Roasted Melting Potatoes

  4.3 – 38 reviews  • Roasted Potato Recipes

This quick and simple side dish will not let you down; the roasted potatoes are just wonderful; crunchy on the exterior and melting on the inside!

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. ⅓ cup butter, melted
  2. 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
  3. 1 teaspoon salt
  4. ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  5. 3 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, cut into 1-inch slices
  6. 1 ¼ cups vegetable broth
  7. 2 cloves garlic, minced

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C) and place oven rack in upper-middle position. Grease a high-rimmed metallic baking sheet with butter.
  2. Combine melted butter, thyme, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Add potatoes and toss until fully coated. Place potato slices in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.
  3. Roast in the preheated oven until slightly golden, about 15 minutes.
  4. Flip potatoes over and roast for another 15 minutes.
  5. Flip potatoes and add vegetable broth and garlic; roast until tender, about 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 418 kcal
Carbohydrate 64 g
Cholesterol 41 mg
Dietary Fiber 6 g
Protein 8 g
Saturated Fat 10 g
Sodium 855 mg
Sugars 1 g
Fat 16 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Joyce Lucas
I loved them but really changed them up a lot. I cut potatoes 1/2 inch thick. Added melted garlic butter, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, garlic powder & onion powder. Tossed the potatoes & cooked. No broth. I thought would make them soggy. Maybe will try next time.
Cindy Barber
It was a great recipe and loads of fun for the kids! But I think there should be a warning against using the old red seasonings in the fake wall behind my old coal storage room, because the potatoes became sentient and started cursing my family, tasted ok when baked but I would not recommend for inexperienced bakers.
Courtney Jackson
I do something very much like this, but I do it outdoors on my gas grill to save on the mess in the oven. I also add thick slices of onion to the pan. All this adds up to a wonderful treat with that grilled flavor.
Tammy Herman
I used Yukon Gold because that is all I had. They turned out great but the skin is very thin and I think they would be better if I used russet potatoes.
Anna Bush
YUM! I put foil down on the pan, buttered it, making for easy cleanup. Others have said the pan was hard to clean.
Sabrina Roberts
Will be making these again even my husband liked them.
Nicole Jackson
I tried this recipe. First of all, when you smear butter in a pan and then put it in a 500° oven, with potatoes coated in butter, the butter burns. If you leave this pan full of butter and potatoes in the 500° for 45 minutes, you have a pan full of burned butter and potatoes. The picture and small video are not how it really looks…
Stephanie Pineda
THESE ARE REALLY AWESOME, I JUST LOVED THEM
David Medina
Cooked them for 10 minute intervals between flipping but did them on the stove in my cast iron frying pan. Sprinkled cheddar cheese last 10 minutes and they were insanely delicious. Crispy not burnt on the outside and moist inside. I would give them more stars if I could.
Lisa Banks
I bake them open at first then close at end with garlic Italian seasoning oregano and olive oil they was awesome.
Ashley Matthews
I really like how simple this recipe is. I doubted the whole 1-1/4 c of broth, but it worked! I chopped up some carrots and onions and threw the works into the marinade. The potato side became the main attraction. Also, used an airfryer for an exceptionally crispy texture. Thanks Fioa!
Chad Williamson
These were yum. I deviated from original recipe and used olive oil instead of butter. I’ll prepped the pans with butter though. I used red potatoes since I didn’t have the Yukon Gold and I used chives instead of thyme. Also, had the oven round 445 as others had commented about high heat. These came out fantastic! And I also added pinto beans for protein.
Francisco Farmer DDS
It looked real good but I amped it up a few notches by adding rosemary, real bacon bits, and cheese. Fantastic!
Clayton Jackson
I thought the flavor was good for these, though they weren’t crispy like I expected. I think the recipe would be better if the potatoes were simmered in the broth first and then tossed with the butter and roasted.
Tiffany King
If you like burned butter this is for you. Started out looking promising. Should have removed after the second 15 minute time. Not sure what the broth does but I had to open doors and windows because of the burned butter. Salvaged with cheese and sour cream. Should have just made a baked potato.
Terri Pennington
We;ve been doing these for a good while. Sometimes for variety we use fingerling potatoes cut lengthwise. We do add a bit more garlic. Also, we add cheese after the potatoes are done and turn off the oven and just sprinkle grated cheese over the potatoes after adding about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of warmed chicken broth (this recipe calls for 1 and 1/2 cups which is way too much). We also add along with the grated cheese, real bacon bits. After cooking the bacon, we add the broth to the skillet to deglaze and use the bits to the potatoes when we add the broth. Add some sour cream on top if you are feeling frisky. Good eats. The kiddos like it and rarely are there leftovers. So it’s a win-win.
Dawn Jackson
made the recipe last night as is, the butter smoked like others said becuase the cooking temp is so high. I turned the temp down to 450 F and made these again for lunch and they came out better. For lunch i didn’t have fresh garlic so i used a garlic herb blend season and shook that over the taters on each side. i think that’s better than just garlic. and like another review i added shredded sharp cheddar at lunch just at the end and they turned out eye rolling awesome. Oh, and DON’T ADD THE BROTH!!! Adding the broth makes it steam in the oven and any crispiness you had will go soft. No way in heck the author had crispy taters with the broth.
Scott Williams
These potatoes were crunchy on the outside and creamy on the inside. The major flaw with this recipe is that it should call for clarified butter (or Ghee), not just melted butter. Butter has a smoke point of around 300 degree, thus all the complaints about smoking ovens, while clarified butter smokes at around 450 degrees. So, I preheated the oven to 500 degrees and reduced it to 450 (using clarified butter) when I put the potatoes in the oven. This seemed to fix the problem. You do need to cook them about 5 minutes longer on each side (20 minutes total each side). There are many techniques on line in how to make clarified butter. It is worth the extra time.
Jodi Estrada
Totally missed the 1” cut instructions, so they were a little overcooked, but the flavor was so good I will definitely try these again! Little less time, perhaps.
Kevin Gutierrez
This was simply amazing! Soft on the inside, yet crispy on the outside. I did half of them topped with cheddar cheese and about died. So delicious, I highly recommend.
Brandon Flynn
Fantastic and easy. Cooking time was a little less because they cook at such a high temp! Nice alternative to regular baked potatoes!

 

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