Easy Roasted Potatoes
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Y’all, these easy roasted potatoes are by far my family’s favorite potatoes! Keep reading to discover my secret to making these easy but deliciously crispy potatoes with just 3 ingredients.
Everyone in my family loves this oven-roasted potato recipe. I make them at least twice a week, at least. And even then, whenever I tell the kids I’m making “those potatoes” they get just as excited as if it had just been declared a major holiday in my house. On the days I don’t tell them in advance, their noses lead them to the kitchen. “Do I smell those potatoes?”. There have actually been evenings when additional people showed up after an excited phone call from my daughter letting them know what was in the oven.
The great thing is, as the title suggests, these oven-roasted potatoes are easy as can be to make, which is partly why I enjoy making them. The secret is in the type of potato and the seasoning, which I will tell you all about below. The only other ingredient you need is olive oil. Combine those 3 ingredients, toss the potatoes on a baking sheet, and you’ll be enjoying the perfect potatoes in no time. Don’t let the recipe’s simplicity lead you to believe they are anything other than fabulous! So many times, simple recipes really are the best.
The perfect potato for me is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside and this easy oven-roasted potatoes recipe delivers on both accounts. If you’re wondering what to serve with these baked potatoes, I’ve included lots of options below. Alright, enough talking, more cooking the best roast potatoes ever!
Recipe Ingredients
- Yukon Gold potatoes
- Olive oil
- Seasoned salt
How to Make Easy Roasted Potatoes
Begin by cutting all of your potatoes into cubes.
Place them on a baking sheet or a baking sheet lined with parchment paper for easier cleanup. You can also line it with aluminum foil if you like.
Drizzle olive oil generously over potatoes and use your hands to toss them until well coated.
Sprinkle liberally with seasoned salt.
Bake at 400 for about thirty minutes, stirring halfway through and sprinkling with seasoned salt again.
When they are done they will have golden brown edges and be nice and soft to the bite.
They’ll also just taste damn delicious!
Add a little chopped fresh parsley garnish or serve as is. Keep scrolling for some serving suggestions too.
I hope your family loves this as much as mine!
Storage
- Roast potatoes are best served warm straight out of the oven, but you can store leftover potatoes in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. To get them crispy and warm again, reheat them either in the oven or the air fryer.
- You can also freeze them for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge before reheating as above.
Recipe FAQs
What are the best potatoes for roasting?
Now, you can do this recipe with any type of potato. However, Yukon Gold is the best because they have a natural buttery taste and a nice soft yellow flesh that holds up well to roasting. Red potatoes are a good secondary option, but I prefer to save russet potatoes for when I’m making mashed potatoes.
What do you serve with roasted potatoes?
We love these baked potatoes as a side dish to anything under the sun! Here are some recommendations:
- Crockpot Pot Roast
- Butter Roasted Chicken
- Grilled Chicken Tenders (No Grill Needed)
- Chicken Fried Steak With Gravy
- Crock Pot Beef Ribs
- Meatloaf Burgers
- Chili in the Slow Cooker
- Pan-Seared Pork Chops with Velvet Cream Sauce
They’re also great when paired with other side dishes for a barbecue, potluck, picnic, or holiday dinner. This might be coleslaw, mac and cheese, or baked beans.
What is in seasoned salt?
Seasoned salt is a combination of a few different dried herbs and spices. So you can easily make homemade seasoned salt by using a combination of garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt, and black pepper.
I like to use Morton’s Season All as my grandparents worked for Morton’s owner. They used to have these wonderful family picnics for their employees back in the day that were pretty much festivals and the employees could bring their kids, grandkids, etc. We always went and had the best time!
Should I peel the potatoes?
I prefer not to peel the potatoes as I like the skin. But if you want to peel them, go right on ahead!
Here are some other potato recipes you may enjoy:
Loaded Twice Baked Potatoes (Freezer Friendly)
Cheesy Garlic Mashed Potatoes With Mozzarella
Greek Potatoes With A Twist: Meet Big Fat Greek Taters
Ingredients
- 3 lbs Yukon Gold potatoes
- Morton's Season All or seasoned salt of your choice
- olive oil
Instructions
- Wash potatoes and cut them into cubes (skin on).3 lbs Yukon Gold potatoes
- Place potatoes on a large rimmed baking sheet and drizzle generously with olive oil. Using your hands, toss the potatoes well to coat. Sprinkle liberally with Season All.olive oil, Morton's Season All or seasoned salt of your choice
- Bake at 400 for about 30 minutes, stirring halfway through and sprinkling with seasoned salt again until golden brown.
Nutrition
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Oh, Christy. You couldn’t be more right. I was married and we tried twice to make it work, and it just wouldn’t. We aren’t bad people, we just weren’t right for each other no matter how much we tried. Then I met my current husband. Life is so much easier and happier now. I’ve got someone who has my back and I thank God every day for bringing this man into my life. My life has become easier with a good partner at my side, and that’s spilled over into how I interact with other people. Marriage isn’t for everybody, and a bad marriage is terrible for everyone. But a good marriage is such a blessing.
Christy, you and Ricky are truly blessed with a loving relationship. I pray for you every day that it lasts a lifetime. This is such a sweet story and I can understand Brady and Katy asking for advice from the both of you. My prayers fro them also as they get older and start lives of their own. You and your family touch the lives of so many people. TY for being you. I love you. I’m gonna be off facebook for Lent but I will see you here and share from here. Love this recipe and can see why you serve it twice a week.
Barbara you are so precious and such a blessing! I love and pray for you too!!
I just love your posts and recipes 🙂
Makes me want to be a better person……and cook too 🙂
I appreciate this little place on the web.
Thank you so much Crystal, that just made my day!!
Mmmmm, we love roasted potatoes too! I started making them a few years ago when my father-in-law gave us a bunch of fresh-from-the-garden potatoes that I could not see “wasting” some boring way!
This year will be our 23rd anniversary. A partner through it all makes ALL the difference! Hooray for those lovely spontaneous “chats” with listening kids. They make all the difference too! Great advice there.
Aren’t the fresh from the garden potatoes the best?!! I hope the next 23+ years are just as wonderful and blessed Becky!!
Those are one of my family’s favorites too. I sometimes use the dry ranch dressing (the kind you mix up yourself) on the potatoes and roast them.
I agree Gayle, ranch potatoes are fabulous as well!!
Great post Christy and great advice. You and your husband are fantastic role models to your children. You have taught them by example. I come from a broken home. And my mother’s parents were divorced also. My Dad’s parents were not, they were married for 55 years, when my grandfather died. Those grandparents were my rock and saving grace, when my parents divorced, because they showed me what a family should be. It is hard in this modern world to find someone who will love you and be with you through the long haul. I am single and will probably always be, because I don’t want a fly by night relationship. I want what my grandparents had and what you and your husband have. I refuse to settle for less and lower my ideals, just because we live in a “modern” world. And I am still happy. But I think you are truly blessed if you manage to find a partner to compliment your life, because it certainly would be less stress having someone there to walk by your side. Ohhh and those taters look delish, I can’t wait to make them!
Never settle and never lower your standards Jayson. The right one is out there somewhere, just waiting for you to come along. I hope you get the chance to make the potatoes soon, can’t wait to hear how you like them!!
Christy, I have tried to make these and now I think I know what I need to do differently: Yukon golds! I cannot WAIT to try these again!
I loved your advice to your children. My anniversary was last July (20 years also) and my son went off to college the month after. I really get on a soapbox about raising sons to be good HUSBANDS AND FATHERS. So I’m right there with ya girl, they need to think about it. I loved the Bear Bryant advice to his players. He wanted winners, not quitters. Cause quitters would not only quit on a team, they’d go on to quit on their wives, their children, and everything else! I loved his wise words, and YOURS, too!
Thank you so much, on so many levels, Becky! As a mother to a daughter as well as a son, I am so grateful for Mama’s like you that are teaching your sons to be good husbands and fathers, our girls need that!!