Greek Lemon Roast Potatoes
"A wonderful side dish to any meal."
photo by SueVM
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 10 -12 medium potatoes
- 3 -4 lemons, juice of
- 1 -2 tablespoon lemon zest
- 2 garlic cloves, smashed
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- 1 bunch fresh oregano, finely diced
- 1 pinch salt (or to taste)
- 1 teaspoon white pepper (or to taste)
directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
- Wash and cut the potatoes into quarters lengthwise and put into a large ovenproof baking dish.
- Squeeze the lemons of their juice and grate the zest from 1 or 2, pour the lemon juice over the potatoes.
- Drizzle with the olive oil coating all the potatoes.
- Add the garlic, oregano and the lemon zest, seasoning the potatoes well with the salt and white pepper
- Bake uncovered for 45-60 minutes or until tender and nicely browned.
- Serve with lemon wedges.
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Reviews
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Love love loved these!!!! Wonderful flavor and easy!!! My store didn't have fresh oregano so I used dried. I could see using any herb you would like with this recipe because the real flavor comes from that lemon juice infusing with the olive oil!!! The potatoes really soak it up and the flavor is to die for!! The white pepper was a really great flavor booster too, it gave a different edge from the usual black pepper. Will definitely make this again and again!!! Thank you!!! -
Wonderful recipe. I am on a lo-carb diet but tried one piece to rate it. The main source is the rest of the family. It recieved raves. I had fresh rosemary and oregano and of course used fresh lemon and zest w/olive oil. Thank you.
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