GARLIC ROASTED POTATOES
As I was making the Italian Meatloaf today, I decided to make garlic roasted potatoes. Of course, I cook stuff I like or love. Since I love garlic and I love these potatoes I thought they would go well with the Italian meatloaf. I have to admit I was totally correct, this rocked with the meatloaf.
I make these a lot just because they are easy and a great side dish for almost any meal. Plus for some reason, I think you are supposed to have some type of potatoes when you eat meatloaf. Normal meatloaf I have to make garlic mashed potatoes. I just did not like the idea of mashed potatoes for this recipe so I opted for these instead.
I picked up several bags of mixed new potatoes the other week at Lidl because they were super cheap. Come on when you can get a bag of red, purple and new baby potatoes under a dollar that is a deal. They normally run upwards of $4. Since I still had a few bags I decided to use these potatoes but you can use about any kind you would like. If I use Russet, Yukon Gold, or large red potatoes, I normally slice them. However, if I am using new or baby potatoes I dice the larger ones and half the others.
All you have to do is start with some butter and minced garlic in a small saucepan. I keep a large bag of pre-peeled garlic in my fridge and I also keep several bulbs of garlic on hand.
While this cooks I slice or dice the potatoes. I normally always use foil to form a bag because this helps steam the potatoes in the oven, making them nice and tender.
I like to pour about a tablespoon of olive oil on top of the potatoes.
Pour the garlic butter on top of the potatoes.
A bit of salt and pepper.
Form a foil pack and cook.
After about 45 minutes, I open up the foil pack in order to broil the to a nice crispy crust.
GARLIC ROASTED POTATOES
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 pounds potatoes
- 2 to 3 tablespoons butter - melted
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Melt butter in a small saucepan.
- Mince garlic cloves and put into a saucepan, cooking for a couple of minutes.
- Slice or dice potatoes.
- Cut off enough foil to form a packet for your potatoes and put potatoes on to foil.
- Add olive oil and butter garlic mixture to the top of the potatoes.
- Sprinkle potatoes with salt and pepper.
- Close up the foil packet and cook for 45 minutes.
- After 45 minutes, open up the foil packet and put under broil high until golden brown.
ENJOY!!
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