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Want perfect, crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside crispy roasted purple potatoes? I’ve got all the tips you need to make this impressive yet easy 30 minute side dish! Made with simple ingredients and a few minutes of hands-on time, it’s a lovely colorful and flavorful potato recipe for busy evenings.
Table of Contents
- Why You’ll Love this Crispy Roasted Purple Potatoes Recipe!
- Ingredients for Roasted Purple Potatoes
- How To Make Roasted Purple Potatoes Crispy
- Toni’s Recipe Tips
- FAQs for Purple Roasted Potatoes
- Serving Suggestions Crispy Purple Potatoes
- Storage Instructions for Roasted Potatoes
- More Dreamy Potato Sides
- Crispy Roasted Purple Potatoes Recipe
Why You’ll Love this Crispy Roasted Purple Potatoes Recipe!
Crispy purple potatoes are a fun twist on the beloved side of roasted potatoes. Most purple potatoes are grown in Peru where they grow over 3,000 different varieties! While they may not be available year-round, no worries, you can follow this recipe with regular potatoes!
Follow my steps to get perfectly crisp roasted potatoes ever time. This makes an easy side dish to level up almost any meal. Plus, purple or not, these yummy roasted potatoes are a kid-friendly vegan side dish that the whole family will love!
Can’t get enough yummy potato recipes? Try these crispy smashed potatoes, rosemary roasted potatoes, garlic roasted baby potatoes, or vegan mashed potatoes!
Ingredients for Roasted Purple Potatoes
This purple potato recipe is made with a handful of simple ingredients. Let’s take a look at the highlights.
- Purple potatoes: I used purple potatoes because they were on special at my local market, plus they look stunning. But really you can also make these using Yukon gold or red potatoes.
- Potato starch: Or you can use cornstarch if you don’t have the potato.
- Nutritional yeast: It’s optional but adds so much flavor.
- Seasonings: Paprika, chili powder, salt, and black pepper.
- Medium-high heat oil: Use your favorite but try to choose one with a neutral flavor.
How To Make Roasted Purple Potatoes Crispy
Got your ingredients together? Now let’s make some crispy purple potatoes! For more detailed instructions, check the recipe card at the end of this post.
Preparation Steps:
- First, preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Then line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper and set aside.
- Meanwhile, cut the potatoes into one-half-inch thick wedges. However, try not to make them too thick as they’ll take quite a bit longer to bake.
Step 1: Lay the potatoes on the baking sheet (or in a bowl). Then sprinkle with the potato starch, nutritional yeast, paprika, salt, chili powder, and black pepper. Next drizzle with the oil and toss the potatoes with your hands until evenly coated.
Step 2: Spread the potatoes out into a single layer, leaving space between the potatoes. (If necessary, transfer some to an additional baking sheet.) Next, bake for ten minutes, then remove the tray and give them a shake. Finally, bake for another 8 to 10 minutes until crispy and golden on all sides.
Serve immediately as a side, or snack with condiments of choice!
Toni’s Recipe Tips
- Don’t overcrowd the tray. This is the key to crispy potatoes. Therefore, be sure there’s plenty of room between them, even using two trays if necessary.
- Cut the potatoes into even-sized wedges for even cooking.
- Serve up immediately with your favorite dipping sauces! Such as spicy ketchup, vegan garlic sauce, or vegan nacho cheese sauce.
- Store leftovers in the fridge for up to five days and reheat on a baking tray in the oven at 350° F for about 10-15 minutes.
FAQs for Purple Roasted Potatoes
These are most likely going to be available in farmer’s markets, local markets, or specialty grocery stores.
They are very similar in flavor to regular potatoes. Although they are slightly more waxy in texture rather than fluffy.
Serving Suggestions Crispy Purple Potatoes
These roasted purple potatoes are a great side for just about any meal, from a simple picnic to a fancy dinner party or Holiday feast!
- Sauces: Such as spicy ketchup, vegan garlic sauce, or vegan nacho cheese sauce.
- More Veg: Roasted veggies taste great together! Also, try these potatoes with Brussels sprouts, parsnips, cherry tomatoes, or even okra!
- Picnic/BBQ Favs: Be a hit at the picnic with grilled tofu steaks, BBQ tempeh, kabobs, or one of many delicious burger options.
- Dinner Mains: Serve alongside baked mac and cheese, lentil sloppy joes, sandwiches, or lentil loaf for everyday family dinners.
- Kid-Friendly Meals: Kids can’t resist the crispy potatoes paired with tofu fried chicken, quinoa tater tots, and breaded tofu sticks.
- Fancier Dinners: These purple potatoes are a stand-out at get togethers or special events, like eggplant pasta, stuffed peppers, sticky tempeh sticks, or pan-fried garlic tofu.
- Other Sides: Serve alongside other crowd-pleasing sides, like sauteed asparagus, strawberry kale salad, Greek cucumber salad, mixed bean salad, spinach pasta salad, or baked beans.
Storage Instructions for Roasted Potatoes
Fridge: Allow any leftover potatoes to cool completely before storing them in an airtight container or resealable plastic bag. Usually this will keep them fresh for 3 to 5 days in the fridge.
Reheat: When it’s time to reheat, you can spread them on a baking tray in the oven at 350° F for about 10-15 minutes. Or use any standard cooking method, including the microwave, oven, or stovetop.
More Dreamy Potato Sides
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Vegan Scalloped Potatoes (No Cashews)
Vegan Side Dishes
The Best Vegan Mashed Potatoes
Vegan Side Dishes
French Potato Salad
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Ingredients
- 1 pound of purple potatoes (yukon gold or red would also work)
- 2 tablespoons of potato starch (or cornstarch)
- 2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast (optional)
- 1 teaspoon of paprika
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- ¼ teaspoon of chili powder
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoon of medium-high heat oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper and set aside.
- Cut potatoes into ½-inch thick wedges. The key is to not make them too thick, or they'll take quite a bit longer to bake. Lay them on the baking sheet, sprinkle with potato starch, nutritional yeast, paprika, salt, chili powder, and black pepper, pour in the remaining oil, and toss potatoes with your hands until evenly coated.
- Spread out into a single layer, with space between potatoes (transferring some to an additional sheet if necessary) and bake for 10 minutes, then give them a shake and a toss, and bake for another 8 to 10 minutes until crispy and golden on all sides. Serve immediately as a side, or snack with condiments of choice.
Notes
- Don’t overcrowd the tray. This is the key to crispy potatoes. Be sure there’s plenty of room between them, even using two trays if necessary.
- Cut the potatoes into even-sized wedges for even cooking.
- Serve up immediately with your favorite dipping sauces! Such as spicy ketchup, vegan garlic sauce, or vegan nacho cheese sauce.
- Store leftovers in the fridge for up to five days and reheat on a baking tray in the oven at 350° F for about 10-15 minutes.
Roasted potatoes are so good, especially when you have the variety of colours because of the burst of different flavours.
Purple potatoes are not only beautiful, but they have a terrific flavor. This recipe brings out the best of both!
Agreed! So tasty and delicious!
These potatoes were so quick and easy! And crispy!!
Yess! So easy and quick to enjoy too!
You can never go wrong with potatoes, these did not disappoint 🙂
Yesss! Potatoes are always a winner in my books!
what if I don’t have potatoecor corn starc
You can also use cornstarch. 🙂
Love this recipe! It turned out so good!
So glad you enjoyed it! It’s a yummy one!
love how easy these potatoes are to whip up! so good!