Are you looking for a fast and simple side dish? Making these Instant Pot Roasted Potatoes are just what you need! With a handful of simple ingredients, this fancy potato recipe will be in your belly asap!
You can easily make this for a quick weeknight side dish or as a beautiful option to serve and have at the holiday dinner table. When it comes to the flavor of roasted potatoes, you really can't go wrong!
I'm a potato hound - always have been, always will be. I'll NEVER say no to potatoes, no matter how they're made. Mash them, steam them, microwave them - I'm down with it all! I love that this potato recipe is a great side dish for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any special dinner!
The other layer is crispy, and the inside is tender and delicious. Is there any other way that you would want your cooked potatoes to be? I don't think so!
I also love that this recipe is vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free as well. It means that it's a great choice for anyone to enjoy.
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Why This Recipe Works
When it comes to flavor and ease, cooking potatoes is always a win. There's no doubt that potatoes can be seasoned and cooked in any way possible - and they always taste amazing no matter what!
- You can enjoy this as a side dish or a main entree
- Changing up the seasonings is a simple way to change up the flavor
- Cooking potatoes is a no-fail recipe!
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Recipe Ingredients
Olive oil - You can also use coconut oil or avocado oil as well.
Garlic cloves - Fresh garlic cloves are great, but you can also use minced garlic or even garlic powder.
Coriander - Excellent for adding a strong herb flavor.
Potato - Any type of potato will work, so change up the type that you use.
Baking soda - The baking soda is mixed with the water to help cook the potatoes.
Rosemary - This can be optional or changed up with a different herb.
Water - Needed to cook the potatoes in.
Salt and pepper - To taste.
How to make Instant Pot Roasted Potatoes
Since you just need a few ingredients, be sure to have them all on hand before you start making these potatoes!
Step One: Press the "Saute" button at high for 5 minutes.
Step Two: Add the oil, rosemary, black pepper, and minced garlic. Stir around a bit using a wooden spoon.
Once the time is up, remove it from the instant pot and set it aside.
Step Three: Pour a cup of water, potatoes, salt, and baking soda into the Instant Pot and mix.
Step Four: Put on the lid and pressure cook at high for 8 minutes.
Step Five: Once the time has passed, do a Quick Release and remove the potatoes.
Step Six: Place the potatoes in a bowl and add a tad bit of oil, salt, black pepper, and garlic.
Step Seven: Place a fryer basket in the instant pot.
Step Eight: Cover the pot with an air fryer lid.
Step Nine: Air fry at 390 °F for 24 minutes.
Once the time is done, dish and enjoy!
Variations
Add some heat - Mix in some chili powder or chili pepper for some added spice!
Sprinkle on some sugar - Did you know that you can even make these potatoes sweet?
Helpful Tips
- Make sure that you wash your potatoes well before cooking them. You don't want to peel them for this recipe to work, but they do need to be clean.
- You can use whole red potatoes as well as chopped larger potatoes for this recipe. Use whatever is easiest for your time and meal prep.
How to serve
If you're like me, you just may want to gobble them up as they are. If you want to serve them as a side dish, you can easily pair this dish with:
- Instant Pot Crispy Chicken Wings
- Instant Pot Country Style Ribs
- Instant Pot Glazed Ham
- Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon
I also love eating potatoes with Instant Pot Gravy on top!
You can also add all kinds of toppings to your potatoes as well. Shredded cheese, sour cream, chives - the options are endless!
FAQs
Any type of potatoes will work! Yukon golds, russet, red potatoes - you name it!
If you want to have even more crispiness on your potatoes, you can make that happen. Smaller potatoes will end up cooking up crispier than bigger ones - and those that are oiled well, too!
Reheating potatoes isn't hard, but you do have to be careful. The best way to reheat them is to use your microwave in a short burst of time.
This will make them warm all the way through quickly. The big thing to keep in mind, however, is that when you reheat potatoes, they aren't going to be crispy.
Potato Recipes
Are you as potato crazy as I am? Here are some other easy recipes using potatoes that I think you're going to love.
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Instant Pot Roasted Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon olive oil divided
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tablespoon coriander
- 4 lb potato cut in half
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- rosemary
- 1 ½ teaspoon black pepper divided
- 1 cup water
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt divided
Instructions
- Press the "saute" button on the instant pot and add 1 tablespoon olive oil.
- Add the rosemary, black pepper, and minced garlic and saute until brown. Use a wooden spoon to stir.
- Take out the garlic mixture and clean the bottom of the Instant Pot.
- Add a cup of water to the Instant Pot along with the potatoes, salt, baking soda and stir everything together well.
- Put on the lid and cook on high pressure for 8 minutes.
- When the cooking time is complete, do a quick pressure release.
- Take the potatoes out of the instant pot and place them inside a bowl. Add 1tbsp olive oil, salt, pepper and the garlic mixture. that you made earlier.
- Clean the bottom of the Instant Pot, place the air fryer basket inside the Instant Pot.
- Place the bowl with the potatoes inside the basket.
- Cover the pot with an air fryer lid and AIR FRY at 390 °F for 24 minutes.
- Remove the potatoes and serve.
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Notes
- Make sure that you wash your potatoes well before cooking them. You don't want to peel them for this recipe to work, but they do need to be clean.
- You can use whole red potatoes or chopped larger potatoes for this recipe. Use whatever is easiest for your time and meal prep.
- If you like it spicy, mix in some chili powder or chili pepper for some added spice!
Can you use a trivet/wire stand instead of the air fryer basket (since there would still be air circulation)? Thanks!
I think that would work yes, but I haven't tried it myself.
I am curious to know why the baking soda is added to the potatoes for the boiling part of the recipe. I have heard of it being used with green vegetables to maintain their color, but never with potatoes!
The reason for the baking soda is for the crisping part of this recipe. It helps the outside of the potatoes get crisp in the air fryer while the insides stay soft.