# Need potato side dish for dinner
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [March 28, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642 "2019-03-28T01:18:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/21 "2019-03-28T16:08:06Z")
_Taste of the South_ magazine has an amazing potato recipe this month: Creamy Leafed Potatoes. We just tried it and it is delicious. You basically mandoline a bunch of Yukon Gold potatoes lengthwise, layer them on edge in a baking dish, and then hit them with a garlic cream sauce accented with herbs and mustard. The wife is looking forward to playing with the herbage now that she’s made the original version.
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### Author:  [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/22 "2019-03-28T17:40:38Z")
You know, after looking at that pan in the OP’s recipe link, if it was me serving this, I’d serve the pork chops with plain rice, so you can take advantage of that delicious-looking sauce.
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### Author:  [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/23 "2019-03-28T17:48:31Z")
> [@bump](#):
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> You know, after looking at that pan in the OP’s recipe link, if it was me serving this, I’d serve the pork chops with plain rice, so you can take advantage of that delicious-looking sauce.
Rice was the first thing I thought of as well.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/24 "2019-03-28T18:09:01Z")
[Here’s a recipe for the _kluski śląskie_](https://polishhousewife.com/kluski-slaskie-silesian-dumplings/) previously mentioned, for those interested. It even comes with little dimples to help hold more of your sauce! It’s pretty easy and straightforward to make, but you need some potato starch/flour. Basically, 4 parts by volume mashed potatoes, 1 part potato starch, and about an egg per pound of potato. The traditional way to make them (and this is explained in that recipe) is simply to put your mashed potatoes evenly in a pan or tray or bowl, draw a horizontal and vertical line across them to divide them into even quarters, scoop out one of the quarters and fill it back in with potato starch, then return the potatoes you scooped out.
I don’t think I’ve ever had that recipe given to me in exact measurements, just all using the 4:1 mashed [noparse]taters:potato[/noparse] starch ratio and the above method for estimating the volume of the potato starch.
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### Author:  [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/25 "2019-03-28T19:55:50Z")
This is the way I fixed canned (shock) potatoes, that I love. Canned whole po., rinsed, then put in a pan with melted butter, roll them around to coat, then into the oven on 400 till they’re coated with a crispy crunch. Be careful turning them, they explode at your face. I don’t know what it is about them, but I just love them.
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### Author:  [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/26 "2019-03-28T22:54:19Z")
Always a winner in my house is making mashed potatoes (using Yukon Gold potatoes), instead of butter use a cake of Boursin Herb and Garlic cheese!
Yum yum!
MtM
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### Author:  [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/27 "2019-03-28T23:07:19Z")
Duck fat roast potatoes, mmmmm
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### Author:  [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/28 "2019-03-28T23:15:37Z")
Last month, I got caught up in a Greek potato phase for a couple weeks. Garlic, lemon, olive oil, salt & russet spears. Roast at 400 for 20 mins, toss around and finish, about 30 more mins.
Maybe colcannon? Mashed plus.
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### Author:  [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/29 "2019-03-29T01:53:57Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#):
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> This is the way I fixed canned (shock) potatoes, that I love. Canned whole po., rinsed, then put in a pan with melted butter, roll them around to coat, then into the oven on 400 till they’re coated with a crispy crunch. Be careful turning them, they explode at your face. I don’t know what it is about them, but I just love them.
_Canned_ po-_ta_-toes?!? The hell?
[Well, I’ll be.](https://www.amazon.com/slp/canned-potatoes/t3pg3y9eofqd94z) But _WHYYYYYY_
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/30 "2019-03-29T02:19:57Z")
> [@Kimstu](#):
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> _Canned_ po-_ta_-toes?!? The hell?
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> [Well, I’ll be.](https://www.amazon.com/slp/canned-potatoes/t3pg3y9eofqd94z) But _WHYYYYYY_
Considerably longer shelf life than fresh potatoes.
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### Author:  [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/31 "2019-03-29T04:51:13Z")
That’s nothing, check [this shit out](https://www.amazon.com/Brown-Bread-Raisin-Ounce-Pack/dp/B0025UCIGC/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=canned+bread&qid=1553835027&s=gateway&sr=8-11).
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### Author:  [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/32 "2019-03-29T07:58:26Z")
To me the pork chops look like a complete one pan meal by themselves. So thanks for sharing that. I will try them out.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/33 "2019-03-29T09:54:04Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#):
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> That’s nothing, check [this shit out](https://www.amazon.com/Brown-Bread-Raisin-Ounce-Pack/dp/B0025UCIGC/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=canned+bread&qid=1553835027&s=gateway&sr=8-11).
That stuff is quite popular among the old folk around here. It ain’t bad stuff.
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### Author:  [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/34 "2019-03-29T12:03:29Z")
> [@jasg](#):
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> I get raves from this - [Crash Hot Potatoes](https://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/crash-hot-potatoes/).
Cooked these last night… they were a hit !! When they were done, I put some grated cheddar on half of them, and tossed `em back in the oven for ~120 seconds. I’m not sure if it made them any better, but it sure didn’t make them any worse. Yum!
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### Author:  [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/35 "2019-03-29T12:18:26Z")
I enjoy making [this recipe](https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/pork-crushed-potatoes/abd8f20f-ac68-4322-8806-c8ede8861ed2) for pork loin steaks with crushed potatoes. The crushed potatoes could be prepared as a side to go with just about anything.
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### Author:  [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/36 "2019-03-30T01:33:12Z")
I’m late to this, but I recently came upon a recipe for crispy roasted potatoes. This is really good, depending on your attitude towards real butter. You peel and dice your potatoes; boil them, maybe five minutes. They don’t have to be cooked all the way through, but then their diced, so they probably are; drain and coat with some melted butter; put them on a roasting pan and roast them; the recipe doesn’t say, but lets go with 350 for 30 minutes or so. Look at them and decide for yourself. Crispy, creamy fries that will beat anything else the fast food places are serving.
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### Author:  [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/37 "2019-03-30T14:24:20Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#):
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> I like to do a basic variation on a classic baked spud. It’s very simple, just take a classic Russet potato, cut it lengthwise and place it cut side down in a liberally oiled and salted cast iron skillet. Pre-heat your oven to 400 degrees and start to cook the spuds on the stove top. After the cut sides of the potatoes have picked up a bit of color and the skillet is nice and hot, oil and salt the tops of the potato skins and slide them into the oven. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until done to your liking. Enjoy just like a nice, crispy skinned baker but with the added yum of browned goodness.
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> I like it.
How do you oil the tops without burning yourself? They’re still sitting in a hot cast iron pan, right?
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### Author:  [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/38 "2019-03-30T15:45:05Z")
> [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](#):
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> I’m late to this, but I recently came upon a recipe for crispy roasted potatoes. This is really good, depending on your attitude towards real butter. You peel and dice your potatoes; boil them, maybe five minutes. They don’t have to be cooked all the way through, but then their diced, so they probably are; drain and coat with some melted butter; put them on a roasting pan and roast them; the recipe doesn’t say, but lets go with 350 for 30 minutes or so. Look at them and decide for yourself. Crispy, creamy fries that will beat anything else the fast food places are serving.
My go-to recipe for roast potatoes was dicing them, putting them in a ziploc bag with some olive oil and onion soup mix, shaking the bag up to coat them, and then laying them out on a cookie sheet to roast them in the oven. However, I stopped using the onion soup mix because it was so salty and now use a bottle of salt free seasoning I bought at the dollar store to coat the potatoes.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/39 "2019-03-30T16:48:39Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> How do you oil the tops without burning yourself? They’re still sitting in a hot cast iron pan, right?
Pastry brush.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-potato-side-dish-for-dinner/831642/40 "2019-03-30T18:57:37Z")
My all-time, hands-down favorite potato dish: [Silver Palate mashed potatoes - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=672924)
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