So while hubby continues with his meat fests, I am a carb girl and need some sort of carb with my meat. As such I have come up with a delicious (and extremely fattening) side for any BBQ. There are loads of alternative ways to mix this up but the basic recipe stays the same, I’ll list a load of different ways, and a few cheat ideas at the end.
Ingredients:
Butter (block of it!)
Bag of baby potatoes
Clove of garlic
Sea salt
I boiled the pots on the stove for about 15 mins until they were soft. In the meantime I minced all the garlic in a masher, and mixed it into the butter (which I left out on the side so it was soft). Stirred in a good pinch of salt and mixed in the pots when they were cooked.
Now this is the clever part, I then handed the pan over to hubby, with his skillet thing for him to finish on the BBQ. He heats up the pan and gets them all crispy and it’s like he’s created these amazing potatoes. Sprinkle with a bit of sea salt and viola!
Different alternatives ideas that I’ve tried:
- Add a tblsp of cumin or curry powder to the butter to make Spicy ones.
- Add spinach and onions to the above to make a Bombay style one.
- Add 2 tblsps of paprika to make a smoky version.
- Add juice of a lemon and tblsp of parsley, perfect with fish.
- Add 50g of parmasean and tblsp of basil to the butter, make them Italian style.
- Add bacon lardons or pancetta to the original or Italian version.
- Also once cooled could also mix through some mayo for an alternative potato salad. This would work with any of the above versions.
Cheat ideas (always good to speed things up)!
- Buy pre minced garlic (be careful though as this is stronger than normal!).
- Melt your butter in the microwave if it’s too hard and then stir in the garlic.
- Beware – fresh herbs will add a different taste, more fresh and in depth compared to dry herbs. All depends on if you can be bothered with fresh ones!
- If other half moans about putting them on the BBQ or you want to do it without a BBQ do exactly the same but stick them on a baking tray and pop in a hot oven for 15/20 mins.
Oh yum hat a delicious sounding potato recipe, I have to admit I am a huge fan of different types of potatoes so I am going to have to try this recipe.
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These look delicious and I would love to have these with some salad. Perfectly browned and crisped up.
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I had the left overs chopped up cold and mixed in with a salad the next day, they were still lovely!
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I LOVE carbs. I just want them all of the time. These sound delicious and not too hard to make. Thanks for sharing.
V ❤
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I love garlic and potatoes, but don’t usually make them together. I should try your recipe as I love the look of it! 🙂
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Let me know how you get on!
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They look amazing! I always love adding paprika as it’s my favourite flavour. Nom
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I make potatoes similar to these too, so moorish and these looks incredible! 🙂
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Oh my! This looks too yummy for words – you had me at the title! So handy too because these will accompany so many things – perfect!
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They don’t look hard to make, although i wouldn’t have these personally as i hate garlic. The smell of it just makes me feel sick. I’m one of those people who hates garlic
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Ditch the garlic part! Any of the other ideas all would work well without garlic, Bombay, lemon and parsley or dill. If you want different heat tried minced ginger instead.
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Haha I always need carbs as well and these garlic butter potatoes look absolutely wonderful! I love how crispy they look x
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These look absolutely delicious! They would make a great side dish to our weekly roast dinner!
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I make something similar to this quite often as me and my other half are obsessed with garlic x
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This looks soooo good and the perfect companion to a nice juicy steak. Definitiely not healthy not on the healthy side, but totally worth it as a treat or for a family bbq.
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They sound delicious! But also sound very unhealthy at the same time… so they wouldn’t exactly sit well with my diet 😦 I like how you cooked them on your BBQ 🙂
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Oh these look and sound delicious – I am a big potato fan so will have to give these a try
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Bloody love garlic butter with potatoes and these look absolutely amazing. Love the bronzed skin! YUM
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Oh my goodness!!! These look amazing!!! I;m crazy for a good potato and these look glorious!! I’m absolutely bookmarking this post for later!!
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Omg these look so good!! I would have never have thought about cooking these outside on a BBQ though. Will have to try it.
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I love garlic and all the recipes that have garlic in it. This sounds like a really easy but delicious recipe to do.
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Mmm, these potatoes just look divine! I love any potato that isn’t mash, so they’d be right up my street 🙂
Louise x
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You had me at garlic! The more garlic the better when it comes to garlic I say!
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I love potatoes, and these look utterly delicious. I like the idea of the pan on the barbeque, as there is something rather splendid about eating out during summer. This shows you don’t have to stick to barbequed meat and veg. Lovely.
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