Crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside, oven-roasted potatoes are an easy side dish that pairs with almost any meal. Season them with the herbs and spices below or your favorite seasonings.
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Holly’s Recipe Highlights
These oven-roasted potatoes are very easy to make and pair with almost any dinner, from grilled chicken to a roast dinner.
- An easy side dish with very simple prep.
- Season them with fresh or dried herbs.
- Feel free to be creative with the seasonings on these easy oven potatoes; they go great with pretty much anything!
What Kind of Potatoes to Use
You can roast any kind of potato, including red-skinned, russets, Yukon gold, or even sweet potatoes.
- Thin-skinned potatoes like red or Yukon gold tend to be softer and more buttery in texture.
- Russets or baking potatoes are more fluffy inside and crisp on the outside.
To Peel or Not to Peel? Peeling potatoes is optional. I love the earthy flavor the skin adds from russet or Idaho potatoes.
If you’re using small potatoes, you can cut them in half or if they’re tiny, you can just give them a little poke with a fork or knife before baking to allow the steam to escape.
How to Roast Potatoes
Roasted potatoes are so incredibly simple that it’s my go-to side dish! While it’s optional, if time allows, soak cut potatoes to remove some of the starch and help them to crisp while being fluffy inside. Be sure to dry them well before you add the olive oil so they roast instead of steaming.
- Wash potatoes and cut into 1″ cubes.
- Soak in cold water for 20 minutes or up to 1 hour (optional).
- Preheat the oven to a very hot temperature.
- Add olive oil, seasonings, and herbs (per recipe below) and roast until tender.
Serve with optional toppings like sour cream or even Greek yogurt, chives or green onions, bacon bits, shredded cheddar cheese, or Parmesan.
What Temperature to Roast Potatoes
I most often roast potatoes at 425°F to crisp the outside. Depending on what else you have going in the oven, you can cook potatoes at a lower temperature if needed.
The following cook times are for 1-inch potatoes:
- Bake at 350°F for 45-50 minutes.
- Bake at 375°F for 35-40 minutes.
- Bake at 400°F for 30 minutes.
- Bake at 450°F for 20-25 minutes.
Leftovers and Storage
Leftovers are great reheated in a frying pan, the oven, or an air fryer. They’re perfect in a frittata or for a great shortcut for breakfast hash, as hashbrowns, or in casseroles!
Leftover potatoes can be frozen. I place them in a freezer bag and reheat either in the oven (or toaster oven) or in a frying pan on the stove.
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Did you enjoy these Oven Roasted Potatoes? Leave a rating and a comment below!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 pounds red potatoes or yellow or Yukon gold potatoes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh herbs any combination of rosemary, parsley, thyme, or basil, or 2 teaspoons dried herbs
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- kosher salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Scrub the potatoes and cut them into 1-inch cubes.
- If time allows, soak potatoes in cold water for 20 minutes or up to 1 hour. This is optional, but it removes starch and makes for a fluffier potato. Drain and dry them well.
- Toss the potatoes with olive oil, garlic powder, herbs, paprika, salt, and pepper.
- Spread them in a single layer on a baking sheet and roast for 30 to 35 minutes or until browned and tender.
Notes
- Use any combination of herbs you’d like. Dry spices/herbs can be substituted; use 1-2 teaspoons dry herbs instead of fresh.
- The high temperature can cause fresh garlic to burn, so garlic powder is best for roasted potatoes.
- Any kind of potatoes will work in this recipe.
- Peeling potatoes is optional.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Side Dish
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The perfect potato recipe! It’s my new favorite & leftovers will appear in my breakfast. I’ve been cooking for 60 years, this recipe gives you consistent results with minimal input. So much better than baked or pan fried potatoes!
Delicious, I appreciate the different temps and times you provided :) Helpful
Hello… PLEASE HELP!
Is it possible to add peppers and onions? If so, how long should they cook?
Thank you for your help.
Extra vegetables can definitely be added! I would add them to the pan when there is 15-20 minutes left on the timer!
Delicious! Used at Easter Brunch w a wonderful leg of lamb. I tripled the recipe (6lbs of red potatoes) and placed on 2 baking sheets! Tossed right on the baking sheets. Used fresh rosemary, fresh basil, kosher salt, and the rest as outlined in recipe! Perfectly crisp! **I did soak the potatoes overnight in a large stock pot in the fridge. Covered. I pre-cooked halfway at my house, then finished at my brothers… on 425. Also worked fine! Was worried it’d be too salty as I use quite a bit of salt, but potatoes were perfect! Thank you for sharing!!
You’re welcome! Thank you Sue for sharing your method too!
Wow, these are fantastic! I have had some fails in the past when it comes to roasting potatoes in the oven, so I was pretty nervous to try your instructions. But these potatoes turned out beautifully! I have made them a couple times now, once at 425 degrees and the other time at 375 (when I had another dish that needed to go in the oven at the same time). My daughter had never been a fan of potatoes before, but she really loved these. Thank you for this recipe. :)
You’re very welcome! A win that your daughter loves the potatoes too!
Do I turn the potato dice part way through the 30-35 min bake time? Or just leave them?
Thank you
I don’t usually turn or stir them but you certainly can if you’d like.
Thanks for the quick turn around on my question kiddo. I made them, and as I am a sucker for baked potatoes, carrots, onion, I loved them – I didn’t have any dry (or fresh) herbs so just used salt. MAGNIFICIENT! I’m an aged male novice, so appreciate the contact
So glad you loved these Daz!
I liked the simple recipe. Please advise if potatoes turned after 15-17 min of baking?
Thank you
Daz
I do not flip the potatoes but you can if you’d like to.
Can you please specify whether it is 3 tablespoons total of all the herbs combined or 3 tablespoons per herb.
This is 3 tablespoons total.
Excellent recipe, I did it without any additions or variations to the original and the potatoes were delicious. Thank you!
Trying recipe tonight
Perfect potatoes! Thanks!
Oh my goodness, I tried these for dinner tonight and they turned out fantabulous! This is going to be my go to roasted potato recipe from now on. I soaked for 20 minutes, next time I will try an hour. In the last ten minutes of roasting I added some broccoli, loved it!
can I throw in a diced sweet potato with the other potatoes? Does it cook for the same length of time
Yes, they cook very close to the same amount of time so this should work just fine!
Simple, yet delicious.
Help! I’m cooking my first family Christmas dinner in 2 days. I’m doing boneless leg of lamb that cooks for about 1.5 hours at 350 degrees, but then rests for 15-20 min. Should I put these potatoes in for the final 30 minutes with the lamb then keep cooking at 350 while the lamb rests? Or should I increase the temperature after I pull out the lamb so the potatoes get crispy (and therefore maybe only have the potatoes initially in with the lamb for 20 min or so?).
I think that should work fine if you bake them and then turn the heat up while the lamb rests.
Love this simple recipe! I did a mixture of yellow potatoes and sweet potatoes. Was a huge hit here. Thank you!
Making them for the second time this week! I’m not surprised that this is a good recipe because there are so many good ones here.
Thank you so much Peter, glad you loved them!
Worked great. I did put them in the oven at 400 for 20 minutes and then switched to convection at 425 for 5 minutes to get more browning. Enjoyed every bite.
These are awesome, soaking the potatoes is the key. Used fresh herbs from our garden.
I’m really liking the recipes that I have read so far!!