Roasted Potatoes

[JanetRose]

I'm not a cook but diced some golden potatoes tonight mixed them with some olive oil and salt, garlic powder and basil. Are there any other spices I can add? It's kinda plain tasting but maybe that's because I'm used to fast food potatoes?

 

[Katlyn]

I use the recipe on the Lipton Onion Soup Mix box, just the soup mix and oil but man are they good

 

[HunnyPots]

Rosemary is wonderful on roasted potatoes!

 

[Calliaz]

Rosemary is good. If you have a packet of french onion soup mix, you can use about half with a little bit of water mixed in to rehydrate the onions. Mostly the roasted potatoes I am familiar with have more salt than you'd think.

 

[JanetRose]

thanks! also, are spices that you buy in jars just as good as fresh ones?

 

[mudman]

Add some diced onion, pepper and paprika.

 

[JoiseyMom]

I use the recipe on the Lipton Onion Soup Mix box, just the soup mix and oil but man are they good

I second this. These are the best...everyone that eats them loves them!!

 

[Lanshark]

I agree Lipton Onion soup mix and/or lots of freshly ground pepper. If you're using the onion soup mix don't add any extra salt. It's pretty salty as it is.

This is one of my families favorites. I serve it with ranch salad dressing as a dipping sauce. Even better if you have bacon ranch.

 

[mum4jenn]

Some paprika, and pepper Or italian seasoning

Even chili powder will add some zip to them. I have also used french fry seasoning as well as seasoning salt.

 

[chrisw127]

I second the rosemary. You can use dried and it will be fine. If you want to add fresh, add it at the end as fresh herbs tend to burn pretty quickly and lose their taste, so you end up wasting money.

Also, fresh garlic is probably a better choice. You can throw it in whole and not even bother chopping it up (you'll want to peel it though ). A chopped up onion will really add a lot of flavor to roasted potatoes.

Once you master potatoes, there are so many vegetables that taste really good this way, like asparagus (15 minutes in a 425 oven tossed with a bit of olive oil and sea salt).

 

[lovesmurfs]

I use Spike's seasoning, or Jane's Crazy Mixed Up Salt. The other suggestions sound great, though!

 

[debbi801]

I have a bottle of the mixed Italian spices that you can add to olive oil for dipping bread into. I generally toss the potatoes in olive oil and then that spice mixture. They always come out great.

 

[Swimnoid]

I did that ton ight with just some olive oil and lemon pepper. They were great!

 

[mikehn]

I second this. These are the best...everyone that eats them loves them!!

These are friggin awesome. But I double the onion soup mix.

 

[bgirl29]

I buy the packets of ranch dressing mix and they have a recipe on the box for roasted potatoes. You just mix the dressing envelope with some oil and pour that on the potatoes. Nummy!

 

[Michelle67]

I use Spike's seasoning, or Jane's Crazy Mixed Up Salt. The other suggestions sound great, though!

Another vote for Spike. I LOVE that stuff. I put it in or on darn nearly anything. It is especially wonderful on potatoes and oven "fried" chicken.