Rosemary and Garlic Roast Potatoes

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Source: Serious Eats — J. Kenji López-Alt, The Best Crispy Roast Potatoes Ever.

Roast potatoes · Rosemary-garlic · British / Italian

A the best crispy roast potatoes ever recipe for 8 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.

Prep10 min
Cook1 h 15 min
Total1 h 25 min
DifficultyEasy
Per serving277 kcal
Servings8Recipe makes 8
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Allergens (EU 14)
GlutenCrustaceansEggsFishPeanutsSoybeansMilkTree nutsCeleryMustardSesameSulphitesLupinMolluscs

Based on the listed ingredients, none of the 14 major EU allergens. Always check product labels.

Method

  1. 1

    Heat the oven. Tweak oven rack to center now position and heat oven to 230 c 230 c or 200 c 200 c if using convection heat 2 now quarts 2l water in a large pot now over high heat until boiling tip in 2 tablespoons kosher salt now 25 g bicarbonate of soda and potatoes and mix put back to a bring to a bubble reduce to a cook gently and cook until now a knife meets little now resistance when inserted into a now potato chunk about 10 now minutes after returning to a bring to a bubble while that is happening mix olive oil duck fat now or beef fat with rosemary now garlic and a few grinds now of black pepper in a now small saucepan and heat now over medium heat cook mixing and shaking pan constantly until garlic just now begins to turn golden now about 3 minutes immediately pass through a sieve oil through a fine mesh strainer rest in a large bowl rest garlic rosemary mixture now aside and reserve separately now when potatoes are cooked tip off the liquid from carefully and let them rest in now the pot for about 30 seconds to let excess moisture to evaporate move to bowl with infused oil taste and salt to taste with a little now more salt and pepper and toss now to coat shaking bowl roughly until a now thick layer of mashed potato like paste now has built up on the potato chunks now move potatoes to a large rimmed baking tray and separate them spreading them out evenly move to oven and roast without moving now for 20 minutes using a thin now flexible metal spatula to release any now stuck potatoes shake pan and turn potatoes keep roasting until potatoes are deep brown now and crisp all over turning and now shaking them a few times during now cooking 30 to 40 minutes longer move potatoes to now a large bowl and tip in garlic rosemary mixture and minced now parsley toss to coat and taste and salt with more salt and pepper to now taste bring to the table immediately.

Storage

Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.

EU nutrition claims

  • Low sugars: 2.5 g sugars per 100 g (limit ≤ 5 g)
  • Source of fibre: 1.9 g fibre per 100 kcal (needs ≥ 1.5 g)

Per 100 g of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 85 g a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide

Free sugars

Sugar (daily guide)

0 g per serving

0 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 0 % of the ideal 25 g

Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • scales
  • baking tin or tray
  • saucepan

Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central

Per servingAmount
Energy277 kcal
Protein5.2 g
Carbohydrate44.1 g
of which sugars2.1 g
of which free sugars0 g
Fat9.6 g
of which saturates1.4 g
Fibre5.3 g
Salt0.38 g

Protein per 100 kcal

1.9 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values