Crispy Roasted Potatoes

These potatoes are perfect alongside Thanksgiving Turkey, Prime Rib, Ribeye Roast, Roasted Cornish Game Hens, Perfectly Broiled Lobster Tails, Slow Cooker Orange Cranberry Ginger Glazed Ham, and so many more delicious main dishes! Making these potatoes is super simple – just like our Garlic Butter Roasted Potatoes Recipe, the potatoes simply need to lightly boil and then roast to crispy perfection.

At Ajpal, I add lots of tips in all of my recipes – because I am a home cook without any formal training, and I find I am more confident making dishes when I understand why it works, and what each ingredient means to the flavor of a recipe. My goal is for even the most beginner home cook to feel empowered in the kitchen.

How to Make Perfect Crunchy Potatoes

First assemble the following ingredients:

• Boiler potatoes (6-8, about 2 lbs) – Tender and creamy inside, these small potatoes develop a perfectly crisp exterior when roasted.
• Extra virgin olive oil (3 tablespoons) – Adds rich, fruity flavor and helps the potatoes achieve a golden, crunchy finish.
• Flake sea salt (1 tablespoon) – Enhances the natural potato flavor and gives each bite a satisfying salty crunch.
• Italian herbs seasoning (1-2 teaspoons) – Infuses the potatoes with an aromatic blend of oregano, basil, thyme, and rosemary for a savory Mediterranean touch.

Parboil and Cool Potatoes

Bring a large pot of water to boil. Scrub potatoes well to clean. Add to pot of boiling water. Let potatoes boil until just soft to the touch when poked with a fork, about 10 minutes. Drain potatoes well.

Oil

Cut potatoes in fourths, then into 1″ chunks. Line a baking sheet with foil. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to foil.

Toss Potatoes

Drop potato chunks on top of olive oil, toss to coat. Season generously with salt, pepper, and herbs.

Bake

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Bake for 15 minutes. Flip potatoes. Bake another 10, until potatoes are crispy, crunchy, and golden brown. If desired, flip and bake another 5-10 minutes for extra crispy, crunchy potatoes.

Tips To Perfect Crunchy Baked Potatoes

Go as crunchy as you want. Some people like a little crunch – some like a lot! We’re parboiling to cook the potatoes and adding extra crunch in baking with olive oil, so you get a crispy, crunchy, satisfying bite with these potatoes – but you can make them as cooked as you like.

FAQs

To get the right texture for these potatoes, we reccomend parboiling first, so you can get the soft, pillowy potato center, while crisping up the outside. If you just bake the potato without parboiling, it will still be tasty, but will lack the light, airy texture parboiling the potato first gives by releasing some of the potato’s starches.

Yes, potatoes can be parboiled ahead of time and tossed in olive oil until ready to crisp up! This is a great timesaver ahead of a big meal, so your potatoes can go right into a hot oven to crisp up just before you sit to eat!

Potatoes are done when they are deep golden brown and crispy to the touch – but the degree to which you want to cook them is up to you. Some people like lightly crispy, some people want super crunchy – find the crispiness you love!

Roasted potatoes can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to four days or frozen for up to four months.

Other Potato Recipes You’ll Love

For more delicious, easy potato recipes, please check out some of our recent favorites:

The Best Air Fryer French Fries

Grilled Potatoes

Garlic and Chive Potatoes

Irish Colcannon (Buttery Potatoes and Cabbage)

Sausage Vegetable Soup

Skillet Irish Potato Bread

Cheesy Ground Beef Hashbrown Casserole

Roasted Potatoes and Sauerkraut

You can find the rest of our potato recipes here.

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