How to Slice Hasselback Potatoes

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How to Slice Hasselback Potatoes - learn the step-by-step picture guide on how to cut potatoes into hasselback potatoes with a secret kitchen tool and a sharp knife. This kitchen hack will save a lot of time!

How to Slice Hasselback Potatoes - learn the step-by-step picture guide on how to cut potatoes into hasselback potatoes with a secret kitchen tool and a sharp knife | rasamalaysia.com
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Cutting Hasselback Potatoes

I have many roasted potatoes recipes on the site where I slice each potato thinly across its width, but not cutting all the way through.

Many readers have asked questions about how to cut and slice potatoes to become the beautiful hasselback potatoes. Here is my step-by-step picture guide how to do it proper.

Cutting hasselback potatoes on a wood ladle

Use A Wood Ladle

Perfectly sliced and cut hasselback potato

Wood ladle is my secret tool in the kitchen whenever I make hasselback potatoes. It’s the easiest and fail proof. First, rinse the potatoes, then pat dry with paper towels.

Place a potato onto the spoon of the ladle just like the picture below. I love baby potatoes when it comes to roasting potatoes, they are small and takes a shorter time to roast in the oven.

If you don’t have a wood ladle, you may use a pair of chopsticks. Place a chopstick on each side of the potato and slice.


How To Slice Hasselback Potatoes

Slicing hasselback potato with a sharp knife

Using a sharp knife, slice the hasselback potatoes vertically, leaving the bottom part unsliced. The wooden ladle will prevent you from cutting it through. I like the slit to be about 2-3 mm apart.

After you finish slicing the potatoes, I like to use my fingers to spread open each slit. This is an important step because the seasonings that you use, for example, butter, herb or garlic will be able to get inside each slit and the end result will be absolutely flavorful.

You may also use a small brush to brush your seasonings into each slit before roasting.


Hasselback Potatoes Recipes

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11 Comments

  1. Avril Dickson says:

    Sometimes, a professional meat slicer is better than a rinky dink consumer grade slicer. The quality of the cut is really nice. You can slice many different meats, cheeses, and vegetables with a commercial meat slicer. We’ll show what to look for when choosing a high quality, professional meat slicer.

  2. Lynn says:

    I use two chopsticks. Works perfectly every time.

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Yes chopsticks work too but a bit harder to manage.

  3. John Peters says:

    I use a set of chopsticks on each side of the potato.

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Yes chopsticks sure work!

  4. Brian O'Farrell says:

    if you do not have a wooden ladle then can use a wooden spoon handle to prevent cutting through the potatoes by resting it next to the potato as you slice.

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Thanks for the tip.

  5. Maureen says:

    Hi, re:-
    โ€œHow to Slice Hasselback Potatoes
    Using a sharp knife, slice the hasselback potatoes horizontallyโ€ – I think you mean to say slice VERTICALLY . Canโ€™t be horizontally, am I right? I always slice mine vertically before I read your block and was surprised that you wrote it as horizontally.
    Regards, Maureen

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Ick, you are right. Lol, typo. Thanks for catching it.

  6. Sandra York says:

    When I make my Parmesan Hassleback Potatoes, I also sprinkle seasoned bread crumbs on them during the last 20 minutes … love the crunch!

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      That’s a great idea. I love it!!