These Simple Oven Baked Potato Wedges are so easy to make. Perfect as a snack, a side, or as an appetizer.
Simple Oven Baked Potato Wedges
Hello from the girl who can eat her weight in potatoes. I know there are 110 recipes out there for potato wedges but I thought I’d share my take on it since I had recently made myself a batch to snack on. Whenever I have leftover potatoes, I like to either make my own chips, fries, or wedges because hey, I’m a little lazy so if I can skip going to the store then I’m game.
What You’ll Need to Make These Simple Oven Baked Potato Wedges
- potatoes
- hot water
- olive oil
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- salt
- pepper
The secret to the perfect oven baked potato wedges…
- Soak your raw potatoes after cutting them up in hot water for 10-15 minutes before baking as this removes the excess starch from the potatoes. This which prevents the potatoes from sticking together and helps achieve maximum crispness of the wedges.
- Generously season your potato wedges with onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper after patting the potatoes dry and coated with your oil of choice.
- If you want to up the tasty factor of these potato wedges, in the last 5 minutes, add some shaved parmesan on top and finish in the wedges in the oven.
- If you are using all your oven racks for this like I am, be sure to rotate the sheet pans as the sheet pans closest to the heat source will cook faster.
- For an added crisp factor, I gave the potatoes one last spritz of oil before they went in for baking. Just an extra step I take.
How to Bake Potato Wedges in the Oven
- Wash and scrub your potatoes. Cut them in quarters length-wise before cutting them in half width-wise.
- Place the wedges into a bowl on hot water and let them soak for 10-15 minutes. Afterwards, drain the potatoes and pat them dry.
- Coat them with olive oil and generously sprinkle on the onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
- Cover your sheet pans with parchment paper or a non-stick oil before placing your wedges evenly onto the pan. Make sure they’re not touching as that gives them room to crisp up.
- With a last spritz of oil, place them in the oven at 400F for 50-60 minutes, giving them a flip half-way through.
What Goes With Baked Potato Wedges?
Potato wedges are the go-to side dish! Here’s some things that goes well with these baked potato wedges:
- nachos with potato wedges instead of chips
- chicken tenders / chicken nuggets
- burgers
- scrambled eggs
- sandwiches
Simple Oven Baked Potato Wedges
These Simple Oven Baked Potato Wedges are so easy to make. Perfect as a snack, a side, or as an appetizer.
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Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 4 russet potatoes
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp onion powder, more if necessary
- 2 tbsp garlic powder, more if necessary
- 1 tbsp salt, more if necessary
- 1 tbsp pepper, more if necessary
Instructions
- Wash and scrub your potatoes. Cut them in quarters length-wise before cutting them in half width-wise.
- Place the wedges into a bowl on hot water and let them soak for 10-15 minutes. Afterwards, drain the potatoes and pat them dry.
- Coat them with olive oil and generously sprinkle on the onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
- Cover your sheet pans with parchment paper or a non-stick oil before placing your wedges evenly onto the pan. Make sure they’re not touching as that gives them room to crisp up.
- With a last spritz of oil, place them in the oven at 400F for 50-60 minutes, giving them a flip half-way through.
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Farrah says
Yay! It just so happens that I just got some potatoes! :D Can’t wait to make these!