Tri-Colored Ranch Smashed Potatoes

Name: Tri-Colored Ranch Smashed Potatoes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 2 lbs tri-colored mini potatoes; 2 Tbsp melted butter; 2 Tbsp olive oil; 2 Tbsp Ranch seasoning powder; 1 tsp dry dill; 1 Tbsp flaky sea salt (such as Maldon); Ketchup (for serving)

Recipe for tri-colored Ranch seasoned smashed potatoes. It uses heirloom varieties of potatoes which help restore diversity to local agriculture. This is a practice championed by Thomas Rainwater and the Broken Rock Tribe in the television series, Yellowstone. This recipe is an outtake from my Unofficial Yellowstone Cookbook.

Ranch smashed potatoes utilize heirloom varieties of produce, which help restore diversity to local agriculture. Photo and recipe by the Unofficial Yellowstone Cookbook author Jackie Alpers author of the Unofficial Yellowstone Cookbook.

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 40

Total Time: 55

Tri-Colored Ranch Smashed Potatoes

Author: Jackie Alpers

A free bonus recipe from The Unofficial Yellowstone Cookbook!

Ingredients

2 lbs tri-colored mini potatoes
2 Tbsp melted butter
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp Ranch seasoning powder preferably Burlap & Barrel's Nothing Hidden Ranch
1 tsp dry dill
1 Tbsp flaky sea salt such as Maldon
Ketchup for serving

Instructions

Boil the potatoes until fork tender, about 15 to 20 minutes. Turn off the heat, drain and put back in the empty pot to dry for a minute or two. Arrange the potatoes spaced an inch or two apart on an unlined baking sheet. Smash each one with the bottom of a mug or a burger smasher to flatten.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Mx together the melted butter and olive oil then brush onto the potatoes. Sprinkle with ranch powder, dill and flaky salt. Bake the potatoes for 10 to 15 minutes or until browned. Serve with ketchup.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American, Southwestern, Western

Diet Vegetarian

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