My Greek Lemon Garlic Potatoes

PetesNina's Note:

These potatoes are wonderfully browned, delicious and fairly easy to prepare. They seem to compliment most everything we have paired them with. I looked at other Lemon Garlic Potato recipes and none were exactly the same, so I posted these here for safe keeping. If you try them, I surely hope you enjoy them as much as my family and I do!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 1/2 lbs red potatoes
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 -1 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2-1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 2 lemons, juice of
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 1/4 cup olive oil

Directions:

1. Wash potatoes and cut into chunks. If they are the small potatoes, cut in half. If they are about the size of Idahos, cut into 6 even chunks.
2. Mix seasonings, lemon juice, zest and oil together.
3. Toss potatoes with lemon mixture.
4. Place in a 11x7 cooking dish. Do NOT drain off any extra lemon mixture.
5. Bake at 400 for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, turning a couple times.
6. Sometimes I drizzle extra lemon juice over the finished potatoes just because I like them extra lemony.
7. Enjoy!

Reviews

[Maito]

Loved the crispiness of these, but the liquid burnt black around the potatoes. I used fresh oregano, just a sprinkle of salt, and extra lemon at the table. I am not sure why they burned...

[TasteTester]

This recipe has been included in book#246531. Yum! I made these last night and this recipe is delicious. As the reviewer below says, the proportions of the spices are just perfect. Roasting the potatoes with the extra lemon mixture, and not draining it off, made the potatoes really soak in that wonderful lemon flavor. Thanks for posting this keeper!

[Chef SuzyQ]

These potatoes are so easy and tasted FABULOUS! Be sure you cook them in a big pan as suggested; the very yummiest potatoes are the ones on the bottom that soak in the oil and crisp up. I served these with Kittencal's Best Blasted Rapid-Roast Whole Chicken and the lemon/garlicky flavors really complimented each other. This recipe goes in my family favorite's book. Thanks for the great recipe!