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Easy Roast Potatoes

Our recipe for Easy Roast Potatoes is fool proof, and a must with any roast dinner or a simple side dish for a midweek treat.

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 260 kcal
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: British

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoon sunflower oil
  • 800 g potato peeled and chopped
  • 5 g fresh thyme
  • 8 garlic clove bashed and skin on
  • 1 pinch sea salt and ground black pepper

Instructions

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  1. Preheat your oven to 200°C/180°C(fan)/400°F/Gas 6.
  2. Add enough sunflower oil to your baking tray to coat the bottom of it. This was 4 tablespoon Sunflower oil for our tray. Put it into the oven to heat.
  3. Meanwhile, add 800 g Potato to a pan of boiling water and cook them on a medium heat for 10 minutes.
  4. Drain the potatoes and then leaving them in the colander, let them steam dry for 10 minutes. Put them back in the saucepan and bash them around a little to fluff up the edges. Take the baking tray out of the oven and add the potatoes, carefully turning them in the oil. Sprinkle them with 1 pinch Sea salt and ground black pepper.
  5. Cook them for 20 minutes and then turn them in the oil. Then add 8 Garlic clove and 5 g Fresh thyme and then cook them for a final 25 minutes, so they have cooked for 45 minutes total.

Notes

  • Don't skip the step of leaving them in the colander after you have drained them. This allows them to get rid of some of the extra moisture to help with the crispiness.
  • Make sure that the potatoes have lots of room on the baking tray. If the tray is too full and the potatoes are too close together, then they will steam rather than roast. If you don't have a tray big enough for all the potatoes, then use two trays.
  • The nutritional information for this recipe won't be accurate, and will be an overestimate. This is because they don't absorb all of the oil that has been added to the pan.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1portion Calories 260kcal (13%) Carbohydrates 34g (11%) Protein 4g (8%) Fat 13g (20%) Saturated Fat 2g (10%) Sodium 23mg (1%) Potassium 866mg (25%) Fiber 5g (20%) Sugar 2g (4%) Vitamin A 59IU (1%) Vitamin C 43mg (48%) Calcium 40mg (4%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 260

% Daily Value*

Serving 1portion
Calories 260kcal 13%
Carbohydrates 34g 11%
Protein 4g 8%
Fat 13g 20%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Sodium 23mg 1%
Potassium 866mg 18%
Fiber 5g 20%
Sugar 2g 4%
Vitamin A 59IU 1%
Vitamin C 43mg 48%
Calcium 40mg 4%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.