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Crispy Leaf Potatoes - the BEST roasted potatoes you'll ever make! Crazy delicious sliced potatoes that taste like layers of potato chips. Make this for holidays or every day!!
Table of Contents
- What Are Leaf Potatoes
- The Best Roasted Potatoes For Holidays Or Every Day
- How Do You Make Crispy Roasted Potatoes
- Butter Or Duck Fat For Roasted Potatoes
- Layers Upon Layers Of Crispy Goodness!
- Mandoline Slicer
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What To Serve With Crispy Leaf Potatoes
- Other Roasted Potato Recipes You Might Like
- Crispy Leaf Potatoes Recipe
What Are Leaf Potatoes
Leaf potatoes are roasted potatoes by Australian celebrity chef Donna Hay.
The potatoes are sliced thinly and they are arranged piece by piece in a baking sheet. As the potatoes are paper thin, and they do look like leaves, hence the name leaf potatoes.
The Best Roasted Potatoes For Holidays Or Every Day
You haven’t tried roasted potatoes until you have tried these crispy leaf potatoes. Believe me!
Imagine layers upon layers of super crispy potatoes that taste like potato chips, seasoned with rosemary, butter and salt. My mouth is watering at the very thought.
The texture is unlike any roasted potatoes I have ever tasted. I personally think that it’s way better than hasselback potatoes, smashed potatoes or scalloped potatoes.
How Do You Make Crispy Roasted Potatoes
I am going to show you the tips and techniques:
- Use a Mandoline Slicer to slice the potatoes to thin pieces. Click here to buy.
- Dab off the moisture on the potato slices with paper towels.
- Arrange the sliced potatoes upright in a baking pan and bake at 400F.
Butter Or Duck Fat For Roasted Potatoes
The original recipe by Donna Hay calls for duck fat. Any foodies who have tried duck fat with roasted potatoes will never go back to butter again.
For this recipe, I used butter, but go ahead and use duck fat if you like. Duck fat is supposed to be “healthier” as it has higher percentage of monounsaturated fat, at 55% while butter has only 26%.
Layers Upon Layers Of Crispy Goodness!
Crispy leaf potatoes is an amazing side dish any time of the year. They are perfect for special occasions such as Thanksgiving or Christmas.
The reason is simple: they are very easy to make, with simple ingredients, but the presentation has a wow factor and the taste and texture are absolutely delightful.
Try this recipe, and use duck fat, if you will. Enjoy!
You can also turn this recipe into sweet potatoes, check out this Crispy Baked Sweet Potatoes recipe.
Mandoline Slicer
I recommend the following OXO Good Grips Adjustable Handheld Mandoline Slicer. It’s available on Amazon for $14.99.
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 559 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Crispy Leaf Potatoes
For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Other Roasted Potato Recipes You Might Like
- Italian Roasted Potatoes
- Crispy Roasted Potatoes
- Lemon Herb Roasted Potatoes
- Parmesan Roasted Potatoes
Crispy Leaf Potatoes
Ingredients
- 9 lbs. (4kg) potatoes, peeled, yukon gold or russet
- 12 oz. (350g) unsalted butter , melted or 11 oz. (311g) duck fat
- 3 teaspoons Maldon sea salt flakes, preferred or salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 4 teaspoons chopped rosemary , or oregano
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (207°C). Using a mandoline slicer, thinly slice the peeled potatoes lengthwise. Pat the slices dry with paper towels.
- Place the sliced potatoes in a large bowl. Using your hands, toss them with butter (or duck fat), 2 teaspoons of salt, black pepper, and about 2 teaspoons of chopped rosemary until fully coated.
- Carefully place the potatoes upright, from left to right, in a baking tray (I used an 8×11" (20x28cm) baking tray) until the tray is full. Be sure not to pack the potatoes too tightly, as this will affect their crispiness.
- Bake for an hour, or until the potatoes are golden and crispy. Garnish with the remaining salt and the rosemary or oregano. Serve immediately.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Excited to try these tonight using some brown butter ghee I have so I can make them Whole30 compliant!
Awesome, let me know how it goes.
Could one try EVOO in place of duck fat or butter? I’ve made ranchy roasted potatoes with oil and was wondering if you thought that would work for this recipe? Thanks!
I think so, I don’t know how it affects the crispiness.
This looks amazing! I can’t wait to try it! I have a small family. I’ll need to halve all ingredients. An 8X8 inch pan or 9X9 inch pan should work. Right? And bake time is still 1 hour? Thank you!
Sure, yes, a smaller square pan should work. :)
I’ve never seen so many crazy comments for a recipe someone took the trouble to share. This looks delicious. Will try with duck fat. Thanksgiving!!
Hi Laila, thanks for your sweet comment. Yes this crispy leaf potatoes will be a great recipe for Thanksgiving.
Do you think you could make these with olive oil.
Hi Tammy, I am sure you can but I am not sure of the results without trying.
Cooking crispy leaf potatoes to-day ,things not to do for me next time. Don’t mix potatoes, and melted butter etc in same dish as cooking, dish to be right size an straight sided
BEE GREAT thanks Barry Spain
Hi Barry, thanks for trying this leaf potatoes recipe. Let me know how it goes. :)
All I can say is ‘wow’ – love it!
Thanks, yes, these leaf potatoes are wow!
I think this dish looks amazing. I plan to make for Thanksgiving. I am rating a 5 even though I haven’t tried yet because it looks delicious and seams to be very easy to make. What could be better than crispy potatoes and butta.
Hi Teresa, yes, you must make it for Thanksgiving!! It will be awesome. :)
Lance, Just. Divide. By. Two. (2). That ‘New Math’ is so difficult.
Rasa Malaysia, this looks spectacular as well as delicious, as all your recipes do! I cannot wait to try it!
Hi BootzB, thanks for the support. Yes please do try this recipe, you will love it! :)
Very sad world we live in when people are rude over a recipe. No wonder countries are at war. Rasa you just keep sharing your wonderful HUGE recipes. There are those of us that truly do appreciate your time and effort in sharing..Have a great day.
Thanks Loejoe, I appreciate your support for this crispy leaf potatoes recipe.
Another great recipe from Rasa Malaysia! Thank you!!! @cantstopcooking
Thanks Marilyn. :)