Crash Hot Potatoes
Thursday, August 28, 2008 by Pam
I love looking at food blogs and getting inspired to make new things. I was looking at the Pioneer Woman Cooks website the other day and I saw a recipe called "Crash Hot Potatoes". They were created by an Australian food writer named Jill Dupleix. I love the Pioneer Woman, she has a witty and wonderful website full of great recipes & stories. She also gives you step by step photos of the recipe. Check out her website through the link above - you'll love it. I decided to make these little beauties and my whole family was glad I did. Growing up in Idaho, I had potatoes every way you can imagine...and I love them all. I have never had potatoes like this before so I had to try them. The recipe was very easy to make. They were crunchy and creamy and so delicious. I loved them plain with sea salt, fresh cracked pepper and a bit of olive oil and I also liked them with a bit of sour cream and green onions. A great new potato recipe to add to my collection.- 12-15 baby red potatoes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Sea salt and fresh cracked pepper
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees (PW said 450 but I used 400). Boil the potatoes for 10-15 minutes or until fork tender. Place on a cooking sheet coated with cooking spray or drizzled with olive oil. Place the potatoes on the baking sheet and with a potato masher, gently smash each potato. Drizzle with olive oil, sea salt and pepper (add a bit of your favorite dry herbs if you like).
Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until crisp and golden brown. Eat plain or top with a little sour cream and green onions (my kids loved them this way). Enjoy!
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I keep meaning to try these. I like your version with the sour cream & scallions!
These look really interesting - I've never seen potatoes made this way, but I bet they taste great!
I love these and make them all the time. They are so easy and a big hit in this house - Instead of sour cream I top mine with alittle rosemary and flavored feta cheese. Off the charts.
What a great idea! They look so wonderful! Hmmm, as it happens, I just bought some potatoes today...
*rushes off to make these*
These look great & so easy too!
Simple yet elegant. I've gotta try it for my bento sometime.
Coming from Idaho I should love potatoes, but I just don't. These do look really good though, I will try this out!
Would it work as well with Yukon Golds?
These potatoes are adorable! What a great little side dish or appetizer!
I love these potatoes, they are so good! You were very gently with them. I usually give them a good wallop!
Nate-n-Annie,
I am sure Yukon Golds would work just as well as red potatoes. I hope you try them, they were so delicious.
I *love* these! I tried them the other day and they were delicious plain. With sour cream they'd be even better!
Those look freaking amazing!
I really must try these! I love spuds, and these look and sound fantastic.
i bookmarked these as well, but i haven't tried 'em yet. perhaps this is what i need to become motivated and make good on my grandpa's nickname for me. (he calls me "tater"--i'm 25 years old, and still "tater"...) :)
I'm not usually motivated to cook side dishes, but these things are beauties on their own right! And they're so easy to make too!
I just love the crispy, slight char on the edges of the skin :)
Those look so fantastic. YUMMMMM!
I made these for supper using fresh red potatoes from the garden. Served them with butter, sour cream,chives and crumbled bacon...yummy!!
That looks absolutely delicious! I bet all the edges get super crisp.
I love potatoes cooked this way. It's also possible to do something similar in a skillet after the boiling. Delicious, and you took some great photos of it!
YUM!!! I love potatoes, each and every way, and I've never tried these before. Sounds simple enough, this is on my "to-try" list now. Thanks! :)
I LOVE these! Soooo good and a little crunchy. Great with mayonnaise too! :)
We've been enjoying these at our house all summer long - so easy and delicious! First had similar ones at Lola in Seattle last year and I was glad to see them on Pioneer Woman. We hadn't tried them with sour cream yet - will do that next!
I saw this recipe on PW as well. I made these at 450 and they were perfect. I think anything cooler and they wouldn't have come out as crispy. I also made 12 for the 2 of us...it wasn't enough. They were SO good!
Food blogs are a neverending source of inspiration, these look great!
I have been wanting to make these since I saw them on Pioneer Woman. Yours look great!
Like a lot of people here, I also bookmarked these and have been meaning to try them. I'll bookmark yours too, and hopefully get to these!
I remember seeing these and wanting to make them. Thanks for the reminder - your photos make me hungry!!
I see people all over making these and I have yet to do so. I actually have a bag of salt potatoes - I could try this out this weekend. Grumpy would love them for sure! Oh yeah, I probably would too! :p
Will try the potato recipe.
Looks simple and better than an ordinary baked potato!
Thanks for posting it.
Stacey
I am so in love with these potatoes!
Love your photography! Those potatoes are mouthwatering.
OMG! I am so making these. I never thought to dothis...so simple! AAArgh so much for dropping potatos from my diet to lose weight! To the devil I say with my diet!
Flutter sent me.
These do look delicious - love your idea of sour cream and onions. I must try this, thank you!
A friend just sent me here, knowing my love for potatoes. These will be my supper tonight - not an appetizer or side dish, but THE dish. Thanks so much.
These sound absolutely great!
Denise
http://WineFoodPairing.blogspot.com
I tried the potatoes and not only are they absolutely delicious, what's left makes fantastic bento fillers. I will definitely be making more of these to come. Thanks!
I love these. They will definitly be a family staple from here on out. They even reheat well. I discovered if I bake them in a cupcake pan, I get nicely formed little potatoes, much like hashbrowns. They work for school lunches too as they are good cold, but better hot.
Looks great recipe and very easy to do, yummy!
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can this be put in the fridge and microwaved the next day? sometimes the only time i have to cook is in the middle of the night!