Easy Crispy Roasted Potatoes

Time :1 40

Yield :8 servings

Recipe Background

Easy Crispy Roasted Potatoes make the most popular side dish such a breeze. Boil, season, and bake... and bam! Golden, crispy, wonderfully seasoned potatoes with an almost creamy interior. The flavor is herbaceous and hearty and just a marvel; who needs a main course when Easy Crispy Roasted Potatoes are just so tasty? Make the most of your potatoes with these delicious morsels!

Ingredients

2 quarts water
2 tablespoons kosher salt plus more, to taste
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
4 pounds russet or Yukon Gold potatoes peeled, cut into 2-inch pieces
5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil can substitute duck fat, goose fat, or beef fat
fresh rosemary leaves to taste, finely chopped
3 medium cloves garlic minced
freshly ground black pepper to taste
fresh parsley leaves to taste, minced

Directions

Adjust an oven rack to the center position.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
In a large pot over high heat, add the water and bring to a boil.
Add 2 tablespoons of the salt, the baking soda, and the potatoes to the boiling water and stir to combine.
Bring the water to a boil again.
Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until a knife meets little resistance when inserted into a potato chunk, about 10 minutes.
In a small saucepan over medium heat, add the olive oil, the rosemary, the garlic, and the black pepper and stir to combine.
Cook, while stirring and shaking the pan constantly, until the garlic just begins to turn golden, about 3 minutes.
Immediately strain the herb oil through a fine-mesh strainer set in a large bowl.
Set the garlic mixture aside, reserving it separately from the oil.
Drain the potatoes carefully and then return them to the pot.
Let the potatoes rest in the hot pot until the excess moisture evaporates, about 30 seconds.
Transfer the potatoes to the herb oil and season them with the extra salt and the pepper.
Toss the potatoes to coat and shake the bowl roughly until a thick layer of mashed-potato-like paste has built up on the potato chunks.
Transfer the potatoes to a large rimmed baking sheet and separate them until they are evenly spaced.
Roast the potatoes for 20 minutes.
Shake the pan, then turn the potatoes.
Roast the potatoes, turning and shaking them occasionally, until they are deep brown and crisp all over, about 30-40 minutes.
Transfer the potatoes to a large bowl.
Add the garlic mixture and the parsley and toss to coat.
Season the potatoes with the extra salt and the pepper.
Serve hot.