ROASTED SMASHED POTATO SKIN

    ROASTED SMASHED POTATO SKIN

Boiled potatoes are smashed and seasoned with spices and baked until crisp. It is a perfect side dish for Thanksgiving dinner.

INGREDIENTS:

·      12 Small Baby Potatoes

·      Olive Oil as needed

·      Salt as per taste

·      Black Pepper Powder as per taste

·      Paprika or Kashmiri Red Chili Powder as per taste

·      McCormick Italian Herb Mix (Contains dried garlic flakes, dried onion flakes, rosemary, red chili flakes and parsley) as needed

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LET’S ROAST:

Preheat the oven to 425 degree Fahrenheit.

Wash and scrub potatoes.

Place potatoes in big pot and fill the pot three-fourths with cold water.   Add generous amount of salt and cook potatoes on high heat for 17 to 20 minutes. Time may vary. Poke toothpick or knife tip to check potato. It should pierce easily through center of the potato without resistance.

Drain potatoes and allow cooling for 10-15 minutes.

Place them back in pot and drizzle 1 T olive oil or as needed. Toss them to coat with oil.

Grease baking tray with olive oil.

Arrange potatoes on baking tray and press with wide flat bottom vessel to 1cm thickness. (CHECK TIP)

Drizzle some olive oil and sprinkle salt on potatoes as needed.

Place tray in center rack and roast potatoes for 10-12 minutes.

Bring baking tray out and sprinkle black pepper powder, paprika or Kashmiri red chili powder and bake for 5 minutes.

Bring tray out and sprinkle Italian herb mix and roast potatoes for 7-10 minutes or until edges of potatoes turn golden brown.

Bring baking tray out and allow cooling for 5 minutes.

Transfer roasted potatoes on serving tray and serve with garlicky yogurt dip or any dip of your choice.

Enjoy.

TIP:

If you prepare on large scale, instead of pressing potatoes one by one, Arrange them 1 ½ inch apart from each other on baking tray and press with another baking tray all at once.

VARIATION:

FOR CHEESY POTATO SKIN:

Once potatoes are about to be done, sprinkle cheeses of your choice on potatoes and set oven on broil and broil potatoes until cheese melts, about minute or so. Add chopped green scallion and serve.

FOR SOUR CREAM POTATO SKIN:

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