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Smashed Potatoes Recipe

How to make incredible smashed potatoes at home.

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 4 people
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 16 medium potatoes cleaned but unpeeled, preferably Yukon Golds
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 450° F.
  2. Scrub the potatoes until the skins are clean and free from eyes.
  3. Boil the potatoes whole in a pot of heavily salted water until you can easily insert a fork into the potato, but before it breaks apart. 
  4. Drain and cool for 10 minutes.
  5. Place the whole, boiled potatoes on an ungreased baking sheet.  Using a flat tool like a meat pounder or the bottom of a heavy saucepan, add steady pressure to each potato until it is flattened to about ¼ inch thick.  It will look like a tray of round, brown, flat cakes. 
  6. Drizzle olive oil generously on the potatoes.  Add salt and pepper to taste.
  7. Roast in a 450°F oven for 35-40 minutes.
  8. Remove from oven and serve immediately.