"Crispy, Buttery, Fluffy" - Smashed Fingerling Potatoes are my favorite way to eat potatoes. The skin is crispy on the outside and the inside is fluffy, but not greasy and low in calories compared to French fries. Perfect for snacks, appetizers, or side dishes. They're also ideal as party food.
Ingredients
- 1 kg small or medium potatoes, Noted 1
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 30 g / (2 tbsp) butter
- salt
- ground black pepper
Instructions
- COOKED THE POTATOES - you can boil or steam potatoes. Cooked them for 20-30 minutes until they're soft. (Note 2)
- AIR DRY - Place the cooked potatoes on the baking rack and let them dry for about 5 minutes. (Note 3)
- PREHEAT THE OVEN - to 200°C/390°F (convection oven 180°C)
- SMASHED POTATOES - Place the potatoes on the baking sheet and squish them with a potato masher or fork.
- DRIZZLE: Brush each potato with melted butter and then drizzle with olive oil (Note 4)
- OVEN BAKED: Put them in the oven at 200°C/390°F (180°C convection) for 40-50 minutes (40 minutes for small, 50 minutes for medium potatoes) or until crisp. (Note 5)
- SEASONS: a pinch of salt, ground black pepper and parsley (optional). Or other spices: Garlic powder, Italian seasoning, or drizzle with beef gravy. (Note 6)
Video
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7am8OFeWKn4
Tips & Notes:
- If you use medium potatoes, cut them in half after cooking. Whole-cooked potatoes are softer and have their own flavor. If you cut the potatoes for cooking, they'll contain too much water and lose their flavor when cooked. Potatoes won't crisp up if they contain too much moisture.
- Steamed potatoes are fluffier and tastier than boiled potatoes. This is because they contain less moisture.
To determine if they're soft inside. You can poke the potato with a chopstick. If the stick goes through, it means that it's cooked inside. - A dry surface is essential for the potatoes to crisp up.
- The butter gives the potatoes a buttery flavor. You can use either or both. It depends on which flavor you prefer.
- When they bake, you shouldn't flip them. That way the surface will be nice and crispy and the inside will be fluffy.
- Add the spices after baking, not during baking. Otherwise, they'll burn and become bitter easily.
- SPICES FLAVOR: If you like spices, you can add Sichuan peppercorns, chili flakes or Tabasco sauce.
Nutrition Information:
Serving: 100g Calories: 370kcal (19%) Carbohydrates: 58g (19%) Protein: 7g (14%) Fat: 13g (20%) Saturated Fat: 6g (38%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 6g Trans Fat: 0.3g Cholesterol: 22mg (7%) Sodium: 84mg (4%) Potassium: 1406mg (40%) Fiber: 7g (29%) Sugar: 3g (3%) Vitamin A: 257IU (5%) Vitamin C: 66mg (80%) Calcium: 42mg (4%) Iron: 3mg (17%)
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