Also try these crispy, salty, garlicky smashed red potatoes!
What are “smashed” potatoes?
You’ve enjoyed mashed potatoes many times, but what exactly are “smashed” potatoes? Mashed potatoes involve boiling and mashing all the potatoes into one delicious pile of potatoes. Smashed potatoes, on the other hand, keeps the potatoes individual and they’re typically boiled, smashed, and then broiled.
How to make smashed potatoes:
Smashed potatoes start with boiling the potatoes. Once they’re cooled enough to handle, gently smash them with a fork, the palm of your hand, or something heavy. This creates little puddles of potato, if you will. Then you broil the potatoes so that the edges get crispy and the centers are perfectly soft. For the sweet potatoes:
Sweet potatoes: Keep in mind this recipe serves 6 people, if you’re hosting 40 people for Thanksgiving you’re going to want to adjust the servings. When picking up your sweet potatoes, make sure you pick ones that are orange inside, and not white. Butter & garlic: Any good potato recipe needs both of these ingredients. Don’t skimp on either of them! Spices: For these smashed sweet potatoes you’ll need Italian seasoning, cayenne, salt, and pepper. Fresh thyme: You’ll add the thyme at the end as a garnish to give them a fresh, herby flavor to your potatoes. Parmesan cheese: It’s optional to include parmesan cheese, however, you’re going to want to! It adds just a little melty, salty, cheesy goodness to the potatoes.
For the smoky pecans:
Pecans: These add a warm, toasty flavor to the potatoes. You could use another nut, like walnuts, however it won’t lend the same sweet, buttery flavor as pecans. Butter: Adding to the buttery flavor, you’ll toast the pecans and spices in a tablespoon of butter. Spices: To get that smoky taste, use smoked paprika, sea salt, black pepper, and cayenne.
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