Recipe: Heavenly Smashed Roasted Potatoes

Heavenly Smashed Roasted Potatoes (Provided photo)

It’s always a serious challenge to find a week’s worth of kosher-for-Passover recipes that won’t leave you craving chametz. These delicious dishes from local foodie Elite Jakob definitely fit the bill.

Elite Jakob is a Reisterstown-based integrative health coach, food blogger and author of the self-published cookbook “I Live in my Kitchen, But You Don’t Have To.” For more recipes from Jakob, visit her website, Iliveinmykitchen.com and follow her on Instagram and TikTok @Iliveinmykitchen.

Heavenly Smashed Roasted Potatoes

Heavenly Smashed Roasted Potatoes

Elite Jakob
Course Side

Ingredients
  

  • 2 pounds potatoes
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • Pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme (or oregano or both thyme and oregano)
  • Fresh thyme, oregano, or rosemary to garnish

Instructions
 

  • Boil the potatoes in salted water and let the water boil for about 5-7 minutes. Test for doneness with a sharp knife.
  • Drain and cool the potatoes.
  • Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
  • Smash each potato using a heavy tool, I use a meat tenderizer on its smooth side. Smash just halfway, just to break them a bit. When smashing the potatoes, be careful not to over smash them so they don’t lose their shape. You still want them as one piece. I like to use mini potatoes; it saves the time you spend on cutting big potatoes.
  • Sprinkle all seasonings evenly.
  • Bake at 425° for 45 minutes or until the edges of the potatoes turn golden and crispy.
  • Remove from the oven and garnish generously with thyme, oregano, or rosemary.
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