10 Smashing Smashed Potato Recipes!

Smashed potatoes make an excellent appetizer or snack, and are a delicious way to enjoy potatoes! These potatoes are boiled and then smashed before baking, which makes them crispy. The best part is that you can customize these potatoes to your liking! Here are ten wonderfully smashed potato recipes!

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1. Garlic Smashed Potatoes

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These Garlic Smashed Potatoes by Maggie Wescott are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.  Perfectly browned and bursting with garlic flavor, it’s hard not to eat these directly from the sheet pan!

2. Miso Butter Smashed Potatoes

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These Miso Butter Smashed Potatoes by Luce Hosier will, without a doubt, be the most delicious potatoes you ever eat. Smashing them onto the sheet pan allows them to crisp up to perfection. And don’t forget the miso butter, which couldn’t be easier to prepare. I can assure you that you’ll have eaten several before you’ve even served them to your loved ones, so I’d recommend doubling the ingredients to make an extra big batch. They even taste amazing cold!

3. Crispy Smashed Potatoes With Caper Aioli

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These potatoes are delicious and perfect for when you are feeding a lot of people because they are so easy. These Crispy Smashed Potatoes With Caper Aioli by Buffy-Ellen Gill are topped with a cashew caper aioli that is tangy, creamy, and tasty.

4. Loaded Crispy Smashed Sweet Potatoes With Avocado Roasted Chile Crema

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Warm, crispy sweet potato and creamy, spicy avocado — with this Loaded Crispy Smashed Sweet Potatoes With Avocado Roasted Chile Crema by Emma D’Alessandro, you’ll never want sweet potatoes any other way.

5. Loaded Smashed Potatoes

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Loaded baked potatoes are amazing, but if you’re looking for a more appetizer-friendly version for a party, consider trying out this Loaded Smashed Potatoes by Megan Sadd for loaded smashed potatoes. As the title suggests, this recipe calls on you to smash baby red potatoes which are then drizzled with a bit of oil and baked in the oven. Once they’re warm on the inside and satisfyingly crispy on the edges, these smashed potatoes are topped with some melty cashew mozzarella, a dollop of zesty Chipotle cream, plenty of chives, and smokey tempeh bacon bits!

6. Smashed Potatoes With Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto

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A tasty vegan appetizer or snack with a Mediterranean twist; smashed potatoes with vegan sun-dried tomato pesto. This pesto has a few simple ingredients that pack a ton of flavor. Whether you’re making these Smashed Potatoes With Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto by Rene Barker for a tasty snack or as a party appetizer, you will have people coming back for more.

7. Smashed Baked Potatoes With Miso Gravy

Source: Smashed Baked Potatoes With Miso Gravy by Iva Mrdjanov

For this dish, the potatoes are first boiled, then therapeutically smashed, seasoned, and baked. This makes them crunchy on the outside, yet still a little soft in the middle. And just because eating potatoes isn’t indulgent enough, they get topped with a salty, savory miso gravy. Yum!

8. Garlic Smashed Potatoes and Baked Beans

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Baked potatoes have always been a trusted comfort food. When baked in the oven, their tender flesh is the perfect blank canvas to top with endless ingredient combinations. Going beyond the standard baked potato meal, these garlic smashed potatoes & baked beans are based on that idea–but this recipe uses miniature baked potatoes that are piled with flavorful, homemade baked beans and a golden garlic butter sauce that is ridiculously delicious. These Garlic Smashed Potatoes and Baked Beans by Kristina Humphreys are roasted until soft, and smashed with the golden garlic butter with a side of baked beans. Coated in this savory sauce with a hint of maple flavor, the glazed baked beans are the perfect complement to the savory garlic butter that coats the potatoes.

9. Fried Smashed Potato Patties With Garlic Broccoli Rabe

Source: Fried Smashed Potato Patties With Garlic Broccoli Rabe by Maya Popovich

These fried patties are crispy on the outside and light, fluffy, and garlicky on the inside. Broccoli rabe sautéed with garlic adds a depth of flavor while cashew milk brings the creaminess. Enjoy these patties on a bed of lettuce as part of a salad, or eat them as a side with spicy sriracha.

10. Slow Cooker Smashed Potatoes

Source: Slow Cooker Smashed Potatoes by Steven Seighman

This recipe takes a little while to make, but the payoff is worth it. And since there’s a slow cooker involved, you can set it aside and forget it. Let the potatoes soften while you’re out shoveling snow. These potatoes are super tasty and make the perfect side dish.

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