Smashed Fried Lemon Potatoes

Smashed Fried Lemon Potatoes

  Ready in : 45 mins

If you have approximately 45 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Smashed Fried Lemon Potatoes might be a super gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and whole 30 recipe to try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 199 calories, 4g of protein, and 7g of fat each. For $1.16 per serving, this recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Only a few people made this recipe, and 6 would say it hit the spot. If you have lemon zest, flat leaf parsley, red wine vinegar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a rather inexpensive side dish. It is brought to you by Foodista. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 76%, which is pretty good.

Ingredients

fingerling potatoes

fingerling potatoes

1.5 pound

flat leaf parsley

flat leaf parsley

1 tablespoon

rosemary

rosemary

1 teaspoon

thyme leaves

thyme leaves

1 teaspoon

garlic cloves and end core removed

garlic cloves and end core removed

2

juice of lemon

juice of lemon

1

lemon zest

lemon zest

1

olive oil

olive oil

2 tablespoon

red wine vinegar

red wine vinegar

1 teaspoon

sea salt

sea salt

0.5 teaspoon

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    In a large pot of salted water place the well-scrubbed potatoes. Bring to a boil and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.

    potato

    potato

    water

    water

    pot
    pot
  2. 2
    Drain the potatoes and rinse with cold water. Using the palm, or the back of a large spatula, press the potatoes until slightly mashed.In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium high heat.

    olive oil

    olive oil

    potato

    potato

    water

    water

    frying pan
    frying pan
    spatula
    spatula
  3. 3
    Add the garlic and cook until slightly brown.

    garlic

    garlic

  4. 4
    Remove and toss.

  5. 5
    Add the potatoes and cook without stirring for about 5 to 10 minutes, the bottoms need to be a nice golden brown color. Using a spatula or cooking thongs, turn and cook another 5 to 8 minutes.

    potato

    potato

    spatula
    spatula
  6. 6
    Transfer to a plate.In a bowl mix together the lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil, rosemary, parsley, thyme, vinegar and sea salt.

    lemon juice

    lemon juice

    lemon zest

    lemon zest

    olive oil

    olive oil

    rosemary

    rosemary

    sea salt

    sea salt

    parsley

    parsley

    vinegar

    vinegar

    thyme

    thyme

    bowl
    bowl
  7. 7
    Add the potatoes and coat them well gently.

    potato

    potato