Potatoes. One of the least expensive vegetables you can buy- easy to store- and has almost unlimited ways to cook them! I don't want to give you incredibly detailed instructions on step-by-step recipes. I just want to give you general directions, more to give you ideas when you think, "Man! I just need to find a side-dish for tonight and I sure got a lot of potatoes...."or "What should I make for dinner tonight?"
So, persue this list when making dinner. We've got baked, broiled, fried and mixing ideas. I hope you find something whiel looking over it that sounds like a tasty side dish for dinner.
- Baked french fries
*Slice clean potatoes into
french-fry shaped pieces. Spread on lightly greased aluminum foil covered pan.
Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes or until crisp.
- Deep fried french fries
- Battered deep fried french fries
* Slice clean potatoes into
french-fry shaped pieces. Drop all pieces into a mixture of
-1 cup flour
-pinch salt
-1 cup milk
-3 beaten eggs
-2 tb melted butter/margarine
Drop batter-covered pieces of
potato into a medium sized saucepan, filled with vegetable oil, at medium-high
heat. Allow to fry for 5-8 minutes or until crisp.
- Baked potatoes
*Cover a clean, whole potato in
foil and bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes OR poke holes (using a fork) into a
clean, whole potato and microwave for 5-8 minutes or until cooked thoroughly.
- Baked sliced potatoes
*Thinly slice clean potatoes. Place
on a lightly grease-sprayed foil-covered pan and bake for 20-30 minutes or
until crisp.
- Twice baked potatoes
*Bake a potato as instructed in 4.
Allow the baked potato to cool. Cut the potato in half, and use a spoon to
scoop most of the white portion of the potato out and into a bowl. Cream and
mash this white part of the potato, adding 1/8 cup of sour cream and
salt/pepper to taste. Scoop this potato mixture back into the potato skin, sprinkle
with diced green onions and cheese. Bake for 5-10 minutes at 350 or until hot.
- Baked shredded hash browns
*Using a cheese grater, shred clean
potatoes completely. Place on a lightly grease-sprayed foil-covered pan,
sprinkle with salt/pepper, and bake for 20-30 minutes or until crisp.
- Baked diced hash browns
*Dice clean potatoes into very small,
bite sized pieces. Place on a lightly grease-sprayed
foil-covered pan, sprinkle with salt/pepper, and bake for 20-30 minutes or
until crisp.
- Fried shredded hash browns
*Using a cheese grater, shred clean
potatoes completely. Put the shreds a medium sized, greased frying pan, at medium-high heat. Allow to fry for 3-5 minutes, then flip. Allow to fry a few minutes longer or until brown and crispy.- Deep fried diced hash browns
*Dice clean potatoes into small,
bite sized pieces. Sprinkle a few pieces at a time into a medium sized
saucepan, filled with vegetable oil, at medium-high heat. Allow to fry for 5-8
minutes or until crispy.
- Baked potato chips
*Thinly, THINKLY slice clean
potatoes. Place on a lightly grease-sprayed foil-covered pan, sprinkle with
olive oil, salt/pepper, and bake for 20-30 minutes or until crisp.
- Deep fried potato chips
*Thinly, THINKLY slice clean
potatoes. Put a few pieces at a time into a medium sized saucepan, filled with
vegetable oil, at medium-high heat. Allow to fry for 5-8 minutes or until
crispy. Salt to taste.
- English chips (battered, deep fried potatoes)
*Cut up clean potatoes in uneven
dices. Dip into a mix of:
-1 cup flour
-pinch salt
-1 cup milk
-3 beaten eggs
-2 tb melted butter/margarine
Drop batter-covered pieces of
potato into a medium sized saucepan, filled with vegetable oil, at medium-high
heat. Allow to fry for 8-12 minutes or until crisp.
- Garlic butter oven-roasted diced potatoes
*Dice clean potatoes. Spread evenly on a foil-covered baking sheet.
Brush with a mix of
-6 tb melted butter
-2 tsp salt
-1/2 tsp pepper
-2 cloves minced garlic
and then sprinkle with dried parsley.
Bake for 20-30 minutes or until crisp.
- Garlic butter oven-roasted sliced potatoes
*Slice clean potatoes. Spread
evenly on a foil-covered baking sheet. Brush with a mix of
-6 tb melted butter
-2 tsp salt
-1/2 tsp pepper
-2 cloves minced garlic
and then sprinkle with dried parsley.
Bake for 20-30 minutes or until crisp.
- Broiled diced potatoes
Also known as the best, crispiest roasted potatoes EVER.
- Broiled sliced potatoes
*Follow steps from 16, but slice
the potatoes.
- Mashed potatoes
*Boil whole or sliced clean potatoes
until soft (20-30 minutes) in salted water. Drain the potatoes and use a masher
or two large forks to mash the potatoes.
Add (to taste):
-cream cheese
-condensed milk
-sour cream
-butter
-salt/pepper
A-freaking-mazing. Especially with the
cream cheese and sour cream.
- Cheesy mashed potatoes
*Boil whole or sliced clean potatoes
until soft (20-30 minutes) in salted water. Drain the potatoes and use a masher
or two large forks to mash the potatoes.
Add (to taste):
-cream cheese
-condensed milk
-sour cream
-butter
-salt/pepper
Add grated cheddar cheese and 1
clove of chopped garlic and mix until melted.
- Potato latkes
* Using a cheese grater, grate clean potatoes and onions completely.
(1 onion to 4 potatoes) Mix these into a batter of
-2 eggs
-2 tsp salt
-2-3 tbl flour
Pour into a frying pan with ¼ inch
of vegetable oil in the bottom on medium-high heat. Allow to cook for 2-4
minutes or until crisp, flip, allow to cook for a few minutes longer. Dress
with salt, syrup, jam, applesauce or anything that sounds delicious.
- Baked julienne potatoes
*Julienne clean potatoes. Spread on
lightly greased aluminum foil covered pan. Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes or
until crisp.
- Deep fried julienne potatoes
*Julienne clean potatoes. Drop a
few at a time into a medium sized saucepan, filled 2/3 full with vegetable oil,
at medium-high heat. Allow to fry for 5-8 minutes or until crisp.
- Boiled potatoes
*Remove the skin from clean
potatoes. Boil whole in salted water on medium high or until soft. Drain water
and dress with butter, salt, pepper, and a dash of dried parsley.
- Baked potato wedges
*Cut clean potatoes into wedges. Spread
on lightly greased aluminum foil covered pan. Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes or
until crisp.
- Deep-fried potato wedges
*Cut clean potatoes into wedges. Drop
a few at a time into a medium sized saucepan, filled 2/3 full with vegetable
oil, at medium-high heat. Allow to fry for 3-5 minutes or until crisp.
- Parmesan potato rounds
*Slice clean potatoes. Toss with olive oil. Spread on lightly
greased aluminum foil covered pan. Sprinkle
a mixture of
-1/4 dried parmesan
-2 cloves minced garlic
-salt/pepper to taste
Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes or
until crisp. 5 minutes before pulling them from the oven, sprinkle liberally
with fresh grated parmesan.
- Layered fried potato rounds
*Use a mandolin to thinly, almost paper thin, slice clean potatoes.
Place in an olive-oil greased, medium sized frying pan on low heat in layers
(follow the picture). Between each layer, brush with melted garlic butter (4 tb
butter to 1 minced clove of garlic). You’ll want 4-5 layers of potato. Cover
and allow to cook for 20-30 minutes. Using TWO spatulas, FLIP the entire potato
stack, turn the heat to medium high, and allow to cook until the surface
touching the pan is crisp. Slice like a pie for individual servings. - Baked potato skins
*Peel a clean potato. Toss the
peelings in a mixing bowl with olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic (to taste).
Spread evenly over a foil-covered baking sheet and broil on high heat for 2-4
minutes or until crispy brown.
- Fried potato skins
*Peel a clean potato. Drop a few at
a time into a medium sized saucepan, filled 2/3 full with vegetable oil, at
medium-high heat. Allow to fry for 2-3 minutes or until crisp. Season with
salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
- Whole roasted potatoes
*Peel clean potatoes. Toss peeled
potatoes in a bowl with melted butter, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Place
on a foil-covered baking sheet, sprinkle with parsley, and bake for 45-60
minutes or until the top and bottom of the potato are lightly browned.
- Potato balls
*Mix mashed potatoes with the yolk
of an egg, and roll into balls. Flour or breadcrumb them, and then fry in
vegetable oil on medium heat for 8-10 minutes, turning often. Add butter, salt,
and pepper to taste.
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