When you need the perfect side dish, get ready to make this Smashed Cheesy Potatoes recipe. It is a simple smash potatoes recipe made with baby potatoes. Whenever you add cheese to anything like these cheesy smashed potatoes, it is clearly the best way to make a smashed potato recipe.
Since you are using small potatoes like baby Yukon gold potatoes, you won’t even need to chop up the potatoes, making this an easy recipe to put together with fewer steps.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our smashed cheesy potatoes, you need the following ingredients:
- Mini gold Yukon potatoes
- Butter
- Pepper
- Garlic minced
- Old Bay Seasoning
- Olive Oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- Chives
- Colby Jack Cheese (cheddar cheese works great too!)
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Smashed Cheesy Potatoes
- Rinse and gently scrub potatoes. Cook the potatoes in boiling water until fork tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Heat oven to 450℉.
- While the potatoes are boiling, in a small mixing bowl combine the butter, black pepper, garlic and Old Bay Seasoning. Microwave until butter is melted and mix together well.
- Drain the potatoes and gently pat dry.
- Mix the olive oil and salt and pepper in a medium sized bowl. Roll each potato in the olive oil mixture until completely coated.
- Place the potatoes on a rimmed cookie sheet and gently flatten with the bottom of a drinking glass.
- With a pastry brush coat each smashed potato with the butter mixture.
- Bake for about 5 minutes. Then pull out of oven and top all of the potatoes using 1 tablespoon of chives. Then sprinkle cheese over all the potatoes, then sprinkle the other tablespoon of chives evenly over the potatoes.
- Bake in the oven for another 5 to 6 minutes.
Recipe Notes
We like to use the following dipping sauces with our smashed potatoes: ketchup, ranch, sour cream, cheese sauce, or BBQ sauce.
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Smashed Cheesy Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes
- 3 Tablespoon butter
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
- 3 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 Tablespoon chives
- 1 cup shredded Colby Jack Cheese
Instructions
- Rinse and gently scrub potatoes. Cook the potatoes in boiling water until fork tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Heat oven to 450℉.
- While the potatoes are boiling, in a small mixing bowl combine the butter, black pepper, garlic and Old Bay Seasoning. Microwave until butter is melted and mix together well.
- Drain the potatoes and gently pat dry.
- Mix the olive oil and salt and pepper in a medium sized bowl. Roll each potato in the olive oil mixture until completely coated.
- Place the potatoes on a rimmed cookie sheet and gently flatten with the bottom of a drinking glass.
- With a pastry brush coat each smashed potato with the butter mixture.
- Bake for about 5 minutes. Then pull out of oven and top all of the potatoes using 1 tablespoon of chives. Then sprinkle cheese over all the potatoes, then sprinkle the other tablespoon of chives evenly over the potatoes.
- Bake in the oven for another 5 to 6 minutes.
Notes
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Could not believe how crispy I could get the outside while the inside was so soft. The garlic butter tasted delicious.