Ultimate Oven Baked Potato Wedges | One Pot Chef

potatoes we have them all the time we boil them we mash them we steam them we fry them but let's face it when they're just by themselves they're kind of dull they're not bad they're just not very exciting so today we're going to try to oomph them up a bit we're going to take a few basic flavors from your kitchen cupboard and we're going to turn them into something truly amazing let's make these fabulous ultimate potato wedges i'm a one pot chef first things first to make our potato wedges we're obviously going to need some potatoes i've got some big fist sized potatoes today it's better to use bigger potatoes wherever possible when making potato wedges because i find if you use smaller potatoes you get really tiny itty-bitty wedges and they're just they don't seem as impressive frankly but what we're going to do is we're just going to cut each potato in half lengthways like so place them flat on the board and all we're going to do is we're just going to make diagonal cuts like so so we've got four wedges there they're all roughly the same size i recommend only making them just slightly thick like this because if you make them too thick they won't cook too quickly they'll take forever to cook and they should all roughly be about the same size because if they're not all roughly the same size you'll end up with some bigger some smaller the smaller ones will cook quicker the bigger ones won't cook as quickly and you'll end up with half of them overcooked and half of them undercooked so that's roughly the size you want to go for i ended up doing four potatoes well roughly the same size we've got a fairly decent crop of potato wedges here now all we need to do is pop them into a large bowl as big as possible because we're going to need some room to groove later and we'll just set this aside while we work on our flavors into a small measuring jug or even just a small bowl i've got half a cup of olive oil i'm just using regular olive oil nothing fancy nothing expensive just regular average olive oil and to that we're going to add in all sorts of different herbs and spices just to really give this lots of flavor so we're going to start with a tablespoon of dried garlic powder a tablespoon of mixed dried italian herbs now these come in various varieties but generally they have similar flavors things like parsley thyme oregano oregano rosemary basil all those wonderful traditional flavors there you can use any or all of these or a combination of which or whatever your flavor her favorite herbs are flavored herbs uh yeah so just whatever your favorite herbs are feel free to add them in and for a bit of smokiness a bit of barbecue flavor a bit of a bacony flavor i'm going to add in this beautiful smoked paprika and i'm putting in one tablespoon and it really adds that wonderful smokiness the smell of it is just amazing and to that i'm also adding in a teaspoon of salt and a little bit of pepper just some freshly grated black pepper now this last one is entirely optional i like it because i like to add that little bit of cheesiness i'm putting in some parmesan cheese now i'm not using freshly grated parmesan cheese i'm using this powdered stuff it usually comes in a little shaker container like this and you put it over pasta dishes like spaghetti bolognese i'm not using the fresh stuff simply because it tends to clump together and it becomes really difficult to use in this recipe so this powdered stuff is a great alternative i'm putting in just under half a cup and all we need to do now is just using a spoon we're just going to stir everything together until it's completely combined and all we need to do is pour our herb and spice olive oil mixture over the top of our potatoes just drizzle it over like so get every last drop of it because it's all amazing flavors and here's where we need the big bowl and we get a bit messy but gosh it's worth it we're just going to put our hands in and you're just going to gently toss the potato wedges until each and every one is completely slicked in that beautiful flavor and oil everywhere and cheese and herbs and spices it doesn't take too long because they all sort of end up getting quite nicely coated very quickly but if you look at that color you can see how those are automatically becoming those traditional brown potato wedge color they've got that lovely sort of smoky red color all through it very earthy little bits of herbs everywhere this is fantastic i'm going to wash my hands and then we're going to be ready to pop this onto a tray i wish you could smell this through the screen it is absolutely amazing the aroma of the garlic and the cheese and the herbs is just absolutely phenomenal plus they look absolutely gorgeous you could almost eat these right now if the potatoes weren't raw but we probably should cook them now speaking of cooking you'll notice that i've put them onto the tray with the skin side of the potato wedge down now i do this for a reason because that way you get a lot of hot air swirling around each one of the wedges when they're in the oven this makes the cooking much more even it also allows the cut sides of the wedge to basically get a chance to dry up and go crisp and golden if they're sort of lying on a cut side they can stick to the tray they don't cook properly so make sure they're all sort of balanced on that skin side it really does make all the difference right not talking about it let's put these into the oven preheated oven 200 degrees celsius about 400 degrees fahrenheit for about 45 to 50 minutes or until they are cooked all the way through and they are golden and crisp on the outside while our potato wedges are baking in the oven i just thought i'd take this opportunity to remind you to check out my social media facebook twitter and instagram links in the video description underneath this video on youtube and speaking of youtube don't forget to subscribe to my channel click the subscribe button and the little notification bell next to it that way you won't miss out on any of my new videos fresh out of the oven our potato wedges look absolutely gorgeous the best way to test them is either to just prick them with a fork make sure they're nice and soft on the inside like mashed potato but even just pressing them with your finger you can feel that pretty much easily these are ready to serve immediately so you can toss these into a big bowl and share them around with your friends i recommend some dipping sauces like some sour cream and some sweet chili sauce but you could also go for barbecue sauce ketchup whatever you happen to have on hand oh i can't wait to dive in and have a taste of these with this recipe there is no excuse for a boring potato side dish these are not that complicated to make if you can make boiled potatoes if you can make mashed potatoes you can make these they are sensational they look amazing they smell fantastic and the taste is just superb how gorgeous are they oh wow they're so golden and gorgeous on the outside oh i cannot wait to dive in and have a taste of these yum oh they're absolutely amazing they're soft like mashed potatoes on the inside but they've got this wonderful crispy skin on all sides the skin actually from the potato skin on the bottom but then you've got this lovely golden crisp coating on the two cut sides and the flavor really penetrates inside it's absolutely sensational these are great with dipping sauce like i said sour cream and sweet chili sauce are a favorite here in australia but feel free to use whatever you like these are absolutely amazing you must give them a try well i hope you enjoyed this recipe check out my other videos at onepotchefshow.com and until next time see you later these are easy enough that you can make them pretty much any day of the week but they're particularly good if you've got a few friends dropping by for movie night and you want to feed them something that's just easy to put together and great for sharing a big bowl of potato wedges you could do a double batch of this if you've got a few people coming over add a few dipping sauces and everyone's gonna think you're an absolute genius in the kitchen but you and i know this is a really really easy recipe just don't tell your friends make them think you're a genius

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Id: i5ZWRViXO8c

Length: 9min 8sec (548 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 17 2018