How to cook the perfect roast potatoes

Perfect Roast Potatoes. Crispy skin, fluffy insides. Everyone loves a roast potato, but sometimes they don’t come out of the oven as planned. This is a simple, easy to follow recipe, to make sure your roasties don’t disappoint. Perfect for your Sunday Roast. How to cook the perfect roast potatoes.

The staple part of most people’s roast dinner, roast potatoes can go wrong so quickly. But don’t fret, this recipe is simple to follow and will help make your roast potatoes perfect every time. I hope you enjoy the recipe and don’t forget you can find all my other recipes here.

You shouldn’t be daunted when it comes to cooking roast potatoes and this recipe will make it easy to achieve restaurant-quality roasties every time.

If you are looking for an easy roast dinner timing guide, then head over to my easy roast dinner recipe.

How to cook the perfect roast potatoes

How many stars do you give this recipe

Print Recipe Share by Email Pin Recipe

Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 40 mins

Total Time 55 mins

Servings 5

Calories 323 kcal

Ingredients

  

1x2x3x

The Perect Roast Potatoes

• 1 kg Maris Piper Potatoes
• 100 g Duck Fat
• 2 tsp Flour

Cook ModePrevent your screen from going dark

Instructions

 

The Perfect Roast Potatoes

• How to cook the perfect roast potatoes.
• Put the duck fat or oil in a roasting tray and put it in to a oven at 180 degrees.
• Peel the potatoes and cut them into 3 or 4 pieces, making sure you keep them all an even size
• Chuck the potatoes into a large pan and cover with water, add a bit of salt and the cook until they are boiling, lower the heat and simmer for about 2 minutes.
  
• Drain in a colander and then give them a little shake around. Before added the flour and give another shake to cover evenly.
  
• Add the potatoes to the hot fat. They will sizzle as you do this. You then need to turn each potato until it is covered in the hot fat. Make sure the potatoes are in a single layer before chucking them into the oven for about 35/40 minutes. Make sure you turn each potato every 10 minutes or so, to ensure an even colour.
  

Nutrition

Calories: 323kcalCarbohydrates: 32.2gProtein: 3.5gFat: 20.7gSaturated Fat: 6.9gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 12mgPotassium: 815mgFiber: 4.8gSugar: 2.3gCalcium: 0mgIron: 0mg

Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

If you like this make sure you head over and follow me on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter

I hope you enjoyed this recipe for the perfect roast potatoes and if you want to see more delicious and affordable recipes, you can find them

here