Perfect roast potatoes

Serves 4
75 minutes
Difficulty Easy
3 Ingredients

This roast potato dish is truly the most heart-warming, easy dish in the world. It will remind you of all that is good in the world.

Ingredients (serves 4)

However many you can eat Potatoes
Generous splash Olive Oil
To taste Salt

Method

Peel the potatoes and half them, then quarter the halves.
Put in boiling water and boil for 20 minutes.
Drain and leave for 5 minutes to dry. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees.
Put back in the empty saucepan, splash some olive oil in the saucepan. Enough to just coat the potatoes. Liberally season with salt.
Put lid on the saucepan and vigorously shake saucepan up and down, smashing potatoes. This is the key to a beautiful crunchy potato. You want them to be battered and fluffy.
Then place in the baking tray and spread evenly. They will probably look quite roughed up – but the roughness creates the crunchiness. Bake at 200 degrees for minimum of 40 minutes – then check to see when crunchy and perfect.

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- - mom465683 said
  - 31 May 2024
    10:18 pm
I always struggle to make the potatoes crispy.

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- - mom81879 said
  - 23 Feb 2020
    9:17 am
Yep, Jamie Oliver drops his in a sieve/colander after par boiling, to scruff up the edges. Have to say, duck fat roast potatoes are the best I’ve ever had. But olive oil is ok too

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- - mom152736 said
  - 04 Jul 2019
    4:29 pm
What an amazing idea. and who doesnt love perfect potatoes. Weekend it is! Thanks for sharing.

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- - mom94125 said
  - 19 Oct 2017
    10:46 pm
i think this idea would be awesome. this seems so easy to do and would be impressive. i would love to try this one. cheers for posting this

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- - mom112023 said
  - 30 Apr 2017
    12:24 pm
I have to try this. Thanks for the recipe.

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- - mom206279 said
  - 29 Apr 2017
    6:48 pm
I love potatoes done this way!

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- - mom79844 said
  - 14 Feb 2017
    2:03 pm
I love roast potatoes with crunchy outside and soft inside 🙂

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- - coastalkaryn said
  - 20 Jan 2017
    1:41 pm
Mmm, have my steaks out, and cannot wait to eat these yummy roast potatoes with them!

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- - mom70876 said
  - 21 Nov 2016
    9:27 pm
They look amazing. Hungry looking at them!

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- - natct said
  - 24 Sep 2016
    7:52 pm
Worked a treat Thankyou

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- - Melissa89 said
  - 31 Jul 2016
    12:45 am
I love roast potatoes

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- - wendy_adhofer said
  - 15 Jun 2016
    8:54 pm
I forgot the boiling trick that for sharing. So true

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- - Nas01 said
  - 20 May 2016
    1:18 pm
Nothing beats yummy roast potatoes. Thanks for sharing.

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- - mom134803 said
  - 10 May 2016
    2:05 pm
That’s how I do it 🙂

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- - shelley shelley said
  - 14 Apr 2016
    7:44 am
I’ve used this method before and it does make perfect potatoes! Soft but crunchy mmmm

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- - mom71820 said
  - 08 Mar 2016
    3:39 pm
Yum! Love roast potatoes. I think it would work with sweet potatoes too.
- Lara Flanagan replied
  
  08 Mar 2016 , 9:34 pm
  I love potatoes, sweet potato, pumpkin everything!!!
  - mggarner replied
    
    31 Mar 2016 , 11:00 pm
    
    This is great! My wife craved roasted Vegies when she was pregnant with our first sooooo yummy
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- - june11 said
  - 06 Mar 2016
    10:09 pm
I am going to try this recipe with sweet potatoes. They don’t a starchy consistency in them and are suitable for Diabetics as they don’t convert to sugar when cook as ordinary potatoes do.
- Lara Flanagan replied
  
  07 Mar 2016 , 8:51 pm
  I find that with sweet potatoes you don’t need to boil them – but definitely season with olive oil an your favourite seasonings and they are delicious. I make Sweet Potato Fries all the time and the kids love them!
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- - curlytops said
  - 05 Mar 2016
    11:47 am
yes over cooking is the key
- Lara Flanagan replied
  
  05 Mar 2016 , 9:23 pm
  that boil and then roast for me is the key and to look overcooked when they get in the roasting tray – definitely!
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- - mom81879 said
  - 04 Mar 2016
    9:59 am
Sounds just like Jamie Oliver’s recipe for glorious mashed potatoes. Peel, cut into squash ball size and boil, only for 10 mins tho. Or until slightly disintegrating. Pour into a colander and shake til they start to fluff up, break apart slightly. Bake in 190*C oven approx 40 mins. Wonderfully crunchy on the outside and fluffy soft on the inside
- Lara Flanagan replied
  
  05 Mar 2016 , 9:22 pm
  That is the whole concept – love Jamie Oliver’s cooking style!
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- - mom90758 said
  - 03 Mar 2016
    5:07 pm
I always boil potatoes too, even if not for 20 minutes. Your potatoes look delicious. Surely to try!
- Lara Flanagan replied
  
  03 Mar 2016 , 8:33 pm
  Boiling is the key! Hope you like them. I do love a roast spud!
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