These oven roasted melting potatoes are the ultimate side dish. Practically dripping butter, these soft and tender roasted potatoes go with any and every meal and are sure to please. These are my very favorite potato side dish! It doesn’t get better than this!
Melting Potatoes Oven Roasted to Perfection
Melting Potatoes are the perfect side dish!
Oh my goodness gracious…these Oven Roasted Melting Potatoes are AMAZING. I don’t know how to adequately describe them because they’re just oh so delicious. Look at the picture above and look at the pool of bubbly butter that those taters are sitting in. That’s pretty much all you need to know…am I right?
Every main course needs the perfect side dish, and these oven roasted potatoes are that side dish! They go with pretty much any meal under the sun, and once you taste them, you’ll be completely hooked. Tender, juicy, EASY, fool-proof, impeccable! I’m OBSESSED.
What are Melting Potatoes?
I first heard of Melting Potatoes when my girl Christina from Dessert For Two (writer of some of my very favorite cookbooks!) posted her Melting Sweet Potatoes with Maple Pecan Sauce. The picture she posted literally made me stop dead in my tracks. I had to pick my chin up off the floor. The decadence!
When Mom suggested making a different version of these over roasted potatoes with a similar idea, I was so excited to try them. And let me tell you, they turned out ammmmazing. All thanks to Mom of course!
Melting potatoes are crispy little potato slices baked to perfection and slathered in a delicious sauce. This spin on oven roasted potatoes will melt in your mouth. And the all that flavorful butter will leave your taste buds wanting more!
You’ll devour these oven roasted potatoes!
I have a feeling we will be serving these melting potatoes at every holiday for the rest of time PLUS at family dinners here and there so often throughout the years to come. Henry already likes them and Pat and I LOVE them.
They’re small enough that you could stick to your diet by eating just one, or eat a couple and still have room for more food. They are truly to die for, trust me!
How to make melting potatoes
If you’ve ever made oven roasted potatoes, then you can learn how to make melting potatoes too!
These melting potatoes only take about an hour to cook, and prep time is quick! Start with Yukon Gold Potatoes, whip up a tasty sauce, and let them roast! This recipe leaves the oven roasted potatoes crispy on the outside but creamy on the inside.
Serving Suggestions
- Lemon Chicken with White Wine
- Chicken Fried Steak with Gravy
- Pan Fried Tilapia
- Poached Chicken Breasts
- Beef Tenderloin with Mushroom Sauce
You can never go wrong with savory oven roasted potatoes and these melting potatoes are a new favorite. Next time you’re trying to come up with a new side dish for dinner, you have to make these!
More delicious side dishes
- Cheesy Mashed Potatoes with Bacon & Goat Cheese
- Garlic Mashed Cauliflower Recipe
- Cacio e Pepe Roasted Potatoes
- Mexican Corn on the Cob
- Crock Pot Potatoes
- Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes
- Melting Sweet Potatoes
Oven Roasted Melting Potatoes
Ingredients
- 3 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes peeled *See note.
- 1 ½ cup stick unsalted butter melted
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 garlic cloves peeled and minced
- Optional:
- 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon herbs de provence
- favorite fresh herbs: rosemary sage
Instructions
- Do NOT use a glass baking dish – it could shatter in a 500°F oven.
- Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 500°F.
- Spray a 12 x 8 inch (or similar sized) pan with cooking spray.
- Square off the pointed ends of the potatoes and cut into 1-inch-thick disks. The potatoes should be very similar in size.
- Place the potatoes in a large bowl and toss with the melted butter, thyme, salt and black pepper.
- In the prepared pan, place the potatoes in a single layer with at least ½ inch between potato disks.
- Roast the potatoes 20 minutes or until bottoms are beginning to brown around the edges.
- Remove pan from the oven and flip the potatoes over using a flat metal spatula. Loosen the potatoes from the bottom – do not pull up on the potatoes.
- Return the potatoes to the oven and cook another 15 minutes.
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the chicken broth and minced garlic.
- Remove pan from the oven, flip potatoes and pour the broth/garlic mixture over the potatoes.
- Cook another 15 minutes. The potatoes should be tender and sauce reduced slightly.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool 5 minutes before serving.
- To serve, spoon a little of the sauce over the potatoes.
- Enjoy!
Last step! Don’t forget to show me a pic of what you made! Upload an image or tag me @thecookierookie on Instagram!
Nutrition Information
Adding broth near the end defeated the purpose of roasting. It was just basic herb flavored taters, nothing special. You can get the same thing but with an even crispier outside by slicing them thinner & frying them. It was not at all worth the time it took, unless your goal is to do something else for an hour while they’re in the oven. In which case I suggest to add the garlic from the start and skip the broth.
I’m sorry this recipe wasn’t quite to your tastes!
Where can I find this recipe? It looks/sounds delicious!
https://www.simplysated.com/oven-roasted-melting-potatoes/
Receipe: https://www.simplysated.com/oven-roasted-melting-potatoes/
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Where’s the melting potato recipe please!
Here you go!
https://www.thecookierookie.com/oven-roasted-melting-potatoes/
I’m with Julie and Joan, there is no melting potatoes recipe shown. Whats up with that? Give it up! please
WOULD LOVE TO MAKE THE RECIPE ABOVE MELTING POTATOES, BUT THERE IS NO RECIPE!!!!!!!
MAYBE, CAN YOU SEND IT TO ME PLEASE.
THANKS
JULIE
Would love to try this recipe melting potatoes but I need your recipe to go by. Can you please send it to me!!!
Hi Becky, And thank you for sharing the limelight with your mom! What a wonderful team you both make. I’ll enjoy reading about all your culinary adventures and sharing them with my family!!
You are so sweet Mary! I would know nothing without her so I love showing off her site. Thanks so much for stopping by both of our sites :) :) :)