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Toaster Oven Roasted Potatoes

October 16, 2009 by Jennifer Che 18 Comments

Roasted Potatoes

Happy Friday!

Autumn is definitely here, and it’s getting a lot colder in Boston!  The colors of the blog header reflect the change in seasons.  🙂 Brrrr!!! I took out my scarf, my gloves, and all my wool sweaters a few days ago!

Despite the cold weather, the farmers’ markets are still in full force here, with tomatoes, various squashes, pumpkins, and apples making a strong showing.

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There’s this one Asian Farm stand at the Central Square Farmer’s Market that sells Thai basil, pea tendrils, bok choy etc. I love it!  Check out the Asian gourds they had last week.

The cold weather makes me want to turn on the oven so I can start roasting and baking.  It also makes me think of simple comfort foods, like roasted potatoes.  I love roasted potatoes, and they taste delicious with just some oil, sea salt, and a touch of truffle oil (optional).

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 Scary Habaneros and Hen of the Woods mushrooms.  This mushroom was bigger than my head.

Here’s a great, simple way to make roasted potatoes – Tiny Urban Kitchen style – in the toaster oven!

I love using the toaster oven because it saves electricity, preheats much more quickly, and can free up the big oven for other uses.  Furthermore, everything (the pan, the food) is smaller, lighter, and easier to handle.

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Toss small, baby potatoes with olive oil (enough to coat -say 2-3 tablespoons), salt, pepper, and herbs. I love using fresh rosemary and thyme. If you have large potatoes, cut them up so that each piece is about 1 square inch in size.  Important! If you are using whole baby potatoes with the skin, pierce the skin with a fork.  Otherwise, the potatoes might explode.  I learned this the HARD way in college with a sweet potato.  The whole inside of my toaster oven (pictured above – yes, I am still using the same toaster oven from college), was filled with bright orange . .potato remains.  It was so sad.

Heat in toaster oven at 400 degrees for about 25 minutes, or until sizzling and cooked.

While baking, stir the potatoes around at least once to ensure even browning.

Enjoy! I did, with a lovely steak dinner “grilled” in the big oven using this awesome method.

Roasted Potato steak dinner

Have a great weekend!

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Comments

  1. joanh says

    October 16, 2009 at 6:08 am

    awesome.. i’m going to try this.. i bought a bag of red potatoes from costco and am going to roast them this weekend.

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  2. Rose says

    October 16, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    Nice! I love using our toaster oven. Heats up faster, uses less electricity and doesn’t heat the house up in summer 😀 Potatoes are SO good!

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  3. Hungry Dog says

    October 16, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    Very cute and just your style! I don’t have a toaster oven but if I did, I would make these.

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  4. Diana Bauman says

    October 18, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    Lovely! Love the pictures of the farmers market. You just inspired me to get a toaster oven!! Been thinking about ditching the microwave 🙂

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  5. Michelle from Taste As You Go says

    November 14, 2009 at 11:23 pm

    Fantastic idea to use the toaster oven to save on resources! These potatoes look delicious.

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  6. Sakura says

    April 17, 2010 at 2:22 am

    My oven toaster doesn’t have degrees, but do you know how many watts is equal to 400 degrees please? My oven toaster has 2 settings, 500 or 1000 watts.
    400 seems very hot, do you mean C or F?

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  7. tinyurbankitchen says

    April 19, 2010 at 12:06 pm

    Hi Sakura – I would guess that 500 watss would be sufficient. When I say 400, I mean Fahrenheit. Hope that helps!

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  8. Julie says

    February 15, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    Our regular oven is broken and we are waiting on our landlord to get us a new one, I just wanted to say that I LOVE your recipes for the toaster oven! I’ve been stuck with microwave and stove top cooking and now I can actually use my toaster oven to bake and know what I’m doing! 🙂 Thanks!

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  9. jentinyurbankitchen says

    February 15, 2011 at 7:44 pm

    Thanks! You can actually cook LOTS of stuff in the toaster oven. I’ve baked potatoes, roasted squash, baked cookies . . . experiment! 🙂 Hope your oven gets fixed soon.

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    • Ari says

      March 20, 2016 at 2:18 pm

      Can I ask which toaster oven you use? We’d love to get one because our oven is too old to roast well.

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  10. Steve508 says

    September 11, 2011 at 10:16 am

    I use my little toaster oven more than the stove. It takes a little practice but everything comes out well, also today as a single guy i use that croc pot quite often as well, things have changed quite a bit from the 60s with plenty of new recipies to make includeing lasagna, give them both a try!!! Happy eating!!!

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  11. Stephen Coleman says

    May 19, 2012 at 7:56 am

    I’m an American in Taiwan, and large conventional ovens are practically unheard of here, so everything must be baked/roasted in a toaster oven. Thanks for sharing this recipe; I’m going to try it tonight.

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  12. Javier Solorio says

    February 1, 2013 at 9:26 pm

    Thanks! This was helpful. I’m on a new nutrition plan and it was my first time working with potatoes.

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  13. Harshal Kudtalkar says

    April 17, 2014 at 10:22 am

    i got baby potatoes and a toaster oven… m gonna bake it tonight..;) thanx

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  14. David says

    September 13, 2015 at 4:14 pm

    The comments are a bit old, I’m experimenting with our toaster oven, and trying the potatoes. Usually use the large oven.

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  15. Frani says

    August 28, 2017 at 10:21 am

    Hi I am looking for a good reliable toaster oven, since you’ve had yours for a while
    and it’s still working, what’s the brand/name/number?

    Thanks!

    Frani-san

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