Roast Potatoes

While I love potatoes in most any form, I’m especially fond of having them oven-roasted.  Here is a Step-by-Step tutorial to help you make them at home. You will need whole potatoes,

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onions,

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chicken broth, garlic, salt/pepper, and oil.

seasoning

Assemble all of your ingredients. Wash, peel, and cube the potatoes, then fill a 9×13 Pyrex.

chopped potato

I used 7 medium-sized Russets.

onion

Peel and dice two onions. I used yellow, any type is fine. Add to the potatoes, along with salt/pepper to taste, 1 cup chicken broth, 1 Tbs chopped garlic and 2 Tbs of oil (I used Veggie, Olive oil is equally good).  You may also use herbs—parsley, crushed rosemary, thyme. I didn’t today.

You should now have something that resembles this: potatoforover

Put it into a 400-degree oven. Check after 30 minutes and stir. Cook for an additional 45 minutes.  (Remember, all cooking times are approximate!) After 1 hour and 15 minutes of total cooking time, you will have something truly delicious!

cooked potato

As you can see, the finished product fills an entire dinner plate. For average-sized eaters, that will be at least 4 servings, provided you have a main course and other sides. Typically, I serve this with chicken or steak. It’s great for any meat meal or with fish. If you’re serving a dairy meal, simply omit the chicken broth and use water instead.

 

What’s your favorite potato dish?

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