CRISPY SMASHED POTATOES WITH LEMONY CHIVE SAUCE
on Jul 30, 2024
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Potatoes that taste like sour cream and onion chips?! These Crispy Smashed Potatoes with Lemony Chive Sauce may just be my favorite side dish yet. The skins are amazingly crispy but the interior is still soft and buttery.
These are the perfect accompaniment to just about any main dish and make for a crowd-pleasing appetizer too.
You’ll start by boiling the potatoes with a whole lemon and garlic cloves. As the potatoes begin to soften, they will be infused with all the lemon garlic goodness.
Once the spuds are pre-boiled, you’ll drizzle them with olive oil and place them on a baking sheet. Then, you’ll smash them down using the bottom of a glass. Bake them in a hot oven until they are perfectly roasted and crispy.
I pair these smashed potatoes with a dairy-free lemon chive sauce to take them over the top. There’s just something about the heavenly combo of potatoes and chives!
The sauce takes less than two minutes to prepare and is worth making all by itself. Give these potatoes a try and let me know what you serve them up with. Enjoy!
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Key Ingredients for Smashed Potatoes and Lemony Chive Sauce
Here’s what you’ll need to make this ultimate side dish.
- Potatoes: Obviously! I use small gold or yellow potatoes. They are super creamy and easy to smash. You want to look for smaller spuds, about the size of a golf ball. Anything bigger will be too large to smash.
- Garlic: To bring more flavor to the party, smashed garlic is added to the pot of boiling water along with the potatoes. Cooking them together just brings out a nice hint of garlic without it being too overwhelming.
- Lemon: A whole lemon adds some brightness to the dish. It also keeps the potatoes from browning or discoloring as they cook. The potatoes soak up all that lemony goodness as they pre-boil. Another lemon is also used for the herby sauce.
- Yogurt: The main ingredient for the Lemony Chive sauce is yogurt. To keep this dairy-free, I use the organic cultured coconut yogurt from @cocojune_organic but @culinayogurt also has a great coconut yogurt. Use whatever unsweetened plant-based yogurt you like, or if you’re not dairy-free, sub in Greek yogurt.
- Chives: This herb has a mild oniony flavor and a slighty garlicky flavor. Think of them as a more subtle cousin to green onions.
- Salt and Pepper: Two key ingredients in just about every dish, these seasonings are needed to flavor potatoes! Be generous with them before the potatoes go into the oven.
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Pin ItStep-by-Step Instructions for Crispy Smashed Potatoes
To get started, place your potatoes in a large, deep saucepan and cover with about 1 inch of water.
Squeeze the juice of one lemon directly into the water and place both lemon halves in the pot as well. Next, add smashed garlic cloves to the pot and 2 teaspoons of salt. The potatoes will be infused with lemon and garlic, making for the most irresistible bite. Bring the water to a boil and cook the potatoes for about 20 minutes.
While the potatoes are doing their thing, preheat the oven to 425°F. Once the potatoes are fork-tender, drain them using a large colander. Put the potatoes back on the stove with the lid off. This allows the potatoes to “dry” out a bit, which is important for the smashing part.
Take a large sheet pan and line it with parchment paper. Drizzle some olive oil on the parchment paper and add the potatoes. Coat the potatoes evenly with the olive oil.
Then, you’re finally ready to smash! Take the bottom of a glass or measuring cup and “smash” the potatoes so they are about 1/2-inch thick. As tempting as it may be, smash gently. The potatoes are delicate, after all! Season them generously with salt and pepper.
Place the sheet pan in the oven and bake the potatoes for 40 minutes or until the desired crispiness is achieved.
As they bake, make the lemony chive yogurt sauce. Whisk together the yogurt, lemon juice, lemon zest, fresh chives, olive oil, maple syrup, garlic powder, salt, and pepper until well combined. Taste and season with more salt and pepper. Transfer the sauce to a small bowl to allow for dipping and dunking.
Serve the roasted smashed potatoes with your lemony chive yogurt sauce and enjoy!
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CRISPY SMASHED POTATOES WITH LEMONY CHIVE SAUCE
Ingredients
Roasted Potatoes:
- 1 ½ pounds small gold potatoes (about the size of a golf ball)
- 3-4 cloves garlic, smashed
- 1 lemon, halved
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil, for drizzling
Lemony Chive Yogurt Sauce:
- 1 cup unsweetened plain plant-based yogurt (or Greek yogurt if not dairy-free)
- 1 large lemon, zested and juiced
- ½ cup fresh chives, chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with about 1 inch of water.
- Squeeze the juice of the lemon into the water and place the lemon halves in the pot as well.
- Add smashed garlic cloves to the pot along with about 2 teaspoons of salt.
- Bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes.
- While the potatoes are boiling, preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Drain the potatoes. Set the pot of potatoes back on the stove with the lid off. This will allow the potatoes to “dry” out a bit.
- Line a large sheet pan with parchment paper and drizzle with olive oil.
- Add the potatoes to the sheet pan and move them around to coat them evenly in the olive oil.
- Take the bottom of a glass or measuring cup, "smash” the potatoes to about 1/2 inch thick, and season generously with salt and pepper.
- Bake the potatoes for 40 minutes or until the desired crispiness is achieved.
- While the potatoes are baking, make the lemony chive yogurt sauce: Whisk together the yogurt, lemon juice, lemon zest, fresh chives, olive oil, maple syrup, garlic powder, salt, and pepper until well combined. Taste and season with more salt and pepper.
- Serve the roasted smashed potatoes with your lemony chive yogurt sauce and ENJOY!
