My husband and I couldnt stop eating them.
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I will fully admit that I dislike getting on TikTok.
Ive made roasted smashed potatoes before, but her recipe looked easy and so good.
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Turns out, it went viral for good reason!
My husband and I couldnt stop eating them.
But the recipe is simple, so its not difficult to figure it out.
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The first thing to do is boil small fingerling potatoes for 20 minutes.
I went with baby yellow potatoes.
Once boiled, drain them and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
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Then, for the fun part!
Smash the potatoes with the bottom of a glass.
The more gentle the smashing, the fluffier the inside of the potato will be.
If you’re aggressive, the insides will smush out and give you scraggly edges.
Scraggly rough edges equal crispiness, so I went full Hulk and smashed away!
Roast the potatoes in the oven at 450F until golden brown and crispy.
Its not that the lemons didnt char nicely.
The acid in the lemons ate away at my beautiful seasoning, which meant I had tore-season my skillet.
Dont be like me.
Skip the cast iron and use a stainless steel or nonstick skillet to char the lemons!
Heat on high until the cut side of the lemons are nice and brown around the edges.
Set aside to cool.
The smashing of the potatoes creates the ideal ratio of crispy to fluffy.
Other than the cast iron skillet snafu, I wouldnt change a thing.
Well, maybe one thing.
I cant wait to make them again!
