These crispy smashed potatoes served with an addictive hatch chile tomatillo crema
are perfect for game time or anytime. The recipe is grain free
and there's a paleo vegan version, too!
Have you ever smashed a potato? If not, you're missing out. It's an easy and fun way to get roasted potatoes that are actually crispy, and shaped like beautifully abstract flowers to boot.
I saw this smashed potatoes idea over on Oh She Glows about a year ago, pinned it enthusiastically, thought about it often, and didn't actually try it until last week. That's one of the perils of reading as many food blogs as I do: there are so many great recipes to try, and so little time!
I saw this smashed potatoes idea over on Oh She Glows about a year ago, pinned it enthusiastically, thought about it often, and didn't actually try it until last week. That's one of the perils of reading as many food blogs as I do: there are so many great recipes to try, and so little time!
These smashed potatoes are going into the regular rotation, though. I'm going to offer a brief explanation of why they're better than plain old roasted potatoes (which are pretty delicious to begin with). When you roast whole small potatoes, only a very small portion of their surface area comes into contact with the hot pan below, and they don't have any jagged edges elsewhere to crisp up. Thus, it's really only a tiny spot on the bottom that becomes sufficiently crunchy.
