Lemon Rosemary Potatoes

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Lemon Rosemary Potatoes are the side dish that will steal the show. A simple dish using red potatoes, lemon juice, zest and butter that will change your potato game!

Show Stealing Side Dish

The old side dish gets a bad rap. Many times, the main course is what everyone looks forward to but in reality, its the side dishes that make the meal! If you don't believe it, try this Lemon Rosemary Potato dish and see what I mean! We show you how to up your potato game and get a little fancy!

A new way to use Lemons

Lemons are my favorite. I use them a lot in cooking. Try out our PRESSURE COOKER LEMON CURD recipe or our LEMON ICEBOX PIE for great ways to use them. I had a lemon tree, once. This lemon tree helped me have big dreams of having my very own lemon crop. I took great care of that tree moving it inside to keep it alive. I got one crop off of it. One day, Jasper thought it was a stick and decided to carry it and the 75 pound pot full of dirt right off of my porch. So now, I stick to buying them at the store! Here we will show you how we combined our love for lemons with our obsession with the perfect side dish!

How to Make Them

Talk about easy! Take boiled Red Potatoes and smash them! Then pan fry them with some great flavors and butter and add to that a glorious sauce and you have a simple, yet, fancy pants side dish! Here's how!

~Ingredients

6-12 small to medium Red(New) Potatoes, boiled
5 tablespoons Butter, divided
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
Zest of one Lemon
Juice of one Lemon
1 tablespoon, chopped Fresh Rosemary (½ teaspoon dried)
Salt and Pepper, to taste

~Method

Boil potatoes just until done. Do not over cook. Skins on. Allow to cool.
Once cooled, place potatoes on a flat surface and press them gently with the palm of your hand. Flattening.
In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of butter and 1 of olive oil to hot. Place potatoes in and cook until done and crisp.
For the sauce, heat remaining butter, the zest of one lemon, rosemary, salt and pepper. Cook on low heat for one minute. Add the lemon juice and cook for another minute.
Remove from heat and pour over potatoes when serving.

salt, lemon, rosemary, butter and pepper for sauce

Tips and Tricks

How long will it take to pan fry the potatoes?

That will depend on the size of the potato. I like to boil mine in advance and try to use all about the same size. You can expect a crispy potato for a small to medium size in about 4-5 minutes on each side.

Can I use steamable potatoes?

Yes, I find this speeds the process up. The new steam bags of potatoes in the produce section are a game changer. If you didn't want to do that, boiling potatoes in the Electric Pressure Cooker is a time saver as well!

Can I use a lime or other herbs instead

Of course, this recipe like our others is just to get the old wheels turning. Making a basic recipe like this one tends to get us thinking about our food. We urge you to be creative and add to in order to make this recipe your own.

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