Buttery Smashed Potatoes are a super easy potato side dish recipe. Boiled potatoes, smashed, smothered in butter, and baked until crispy.
Buttery Smashed Potatoes Recipe
I came across this recipe last year on Yummly (a really awesome foodie site with tons of recipes) called Crash Hot Potatoes. It’s basically boiled potatoes that are then mashed slightly and coated in olive oil, salt and pepper, then baked to crispy perfection. Turns out the recipe was actually from The Pioneer Woman, so I should have known it would be amazing!
But I made a very important tweak to these delicious crispy smashed potatoes, and that is BUTTER! Everything is better with butter (or bacon!) and these Buttery Smashed Potatoes are no exception!
Buttery Smashed Potatoes Recipe
Buttery Smashed Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 baby potatoes
- 4 tablespoons or more! butter, melted
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add as many potatoes as you'd like (I usually make 2 per person). Boil potatoes until tender enough to easily poke with a fork, about 10-15 minutes.
- Drain potatoes from water, and spread out on a large greased baking sheet. (You may need more than one baking sheet. I can usually only fit about 8 potatoes on one baking sheet.)
- With a potato masher, gently push down on one of the potatoes. Lift up, remove anything that sticks. Rotate the potato masher 90-degrees, then gently mash again. Repeat this process for each potato.
- Melt your butter in a microwaveable bowl. With a pastry brush, spread butter generously onto each potato.
- Sprinkle each potato with salt and pepper to taste. What are crispy potatoes without lots of salt?! Be generous here!
- Bake in a 400° oven for about 20 minutes, or until edges are browned.
- Sprinkle with additional salt, if you found you weren't generous enough before. Serve warm, while the butter is still melty!
Did you like this Buttery Smashed Potatoes Recipe? Find more on my Side Dishes and Appetizers boards on Pinterest!
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Amanda @ The Chunky Chef says
April 17, 2015 at 2:55 pmI love having smashed potatoes, and yours look delicious!! Thank you for sharing with Friday Favorites, we love having you join us!
Sara Schwab says
November 18, 2015 at 6:19 pmTheses recipes looks so yummy and easy to make for the hoildays