Chef's recipe for 'crispiest roast potatoes ever' that only requires two ingredients
29.03.2024 - 12:51
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Easter Sunday is the perfect opportunity to get together with loved ones and enjoy a delicious roast dinner together.
And if you're hosting this year, or you've been put on roast potato duty, you'll want to take note of one super easy recipe that's said to create the 'crispiest' roasties you'll ever taste.
Even better, it only requires two ingredients - one of them being potatoes, making it incredibly budget-friendly as well as easy. The recipe was shared on TikTok by @thegreatbritishcook, in a video which has amassed over 5.6 million views to date.
The cooking whizz posted the recipe in the run-up to Christmas last year, but a good roast potato should be enjoyed all year round, and Easter is a great time to show off your skills.
You only need some potatoes - maris piper works best for roasties - and some kind of cooking fat or oil that's heated up in the oven first for extra crispiness.
After you've picked out the roasting tray you want to use, fill it with a very shallow layer of your oil or fat, and pop it in the oven for around 20 minutes at 200C while you get to work on preparing the spuds.
Peeling them comes first, then you need to chop them up - making sure they're not so small that they won't become too soggy when you're boiling them. The chef recommends doing this until tender enough to be poked with a fork - any longer and they will fall apart.
He said: "Drain [the potatoes] and shake in the pan to create a rough exterior. This helps with the crispiness."
Then, when the cooking oil has heated up, carefully take the tray out of the oven and spoon in your potatoes, making sure each one is thoroughly coated in the hot oil. The chef continued: "Roast for 30 minutes before flipping, coating in the fat again, and then