This weeks Five Ingredient Friday recipe for perfectly roasted rainbow potatoes is a super easy and delicious method for roasting potatoes, but I’ve also used the exact same recipe to roast any vegetable (think carrots, parsnips, cauliflower…any vegetable that one would roast!)
It all starts with good potatoes, and I just so happened to get mine from the Milwaukee County Winter Farmers Market from Butter Mountain Farm who grows specialty potatoes. The cool thing about the Milwaukee Winters Farmers Market is that it is held in the Mitchell Park Conservatory that are horticultural domes (think dome shaped botanical green houses that one can walk through). Only downside-it was super crowded, but when I think about it, that’s actually a good thing because I want all the wonderful farmers to have lots of business! Here’s a picture of my hubby and I in the Tropical done, and a picture of the beautiful rainbow potatoes!
This dish is so easy to make-clean and cut the potatoes, toss them in a combination of olive oil,garlic, lemon zest, and salt, bake and then sprinkle with some chopped cilantro and viola, you have yourself perfectly roasted potatoes!
As I said, I’ve made this recipe countless times! It is so easy and highlights the flavors of the vegetable you’re roasting. The garlic, the zest of the lemon…yum!
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Rainbow Fingerling Potatoes cleaned and halved
- 2 Garlic Cloves crushed
- 2 Tbs Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 Tbs Cilantro finely chopped
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Clean and half potatoes and put in a bowl. Over the potatoes add the lemon zest, olive oil, crushed garlic cloves and salt, toss so that all the potatoes are covered.
- Evenly spoon out potatoes on the lined baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes, remove from oven, turn over, then bake for another 10 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with cilantro and serve.
Vanessa says
This has to be one of the top Best flavorful easy to make healthy recipes I’ve ever done. Gracias 😋👩🍳Will try it so sweet potatoes next time…
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much for the feedback, so glad you enjoyed these!
maureen a innamorato says
Aldi has small potatoe medley bsgd
Jacob Kreider says
These are great! Well done!
Sweetphi says
Thank you, so glad you enjoyed them.
D A McCray says
What is the name of the black finger like potatoes ?
Sweetphi says
Those are actually purple fingerling potatoes that came in the mix 🙂
chef mimi says
Beautiful. Wish I could shop where you shop for potatoes!!!
Sweetphi says
Thanks for the comment 🙂 I’ve seen them at different grocery stores in Illinois and Wisconsin, but any small potatoes would be great for this recipe 🙂
angelamroberts says
Those potatoes are the prettiest thing I’ve seen in a long time. All that color makes them so happy to look at (and eat).
Sweetphi says
Awe thanks for that super sweet comment! They are as good as they look, promise 🙂
mademoisellegourmande says
Those colorful potatoes really add a nice twist to baked potatoes, it looks much more interesting!! I’ve never found them anywhere though, will have to look out for them. Also I really like the idea of using lemon zest in it! Will definitely try that next time, even without the rainbow potatoes.
Sweetphi says
Thanks for the comment! In the summer I sometimes see a little bag of the rainbow potatoes in the grocery store and always snatch them up! This recipe would also be really good with any little potatoes!
Erin | The Law Student's Wife says
I LOVE that conservatory. It’s a happy haven in icky weather. These potatoes are truly practically perfect in every way 🙂
Sweetphi says
Thanks girl! It was my first time at the domes and it was really a cool place (especially when there was food/drink/farmers market involved!)
seasonssuppers says
I think there is nothing better than roasted potatoes. I love your rainbow potatoes! We don’t see them often around here, but I always pick some up when I do see them.
Sweetphi says
I completely agree-there’s nothing better than roasted potatoes!! And I’m the exact same way, every time I see them I pick them up because they’re so delicious (and beautiful to look at 🙂 )
Norma | Allspice and nutmeg says
I love roasted potatoes. These look great. I’ll be trying the cilantro. Yum!
Sweetphi says
Thanks for commenting! I also looooove roasted potatoes, you should definitely try adding the cilantro, it’s super yummy! Let me know how you like it!
Georgia | The Comfort of Cooking says
I love the idea of a 5-ingredient Friday, and these potatoes look mouthwatering! What a delicious, easy side for any springtime meal!
Sweetphi says
Thanks Georgia! Five Ingredient Fridays started a few months ago and it has really made things so much easier making recipes that I know don’t have a million ingredients 🙂
cheri says
Love roasted potatoes, like the addition of cilantro, one of my most favorite herbs.
Sweetphi says
The addition of Cilantro really brings out the other flavors, thanks for commenting Cheri!