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American style potatoes: bake in the oven. Video
Sometimes you really want to pamper yourself with something tasty and unusual. Someone goes to a chic restaurant, and someone to the nearest cafe of the “fast food” format. However, you can enjoy yourself without leaving your home, having prepared an unusual dish from familiar products – American-style potatoes.
An unusual snack or complete meal
There are many ways to cook potatoes. The heroine of the famous film “Girls” also listed all possible potato dishes. But even in the arsenal of the young cook, there was hardly this tasty and satisfying dish that came to us from the distant American state of Idaho. It is easy and simple to prepare such a potato, and it can be served both as a side dish and as an unusual snack for foam.
Recipe for delicious American-style potatoes
In order to cook delicious American-style potatoes, you will need: potatoes – 10 pcs. The number of root vegetables depends on the number of people you plan to feed. Ten will be enough for a family of three. It is better to choose the same medium-sized potatoes, then the slices will turn out to be smooth, beautiful and quickly baked.
For this dish, it is better to take young potatoes, since they are cooked unpeeled. But if it’s not the season for young vegetables, then you can take old potatoes.
– olive or vegetable oil. – garlic 1-2 cloves. If you don’t like garlic, then this ingredient can be eliminated. You can also replace fresh garlic with dried garlic. – various spices and salt. For American-style potatoes, you can use any spices. Curry and paprika will add a special taste to the dish. Depending on your hotness preference, you can use bell peppers and tender curries, or hot varieties of these spices. If you don’t have these spices on hand, you can get a bag of special potato spices – you will also need fresh or dried dill.
Now that all the food is ready, wash the tubers thoroughly. When washing, it is advisable to use a special kitchen brush, it will help you rid the potatoes of sand and dirt. Then take a baking sheet. To prevent the potatoes from burning, cover the baking sheet with foil. Cut the potatoes into quarters. You have beautiful slices. Place the wedges, skin side down on a baking sheet. Drizzle with vegetable or olive oil. Sprinkle generously with spices and season with salt. You can spread the garlic cloves on top of the potatoes or grate each clove. Send the baking sheet with the prepared slices to the oven. After 40-50 minutes, American-style potatoes are ready. Sprinkle generously with dill when serving.
If you are planning an American-style dinner or party, you can serve buffalo chicken wings or barbecue pork ribs with these fries. And, of course, you can’t do without traditional soda drinks and various sauces.