Crispy pan potatoes
- Published: 19 Jan 17
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
Who can resist a pan filled with crispy, golden potatoes? Serve this easy, impressive side dish as an alternative to classic roast potatoes for your dinner party or Sunday lunch. They’re also special enough for celebrations such as Mother’s Day.
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Ingredients
- 1.5kg waxy potatoes (such as charlotte), thinly sliced
- A few sprigs each fresh thyme and rosemary, and sage and bay leaves
- 75g unsalted butter
You’ll also need…
- 25-30cm ovenproof frying pan or cake tin (not too deep)
Method
- Heat the oven to 200ºC /180ºC fan/gas 6. Cook the potatoes in a large pan of well-salted, boiling water for 3 minutes or until almost cooked. Drain well and lay out on a few sheets of kitchen paper to steam dry. When cool enough to handle, arrange the potato slices in handfuls in the pan, packing them in tightly and making sure they stand up straight.
- Tuck the herbs in among the potatoes. Melt the butter, then drizzle all over the potatoes. Season, then cook in the oven for 1 hour or until crisp on top and cooked through. Serve immediately.
- Recipe from December 2016 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 236kcals
- Fat
- 8g (5g saturated)
- Protein
- 3.7g
- Carbohydrates
- 35.3g (1.7g sugars)
- Fibre
- 3.9 fibre
- Salt
- trace salt
delicious. tips
Make light work of slicing the potatoes by using a mandoline or the slicing attachment on a food processor.
Chill the potatoes in the pan, covered with cling film, at the end of step 1 for up to 12 hours. Continue from step 2.
Click here to see a video of how to make these crispy pan potatoes are made:
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Mine didn’t look nearly as beautiful but they tasted incredible. Lovely herby flavours.