Roasted Baby Potatoes

These roasted baby potatoes are a simple side dish that goes with everything! Garlic butter sauce and your favorite seasonings bring a lot of flavor to the table. 

These little potatoes make the perfect addition to a grilled ribeye, smoked beer can chicken, or stuffed chicken dinner. Or you can use them in a roasted potato salad and serve them at a picnic with baked beans and hamburgers or sliders. 

Here is Why This Recipe Works

• Fresh garlic and herbs get added at the end of the roasting process to avoid burning and becoming bitter.
  
• Options for different spices and flavor variations bring this side dish to the next level.
  
• Minimal prep time. No need to peel or slice the baby potatoes. 
  
• If you want to speed up the roasting time, you have the option to slice the potatoes in half. 

The Ingredients for Roasted Baby Potatoes

Here is a list of the ingredients you will need for this recipe. Scroll down to the printable recipe card for all the details. 

• Baby potatoes. We used red baby potatoes in the photos, but you can use any variety.
  
• Olive oil. Start roasting the baby potatoes in olive oil since it has a higher smoke point than butter. 
  
• Dried seasoning. Change the flavor up with different seasoning blends. Check out the recipe notes for multiple options. We used Spiceology Greek Freak seasoning in the photos.
  
• Salt and pepper. If you use a dried seasoning blend that contains salt, do not add additional salt. 
  
• Butter. Adjust the amount of butter to your preference. 
  
• Fresh garlic. Since fresh garlic gets bitter when it burns, we add it after the potatoes finish roasting. 
  
• Garlic powder. Dried garlic gives an extra dimension of garlicky flavor. 
  
• Fresh parsley. Parsley has a clean, mild, earthy flavor that compliments any spice or herb. 

If you keep an arsenal of seasoning blends on hand, you can change the flavor profile every time you make these roasted baby potatoes. 

Spiceology is one of our affiliates with some incredible seasonings. Their blends add a whole new dimension to your cooking, from tried-and-true classics to more adventurous flavors. 

For example, their White Tuxedo seasoning has a blend of sour cream, horseradish, garlic, lemon, and chives. It’s great on these roasted baby potatoes, but you can also put it on mashed potatoes, grilled chicken, popcorn, or roasted asparagus. Let your imagination run wild. 

How to Make It

Here is a brief overview to get an idea of what to expect with the recipe. Scroll down to the printable recipe card for all the details.

1. Rinse the potatoes and toss them in a baking dish with olive oil.
2. Add dry seasonings and toss.
3. Roast until tender on the inside and crisp on the outside.
4. Melt the butter and add fresh garlic and fresh herbs if using.
5. Drizzle the butter over the roasted baby potatoes.

Tips for Success

• Try to select similar-sized baby potatoes so they finish roasting at the same time. 
  
• If some baby potatoes are larger than average, slice them in half. 
  
• After washing, dry the potatoes so the olive oil sticks to them. 
  
• Slice the potatoes in half if you want to speed up the roasting time. 
  
• You do not need to peel baby potatoes before you roast them. 
  
• Add the fresh garlic and any fresh herbs to the potatoes after they’ve finished cooking. Fresh garlic and fresh herbs will burn if added too soon, making them bitter.

Frequently Asked Questions

Helpful Tools

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• Baking sheet or baking dish
• Greek Freak Mediterranean seasoning
• White Tuxedo seasoning blend
• Black and Bleu seasoning blend
• Chipotle Garlic seasoning blend

Some Other Recipes We Are Sure You Will Love:

These roasted baby potatoes would be terrific with our Instant Pot baby back ribs. The pressure cooker makes the ribs so tender, the meat falls off the bone.

Roasted sweet potatoes get caramelized and crispy on the outside while they’re still pillowy soft on the inside. Use them as a side dish to any protein from turkey thighs to lamb chops.

For a complete meal, serve these baby potatoes with a spinach salad, bourbon glazed salmon, and roasted romanesco. Toss in some lemon ricotta cookies for dessert.

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This post was originally published on March 16, 2015. We updated the photos and added some helpful tips to the recipe.