Roasted Lemon Pepper Potatoes
If you’ve made and loved our Greek Lemon Chicken and Fondant Potatoes, then you will absolutely adore these lemon pepper potatoes, since it’s basically the best of those two recipes put together, minus the chicken. Tender on the inside and crusty on the outside, these potatoes make for an impressive side dish. The only problem is whatever main course you pair it with is in serious danger of being upstaged.
INGRIDIENT
DIRECTION
Step: 1
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (204 degrees C).
Step: 2
Trim off long edges of the russet potatoes so that they can lay flat. Cut in half lengthwise and rinse in a bowl of cold water to remove excess starch. Pat dry on paper towels. Season generously with black pepper, cayenne, and salt.
Step: 3
Coat the bottom of a large baking dish with olive oil. Lay potatoes seasoned-sides down in the dish. Brush tops with more olive oil; season with pepper, cayenne, and salt.
Step: 4
Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove and carefully flip potatoes over. Let rest for 10 minutes.
Step: 5
Meanwhile, combine broth with lemon zest and juice. Pour mixture over the potatoes. Scrape zest off the tops of the potatoes and back into the broth. Stick oregano sprigs between the potatoes. Season with pepper. Shake the dish lightly to slosh the sauce back and forth.
Step: 6
Return potatoes to the oven and roast for 15 minutes. Flip again; continue roasting until very soft and creamy on the inside and crusty on the outside, 10 to 15 minutes more. Flip over once more to serve. Drizzle more olive oil on top; sprinkle with pepper and more oregano.
NUTRITION FACT
Per Serving: 206 calories; protein 3.9g; carbohydrates 32.8g; fat 7g; cholesterol 0.8mg; sodium 206.8mg.
Getting stay in and cook your food instead of eat in the evening out is already a process in the right direction if you’re more point on eating healthier. There’s no good way to know exactly what’s happen into the food you’re eat than by making it yourself! Mastering the main dish is only half the battle , like that . And once you’ve mastering your chicken, steak, or fish, that is time to make your attention to the ever- focusing side dishes.
A side dish would easily derail your health goals, as sweetness , sodium, fat, and calories can all get rather high quickly if you’re not careful . But with our healthy side dish recipes, you won’t ever run into that mistakes .
