Looking for the perfect baked potato wedges? Alex and I just released a video series, Knife Skills for Home Cooks. It’s basically everything you need to know about how to cut fruits and vegetables in the kitchen. In the video series, we included How to cut potato wedges — because, seasoned potato wedges are some of the most delicious things on the planet! And at the same time, we realized we needed an ultimate baked potato wedges recipe to share with you. How do you get the best, crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, perfectly seasoned baked potato wedges? We got your back. And we got a little scientific about it. Keep reading for the recipe!
How to make baked potato wedges
Now, Alex and I have made lots of baked potato wedges in our day. But we wanted to do a little experiment to see if we were making the very best baked seasoned potato wedges! With my parents in town for Larson’s birthday, we decided to do some blind taste tests to figure out the best way to make potato wedges. We called it “WedgeFest” and ended up eating quite a lot of wedges! Here are the variables that we tinkered with to try to find the best baked potato wedges recipe:
Butter vs. olive oil for cookingRusset potato vs. waxy potatoBoiled first vs. only bakedParchment paper vs aluminum foil on baking sheet
I will spare you the gory details of our scientific variations. However, in a blind taste test, we all decided that: butter tasted better than olive oil, russet potatoes were perfect for baked potato wedges, boiling the potatoes before baking makes them softer inside, and parchment paper gets them perfectly crispy. So you get the end results of our experiment: the winning combination to make perfect baked potato wedges!
A few other takes on potato wedges
So, we love these potato wedges so much that we wanted to make a few more variations on them! Here are a few others we enjoy:
Baked Potato Wedges — these potato wedges use a smaller potato to make slightly smaller wedges that are oven baked until crispy (no boiling needed!)Parmesan Potato Wedges — bake them with some crispy Parmesan, garlic powder and basil, and these Parmesan potatoes are out of this world!
Video: How to cut potato wedges
Now before you make baked seasoned potato wedges, you’ve got to know how to cut potato wedges! Here’s a quick way to cut potato wedges–and a video of me cutting them in our kitchen! Take a watch below to see our quick method: And that’s it! We hope you enjoy our perfect baked potato wedges: they’re delicious as a side dish or a healthy snack. Let us know in the comments below!
Looking for side dish recipes?
Outside of these baked potato wedges, here are a few of our favorite side dish recipes:
Seriously Simple Three Bean Salad The Trick for Crispy Sweet Potato Fries Incredible No Mayo Potato Salad Vegetable Tian Mexican Coleslaw Recipe Caribbean Black Bean Salad Roasted VegetablesBaked Fries with Garlic AioliStrawberry Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Best Creamy Coleslaw Recipe Mashed Red Potatoes with Garlic Radish Chopped Salad Recipe Sweet Potato Hash Browns or Homemade Hash Browns
This recipe is…
This baked potato wedges recipe is vegetarian and gluten-free. For vegan, dairy-free, and plant-based, substitute olive oil for the butter. No reviews
