Parmesan Potatoes

We were looking for the perfect side for our Stove Top stuffing meatloaf and this is it!
Course Side
Cuisine American
Keyword crispy, Parmesan, potatoes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 46kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 F.
  • Wash potatoes and pat dry. Cut into 1/2" cubes. Transfer to a large bowl.
  • Drizzle potatoes with the olive oil Sprinkle with the salt, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and pepper. Toss gently to coat evenly.
  • Transfer potatoes to a sheet pan. Spread them out evenly so they do not overlap.
  • Roast in the oven until the potatoes start to turn golden brown, about 30 minutes.
  • Flip the potatoes. Sprinkle with the cheese. Return to the oven and continue to roast until golden brown, about 10 more minutes.
  • Remove from oven and transfer to a serving dish. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 46kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 602mg | Potassium: 30mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 310IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 117mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutritional values are approximate.

Roasted Potatoes with Warm Blue Cheese Sauce

Somewhere, probably, there’s a rule written down that goes something like ‘don’t eat all of the warm blue cheese sauce before you serve the roasted potatoes’. If there is such a rule, I ignored it because the sauce is fantastic. And yeah, it really is great with roasted potatoes. Tender, buttery potatoes that have that slight skin ‘pop’ when you bite into them. Perfect.

Roasted Potatoes with Warm Blue Cheese Sauce

The Perfect Balance

I sometimes find that too much fresh rosemary is a not a good thing. It can be a bit overwhelming. I totally did not find that to be the case with these roasted potatoes with warm blue cheese sauce. Not even at all. The amount of rosemary is spot-on, and I think the dish needed every bit of it. I would not cut back on it even though my first though was to do just that.

You can cook the potatoes on a grill instead of in the oven. Using a grilling basket such as the one below makes for easy cooking, easy cleanup, and helps make sure your potatoes are cooked nice and evenly.

The blue cheese sauce is great on other roasted vegetables too, like green beans, asparagus, you name it. And baked potatoes!

Roasted Potatoes with Warm Blue Cheese Sauce
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Roasted Potatoes with Warm Blue Cheese Sauce

Somewhere, probably, there’s a rule written down that goes something like ‘don’t eat all of the warm blue cheese sauce before you serve the roasted potatoes’. If there is such a rule, I ignored it because the sauce is fantastic.
Course Side
Cuisine American
Keyword blue cheese, roasted potatoes, sauce
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 374kcal

Ingredients

For the potatoes

For the blue cheese sauce

  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons fresh rosemary finely chopped
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg grated
  • 2 cups whole milk warmed
  • 4 ounces blue cheese crumbled
  • 2 tablespoons green onion sliced thin

Instructions

For the potatoes

  • Preheat oven to 425 F.
  • For the potatoes: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
  • Place potatoes into a large bowl. Toss with the olive oil, rosemary, lemon zest and juice and salt and pepper to taste.
  • Spread out onto a baking sheet and roast until tender, about 35 minutes, stirring once or twice. While the potatoes are roasting make the sauce (below).
  • Transfer potatoes to a large bowl or serving platter. Drizzle with the sauce. Garnish with the green onions, jalapeno, parsley and blue cheese crumbles.

For the blue cheese sauce

  • Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
  • Whisk in the flour and continue whisking for 3 minutes or until the flour is cooked.
  • Add the rosemary and nutmeg.
  • Whisk in the milk. Reduce heat to low. Whisking occasionally, continue cooking until thickened, 5-10 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and stir in the blue cheese and green onions.

Nutrition

Calories: 374kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 333mg | Potassium: 672mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 782IU | Vitamin C: 37mg | Calcium: 208mg | Iron: 2mg

Nutritional values are approximate.

Garlic Red Potatoes

Who doesn’t love perfectly roasted red potatoes? A little garlic, a little citrus, a little cheese and a little time and you’ve got the perfect side dish. A light crunchy outside, creamy buttery inside. I used red potatoes in my garlic red potato recipe, but you could use any potato you want. Fingerlings are great made this way too. You get lightly crunchy outsides. And fluffy, tender insides. The perfect potatoes!

Garlic Red Potatoes

Garlic. Everywhere.

The addition of lemon really lightens these garlic red potatoes. I wouldn’t leave it out. If you want a bit of a kick, add a few good pinches of dried red pepper flake. To ensure your potatoes come out perfectly, select potatoes that are all approximately the same sizes when quartered. If you use smaller potatoes, such as fingerlings or baby potatoes, you can keep them whole if you wish.

I also make these potatoes on my grill. I use a grill basket to make cooking them easier. It also makes for easy cleanup.

Also try my Creole roasted potatoes.

Garlic Red Potatoes
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Garlic Red Potatoes

Who doesn’t love perfectly roasted red potatoes? A little garlic, a little citrus, a little cheese and a little time and you’ve got the perfect side dish. A light crunchy outside, creamy buttery inside.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword garlic, potatoes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 122kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds red potatoes quartered
  • ¼ cup butter melted
  • 2 teaspoons garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 lemon juiced
  • 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese grated

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F.
  • Place potatoes in an 8" x 8" inch baking dish that has been lightly sprayed with non-stick spray.
  • Add potatoes to the dish.
  • In a small bowl combine melted butter, garlic, salt and lemon juice. Drizzle over the potatoes and stir to coat.
  • Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the tops of the potatoes.
  • Cover the dish with foil and bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
  • Remove the foil and continue baking for 10 more minutes or until the potatoes are golden brown and tender.

Nutrition

Calories: 122kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 439mg | Potassium: 731mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 38IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutritional values are approximate.