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Roasted Mini Potatoes are crispy and flavorful. They’re a quick and delicious side dish that requires minimal effort and yields excellent results!
When I did Whole30, the only things that would satisfy a carb craving were these baby roasted potatoes. I made them at least twice a week and they’re still my go-to veggie side dish!
Roasted Mini Potatoes go with just about everything, like this Air Fryer Pistachio Crusted Salmon, these Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers, and definitely these Bacon Mushroom Smothered Pork Chops!
They’re such an easy side dish made with minimal ingredients and will have the entire family asking for more. Sometimes simple recipes are best!
The Best Roasted Mini Potatoes
Slowly roasting the potatoes brings out their best flavor. It keeps them from drying out on the inside, while leaving them crispy on the outside.
Whenever I make this mini potato recipe, I throw them in about 30 minutes before I’m ready to start cooking dinner.
This is a great time to throw in a load of laundry or get a quick at-home workout in!
These mini potatoes may be small in size but they are exploding with flavor from the fresh chopped herbs! You’ll be surprised at how addicting they are.
Ingredients For Roasted Potatoes
To make these Mini Roasted Potatoes, you’ll need:
- 1 lb mini potatoes
- 2-3 cloves of garlic
- rosemary
- parsley
- thyme
- olive oil
Fresh herbs are best, but if you can’t get them, you can use dried herbs instead. Although, I highly recommend garnishing the potatoes with fresh chopped parsley!
How To Roast Baby Potatoes
1. Preheat the oven to 365 F.
2. Combine the ingredients. Toss the mini potatoes, garlic, rosemary, parsley, thyme, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a medium sized mixing bowl until the potatoes are fully coated.
3. Bake the potatoes. Add the potatoes to an 8-10” baking dish and cover with foil. Bake for 30-40 minutes.
4. Finish baking the potatoes. Remove the potatoes from the oven and toss them in the pan with a wooden spoon, increase heat to 450 F. Bake, uncovered, for an additional 10-15 minutes or until crispy and easy to poke with a fork.
Garnish them with fresh chopped parsley and serve!
What to serve with Mini Roasted Potatoes
Pair these Slow Roasted Tiny Potatoes with Pork Chops, Grilled Halibut, Slow Cooker Pulled Pork. I also love serving roasted potatoes alongside some fresh-made Salmon Cakes!
You know what else goes really well with these potatoes? Air Fryer Chicken! It’s so good and so juicy, you’ve got to try it.
I don’t know what I would have done if potatoes weren’t allowed in the Whole30 diet! They were pretty much the only thing I could eat that would completely satisfy me with dinner, but you don’t have to be on any sort of diet to enjoy these mini potatoes!
Some Questions You Might Have About Cooking Baby Potatoes
Are Baby Potatoes Healthy?
Potatoes are rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants which are all great health benefits. Studies have even linked potatoes to some impressive health benefits like improved blood sugar control and reduced heart disease risk.
Even though potatoes are considered a starchy vegetable, they are high in fiber (when including the skin) and low in calories.
How Should I Store Baby Potatoes?
Baby potatoes like cool, dark places. So storing them in a mesh or paper bag in the refrigerator will keep them happy.
Plastic won’t allow the potatoes to breathe so if you brought them home from the store in one, just be sure to remove them before storing. Properly stored potatoes will last for 4-6 months!
What Is The Best Way To Cook Baby Potatoes?
I love roasting them because the skin gets super crispy, it’s like a better version of a french fry!
You can also boil baby potatoes with the skin on and mash them or make smashed potatoes.
More Potato Recipes
- Crispy Air Fryer French Fries
- Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries
- Creamy Whole30 Hasselback Potato Gratin
- Pesto Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
More Whole30 Recipes
- Whole30 Pepper Steak Stir Fry
- Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
- Whole30 Mushroom Bolognese
- Egg Roll In A Bowl
- Air Fryer bacon
If you’re doing Whole30 or considering it, you’ll want to check out my Whole30 recap, 5 Tips For Surviving Whole30, and my Whole30 Survival Guide!
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Crispy Roasted Mini Potatoes
Ingredients
- 1 lb mini potatoes
- 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 365 F
- Toss all ingredients in a medium sized mixing bowl until potatoes are fully coated. Transfer the potatoes to an 8-10'' baking dish and cover with foil. Bake for 30-40 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven and toss the potatoes with a wooden spoon. Uncover the potatoes and increase the heat to 450 F. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until the potatoes are crispy and easy to poke with a fork (keep an eye on them since potato sizes can vary!) Garnish with fresh chopped parsley and serve.
Looks yum 🙂
These baby potatoes are so cute and tasty. Made them for lunch: it was yummy and delicious! I will be making it again, for sure!
These potatoes are so good and so easy to make! Love them!
A great side dish for any meal. Easy to prepare, no fuss, and perfectly roasted potatoes. Thank you for sharing!
This was the perfect side dish for my seared salmon! Perfectly soft on the inside and crisp on outside.
I just love mini potatoes because they’re so cute 🙂 But I also love that this recipe is so easy and delicious for dinner!
These are my all time favorite way to prepare potatoes! So delicious 🙂
I love mini potatoes and this is such a great way to enjoy them. So delicious!
A flavorful side dish and so easy to make. Everyone excited with the dish too.
The addition of the fresh herbs really make these potatoes extra delicious. A great side dish!
What a wonderful potato dish with herbs. Yum loved everything about it
Hi. I have a question. I am making these for Thanksgiving. How long can I marinate the potatoes? Can I start them marinating now? Thank you.
Hi Leslie, I wouldn’t recommend putting them in the olive oil more than 24 hours in advance. It will only take you about 5 minutes to put the oil and herb mixture together, but I understand each minute during Thanksgiving is precious!
Your directions change from top to bottom. You should make them consistent.
Hi Lisa – can you be more specific of the discrepancy you are referring to?
Yes, the times are different. Also, it says to put the potatoes in an hour before you start making dinner, but the potatoes take an hour or less to cook, so that means they would be done before you start cooking dinner.
Thanks for the correction! I updated the recipe and forgot to update the text in the blog post. Just fixed it 🙂
Your list of ingredients DOES NOT include salt n pepper … but u state to add it when you mix
Hi Aaron – the recipe card includes salt and pepper. Sorry you didn’t see it, hope you enjoyed!
Do you first cook them in a glass baking dish at 365 for 45 min, and then move them to a metal pan to finish at 450?
Is this because the glass dish retains moisture and the metal pan at higher heat allows crisping?
Would you ever cover the glass dish? Would you ever do both processes on a metal pan?
I do not switch pans but you can cook them in either baking dish! I have used both metal and glass when making this recipe. Fun fact – it was first developed a few years ago using a glass dish. Let me know if you have a preference on dish after making them, I’d love to know.
Absolutely THE best recipe for tiny taters!! Well done!
Thank you so much!
Made as directed, absolutely delicious!
Thank you!
Do I cover the potatoes for the slow roast portion?! And uncover for 450 portion?
Yep! Cover for the first part, increase the heat and uncover the dish. 🙂
Hi Jordan! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
I was wondering if I could use an aluminum pan? I just moved to a new apartment and I don’t have any baking pans besides the aluminum ones.
Hi! Yes you can use an aluminum pan.
This is a go to side dish for us, simple, quick and tasty!!
how many does it make???????
It makes 1 lb of mini potatoes.
I am sure it is preferable to make this with fresh herbs, but are they still good with dried?
I prefer fresh herbs, but just made them yesterday with dried herbs and they were still delicious 🙂
This recipe did NOT cook the potatoes nearly enough, I would strongly suggest either boiling them first of increasing the cook time to at least an hour and 10 min at 365 then doing about 15-20 on 450.
Hi Jayme – sorry to hear this didn’t work out for you, were you using larger potatoes maybe? The ones I use in this recipe are pretty small.
made as directed, but put them on a non stick cookie sheet for crispier potatoes and worked very well. me & my picky eater love them. thank you!!
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Curious if: (A) anyone has used parch paper either the whole time or for the crisping? and (B) whether anyone has tried elevating the babies on a mesh screen on a sheet pan???
I personally haven’t, but I think parchment would be ok. Elevating them might dry them out a bit.
pretty darn good recipe 2022 marhch
very tasty and easy
Omg these were sooooo good, so glad I picked this recipe! Super easy and straightforward, and the potatoes were perfectly cooked. Thank you!!!
They were very crispy
Simple and so tasty.
Enjoyed the recipe and easy to put together. Thanks!
THanks! pretty time intensive though
PLS HELP! Second time making – the first time was very successful despute omitting garlic (IBS trigger ) and using dried herbs.THANK YOU! …NOW I need some advise for my second go. Rather than 365°F for initial roasting step, can I roast them lower at 325°F befoe increasing temp for fu al step? How would this lower temp affect the timing for this step before increasing temp & uncovering ? and increasing temp I’m roasting a turkey breast tenderloin that requires the an hour in a 325°F oven. Thanks in advance.
Hi! I haven’t tried roasting them at that temperature, so I can’t say for certain – but I think they will just not be quite as crispy. I don’t think they will be a total flop though, and would be worth a shot if it helps make things easier while cooking the turkey! 🙂
Is there a difference between growing small potatoes and large potatoes?
Is the cooking time the same if you only want to cook a quarter of the bag of potatoes? These potatoes are a blessing for single people.
It should be just about the same! I’d check on them halfway and from time to time to see what they’re looking like just in case!
I am making 5 pounds of mini potatoes. Should I make them in separate pans since there will be a pot of them?
If you want them to be crispy, yes. If there isn’t enough room in between each potato, they will just steam instead of crisp.
can these be made along with baby carrots in the same pan? would the cooking time be the same?
I haven’t tried it and I think the carrots may dry out if you cook them in the same pan. You can reference my roasted carrots recipe if you like https://jz-eats.com/harissa-honey-roasted-carrots/
Hi, if i halve the potatoes will cooking time be the same? Thank you!
Hi! Since they’ll be smaller, they will probably take less time. I would plan on about half the time and just check in at the halfway point.