Easy Potato Recipes for Baked, Mashed, Roast or Fried Potatoes (2024)

Quick andeasy potatorecipes whether mashed, roasted, fried or baked. This isa vegetablethat remains the ultimate comfort food.

Classified as both a starch anda vegetable, potatoes are a good source of potassium and complementalmost any type of meat and other vegetables like celery or leeks.

Withover 4000 varieties and hundreds of ways to prepare them, potatoescontinue to grow in popularity because they are so versatile. Here aresome quick and easy potato recipes to try.

EASY POTATO RECIPES: Baked Potatoes

Bake in a moderated ovenuntil cooked. Leave to cool for several minutes, then open by placing across on the top. Push with both thumbs and forefingers to push theflesh slightly out of the skin. Season to taste, and serve with sourcream and chopped chives.

EASY POTATO RECIPES: Rustic Potato Wedges

Cut the potatoes intowedges, leaving the skin on, but scrub well.

Place in a bowl. Brushwith olive oil, and toss in salt, pepper and chopped herbs of yourchoice.

I like to use rosemary, thyme and mixed herbs from time to time. Ileave this up to you.

Bake in a moderate oven until golden-brown and cooked all theway through.

EASY POTATO RECIPES: Baked Potato and Rosemary

Scrub and clean 6 newpotatoes. Place in a baking tray. Pour 4 tablespoons of oliveoil into the tray and swirl around coating the potatoes with the oil.Sprinkle rosemary on the potatoes and swirl again. Sprinkle them withrock salt, to taste. Place in pre-heated moderate oven until cooked.

EASY POTATO RECIPES: Baked Potato Skins

Cook the potatoes and scoop out the flesh, leaving the skins intact.Brush with olive oil and bake until crisp. Spoon a filling of yourchoice into the skins before serving.

EASY POTATO RECIPES: Stuffed Jacket Potatoes

Bake 6 potatoes in amoderate oven until cooked. Cut potatoes in half and scoop out flesh,carefully making sure that you don't tear the skin.

Sometimes it isbetter to leave a few centimeters of flesh behind, all the way round.

Place flesh in bowl. Mash with about a cup of cheddar cheese. At thisstage you can add sliced leeks, or chopped onions, chives, parsley etc.Season well, and carefully place mixture back into potato casing.

Sprinkle with extra cheese and some cooked bacon pieces and bake for 15minutes more, until cheese has melted.

EASY POTATO RECIPES:Potato Frittata

Fry sliced potatoes in apan before adding finely-sliced vegetables of you choice. Whisk eggyolks with double cream and season; pour the mixture over thevegetables and cook until the base has set. Flip over and cook theother side until golden brown.

EASY POTATO RECIPES: Mashed Potato

Boil the potatoes untiltender. Drain, then add a splash of milk or cream. Put the pan back onthe stove until the liquid is hot. Careful not to scorch the potatoesat this stage. Add a knob of butter and remove from heat. Mash untilsmooth. Season to taste.

Ifyou want your mashed potato to take on a whole new level add a cup ofParmesan cheese at the start just before you add the milk and cream. Ilove eating mashed potato like this, it is very tasty and creamy.

EASY POTATO RECIPES: Parmesan Potato Cakes

450 g potatoes, boiled
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
25 g butter, melted
1/4 flour
1 egg
seasoning
egg, or milk for glazing

Mash potatoes and add cheese,melted butter, flour, egg and salt. Mix well and turn onto flouredboard. Shape into small flat cakes, place in a buttered oven-proof dishand brush over with egg or milk. Bake at 200°C until pale brown. Cutopen, butter and serve hot.

EASY POTATO RECIPES: Potato Croquettes

450 g potatoes, boiled and mashed
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 tablespoon parsley, finely chopped
seasoning

Mix all ingredientstogether well. Form into little croquettes and deep fry in hot oiluntil golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper and serve.

EASY POTATO RECIPES: Crunchy Potatoes

1/2 cup toasted breadcrumbs
4 cups raw grated potato
1 egg, beaten
1 onion, grated
1/2 t salt
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup grated cheese

In a bowl combine breadcrumbs, potato, egg, onion and salt, and mixwell. Grease and ovenproof dish, spread the mixture into the dish, dotwith the butter and sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 180°C for 40 - 50minutes, until golden brown. Serves 6.

Mixall ingredients together well. Form into little croquettes and deep fryin hot oil until golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper and serve.

EASY POTATO RECIPES: Fried Potatoes with Rosemary

675 g potatoes
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 clove garlic, optional
2 sprigs rosemary
sea salt and black pepper

Cookthe potatoes in their skins in boiling, salted water until they arethree quarters cooked. When they are cool enough to handle, peel themand cut them into thick slices. Heat the oil in a frying pan and addthe potatoes with the peeled and crushed garlic. Pull the leaves offthe rosemary and stir them into the potatoes. Fry gently for about 20minutes until potatoes are nicely browned. Season to taste and serve asan accompaniment to lamb, beef or pork.

EASY POTATO RECIPES: Creamy Baked Potatoes

Thiseasy potatorecipe if a firm family favorite.

1.5 g potatoes, peeled and sliced
2 large onions, peeled and sliced

Blanchthe potato slices in boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain well. Place thepotatoes, onions, butter and cream in a large frying pan. Simmer gentlyfor 15 minutes, making sure that you don't end up splitting the cream.Transfer to a well-buttered ovenproof dish. Season to taste and bakefor 1 hour, or until the potatoes are tender.

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