It's easy to make perfectly crispy Smashed Potatoes for a delicious side dish. Seasoned with a garlic herb butter, this is the most flavorful recipe for smashed potatoes ever!
Fill a large pot with salted water, and bring to a boil over high heat on the stove.
Once the water is boiling, add the potatoes and cook for 20 minutes, or until the potatoes are fork tender.
Drain the potatoes in a colander. Leave them in the colander and allow them to dry out on the counter for 5-10 minutes.
While the potatoes are drying, add the butter to a small saucepan on the stove over medium high heat.
When the butter has melted, add the garlic, steak seasoning and chopped rosemary.
Simmer for 2-3 minutes, then remove from the heat and set aside.
Place the potatoes on a parchment lined baking sheet and use a fork, or the bottom of a glass, to smash each of the potatoes.
Once all of the potatoes are smashed and in an even layer on one (or two) baking sheets, use a basting brush to brush them with the garlic herb butter.
Place the potatoes in the oven and bake for 35 minutes.
OPTIONAL: garnish with fresh chopped parsley before serving.
Notes
To make them in an air fryer:
Follow steps 2-7 above. Boil, dry and smash the baby potatoes, then prepare the garlic herb butter. Add the smashed potatoes to an air fryer basket in a single layer.
Brush the smashed potatoes with the garlic herb butter.
Air fry at 400°F for 15 minutes.
Note: A 5.8 quart air fryer will hold approximately 1/2 pound of baby potatoes, arranged in a single layer in the air fryer basket. This is one third of the recipe listed above.
To reheat smashed potatoes, place them on a baking sheet and under the broiler in the oven on high for 2-3 minutes, or in an air fryer at 400°F for 2-3 minutes.
To make this recipe vegan, instead of butter, use olive oil, or a vegan butter substitute.