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2. The Easiest Roasted Potatoes: Spend with Pennies’ Easy Oven Roasted Potatoes
Overall rating: 7/10
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True to the title, these were the easiest potatoes to roast, but the result was just OK. One of my frustrations with this recipe is that it calls for salt and pepper to taste. Pepper is more of a seasoning, so I can let that go. But salt transforms the flavor as potatoes brown and crisp, and you can’t make up for a bland interior with a generous sprinkle at the end, so not offering guidance is a disservice to the potatoes.
After soaking, draining, and patting cubed potatoes dry, I tossed them with oil, fresh herbs, and seasonings and roasted until browned at 425°F. At this point, the potatoes were cooked through, browned, and looked like the photo, so I called them done, especially because some of the paprika was starting to burn on the baking sheet.
The potatoes were tender and fully cooked, and the herbs added a boost of flavor. But even though they were browned, they were not crisp, which, between the relatively short roasting time of 35 minutes and moderate amount of oil (2 tablespoons for 2 pounds of potatoes), didn’t surprise me much. Overall, these were fine, but not particularly special.
