Smashed Italian Red Potatoes Recipe

Every great recipe needs a great side dish like this Smashed Italian Red Potato recipe that is filled with great flavor, crispy smashed potatoes, and of course butter! 

This smashed potato recipe is a great way to reinvent eating potatoes without needing to use a potato masher and made with small potatoes (aka less prep work). 

Plus if you love french fries, you are going to love these new potatoes with crispy edges as an easy side dish recipe. Be prepared to add it to the list of your favorite recipes to serve with your main dishes or even as an appetizer. 

For more great potato side dish recipes to make, give these amazing recipes a try:

• Garlic Roasted Potatoes Recipe
• Mom’s Cheese Potatoes Recipe
• Roasted Parmesan Potatoes Recipe

Ingredients needed to make Smashed Italian Red Potatoes:

• Small red potatoes (or golden potatoes)
• Water
• Butter
• Minced garlic or garlic powder
• Italian seasoning
• Olive oil
• kosher salt
• Black pepper

How to make Smashed Italian Red Potatoes:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.

• Scrub and rinse potatoes and place on a rimmed baking sheet.

• Pour 3/4 cup cold water into the baking sheet and cover tightly with aluminum foil.

• Bake for the cooking time of 30 minutes, or until potatoes are fork tender, soft on the inside.
• Carefully remove foil. Remove the smaller potatoes from pan and place potatoes on another baking sheet with parchment paper to cool.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add garlic and saute for a minute, or until it turns golden brown.
• Remove from heat and add Italian seasoning.

• Using the bottom of a glass, smash each potato flat.

• Drizzle oil over the top of small potatoes.

• Drizzle butter mixture over potatoes and season with salt and pepper.
• Return potatoes, uncovered, to oven for 5 minutes or until potatoes are lightly browned or are crispy potatoes.
• Serve immediately the smashed red potatoes out of the hot oven.

Types of potatoes to use for this perfect side dish:

Little red potatoes are the ideal potatoes for this potato recipe. To get the creamy centers of the smashed potatoes you won’t want to have larger potatoes to be able to get the best texture for these smash potatoes. 

Any little potatoes will work great for this recipe. 

More great vegetable sides to serve with dinner tonight:

• Best Italian Roasted Vegetables Recipe
• Italian Roasted Vegetable Medley Recipe
• Instant Pot Perfectly Steamed Vegetables Recipe
• Oven Roasted Vegetables Recipe
• Steamed Broccoli (in the Instant Pot) Recipe

Delicious chicken recipes to serve with these baby potatoes:

• Man Catching Chicken Recipe
• Easy Baked Crack Chicken Recipe
• Easy Club Chicken Recipe
• Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala Recipe
• Mom’s Slow Cooker Chili Recipe (our Halloween Tradition!)
• Monterey Chicken Recipe

Love cooking as much as we do? Join our FREE private Facebook Group: Six Sisters’ Dinner Club!