SK week 3 | Melting Potatoes

I love potatoes. I could eat potatoes everyday and not get tired of them. So I was very excited to try Melting Potatoes for this week's Smitten Kitchen recipe!

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Okay here's what you need:
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 pounds yukon gold potatoes
1 cup chicken broth
3-5 garlic cloves

Turn your oven on to 500 degrees. Peel and slice up the potatoes.

Mix the melted butter with the salt and pepper...

And toss the potatoes around in that until they're coated.

Arrange them on a sheet pan and pour the remaining butter mixture over the top. Throw this in your HOT oven for 15 minutes.

In the meantime, smash and peel your garlic.

After 15 minutes, flip the potatoes. (Hey, look! My fancy new spatula!) Return to oven for another 15 minutes.

After that 15 minutes, throw in the garlic and pour over the cup of chicken broth. Roast for one last 15 minutes.

A note. The liquid combined with the 500-degree oven made for a very smoky kitchen main floor. We had the hood fan on and two windows open, and it was still pretty bad. You've been warned. :)

Beautiful potatoes. Worth the smoke.

We had them with pork tenderloin and some roasted broccoli and cauliflower. It was all delicious.

Final verdict: Definite win! The three of us who actually ate them loved them. They'd be amazing with pot roast, or even as a breakfast potato with some eggs and sausage. Yum. :)

Happy Friday, friends!