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Potatoes recipes

Roasted, mashed, fried and folded into everything. 484 recipes on the site call for potatoes.

Roasts, mash, chips, gratins, salads, soups and bakes. Floury potatoes fall apart into fluffy mash and crisp roast edges, while waxy ones hold their shape in salads and gratins; where it matters, the ingredient list says which kind to buy.

Potatoes is in 484 recipes from 67 cuisines, among them 345 dinners, 54 appetisers and small plates, 42 lunches and 19 breakfasts. The cuisines that use it most here are American (84), British (69), French (35) and Indian (34). Of these, 40 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Aïoli (20 min), Hot and Sour Potato Strips (20 min) and Potato Cakes (20 min). For 118, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 322 easy, 151 medium and 11 hard.

As written, 174 are vegetarian, 64 vegan, 191 gluten-free and 179 dairy-free. Another 31 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.

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Potatoes recipes — all 484 recipes

German Pork Schnitzel
GermanFeatured
Prep
20m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Dinner

German Pork Schnitzel

Pork loin beaten thin, breadcrumbed and fried in a shallow pool of butter and oil so the coating puffs away from the…

30 min · Easy
Hearty Beef Stew
American
Prep
25m
Cook
210m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Hearty Beef Stew

Chuck browned properly, then braised low with red wine, stock and root vegetables until the meat gives way under a…

4 hr · Easy
Beer-Battered Fish and Chips
BritishFeatured
Prep
25m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Beer-Battered Fish and Chips

Beer batter that shatters, chips with a fluffy interior, and a proper mushy pea and tartare sauce alongside. The…

2 hr · Medium
Punjabi Samosas
Indian
Prep
40m
Cook
25m
Serves
8
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Appetizers

Punjabi Samosas

Properly made samosas have a blistered, flaky shell that stays crisp for hours — the result of a stiff dough…

95 min+ · Medium
Shepherd's Pie
British
Prep
25m
Cook
90m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Shepherd's Pie

Lamb mince in a rich gravy under a piped mash with crisp golden ridges. Made with beef it is a cottage pie; the…

2–2.5 hr · Easy
Crispy Hash Browns
American
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Crispy Hash Browns

Grated potato squeezed bone dry, pressed into a pan of butter and left completely alone until a solid golden crust…

30 min · Easy
Cheese Fondue
SwissFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Cheese Fondue

Gruyère and Vacherin melted into white wine with a little cornflour and kirsch, kept just below a simmer and eaten…

35 min · Easy
Aloo Paratha
IndianFeatured
Prep
30m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Breakfast

Aloo Paratha

Wholewheat flatbread stuffed with spiced mashed potato and griddled in ghee until blistered. The Punjabi breakfast…

80 min · Medium
Pav Bhaji
Indian
Prep
20m
Cook
35m
Serves
4
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Side dish

Pav Bhaji

Mumbai's great street dish: a mash of vegetables cooked down on a giant griddle with a distinctive spice blend…

55 min · Easy
Tortilla Española
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
35m
Serves
6
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Lunch

Tortilla Española

Potatoes and onion confited slowly in olive oil, then bound in egg and cooked until the centre is barely set and…

65 min · Medium
Gratin Dauphinois
French
Prep
20m
Cook
75m
Serves
6
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Side dish

Gratin Dauphinois

Waxy potatoes simmered in garlicky cream and baked until the top is bronzed and the layers have fused into something…

110 min · Easy
Cottage Pie
British
Prep
25m
Cook
95m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Cottage Pie

Minced beef in a rich gravy under a mash topping forked into ridges and browned. Cottage pie is beef; shepherd's pie…

2 hr · Easy
Breakfast Hash
InternationalFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Breakfast Hash

Potatoes fried until properly crusted, then peppers, onions and whatever else is in the fridge, with eggs cracked in…

45 min · Easy
Steak Frites
French
Prep
20m
Cook
25m
Serves
2
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Dinner

Steak Frites

The bistro standard done properly: a hard-seared steak rested under herb butter, with twice-fried chips that stay…

2 hr · Medium
Irish Stew
IrishEditor’s Pick
Prep
20m
Cook
120m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Irish Stew

Lamb neck, potatoes and onions simmered slowly in stock with nothing else in the pot. The potatoes on top stay…

2.5 hr · Easy
Belgian Frites
Belgian
Prep
20m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Belgian Frites

Fried twice in beef dripping — once low to cook, once hot to crisp — and served in a paper cone with mayonnaise.

105 min · Medium
Greek Lemon Potatoes
Greek
Prep
15m
Cook
70m
Serves
6
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Side dish

Greek Lemon Potatoes

Potatoes roasted in a pool of lemon juice, olive oil and stock until the liquid has gone and what is left is a…

85 min · Easy
Hungarian Goulash
Hungarian
Prep
20m
Cook
160m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Hungarian Goulash

A true gulyás is a soup, not a stew: beef, onions and a great deal of sweet Hungarian paprika simmered with potatoes…

3.5 hr · Easy
Chicken Kiev
Ukrainian
Prep
30m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Chicken Kiev

A chicken breast wrapped around a core of garlic and herb butter, breadcrumbed and fried so the butter is still…

4.5 hr · Medium
Gnocchi alla Sorrentina
Italian
Prep
40m
Cook
80m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Gnocchi alla Sorrentina

Potato gnocchi baked under tomato sauce and mozzarella until the top blisters and the cheese pulls. From the…

2 hr · Medium
Loaded Breakfast Burrito
American
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Loaded Breakfast Burrito

Soft scrambled eggs, crisp potatoes, sausage and cheese rolled tight in a griddled tortilla. Built properly it holds…

30 min · Easy
Patatas Bravas
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
45m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Patatas Bravas

Twice-cooked potatoes with a shattering exterior and a fluffy interior, under a smoky brava sauce that carries…

60–65 min · Easy
Classic Potato Salad
American
Prep
20m
Cook
20m
Serves
8
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Lunch

Classic Potato Salad

Waxy potatoes dressed while still warm so they drink in the vinegar, then finished cold with mayonnaise, celery, egg…

3 hr+ · Easy
Moussaka
GreekEditor’s Pick
Prep
40m
Cook
70m
Serves
8
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Dinner

Moussaka

Layers of roasted aubergine, spiced lamb ragù and a thick béchamel enriched with egg yolks and kefalotyri, baked…

3 hr · Hard
Potato and Cheese Pierogi
Polish
Prep
45m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Potato and Cheese Pierogi

Tender dumplings filled with potato and farmer's cheese, boiled and then fried in butter with onions. A weekend…

95 min+ · Medium
Jamaican Curry Goat
Jamaican
Prep
25m
Cook
150m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Jamaican Curry Goat

Goat browned and stewed for hours with Jamaican curry powder, thyme and scotch bonnet until it falls off the bone…

7 hr · Easy
Tahdig
PersianFeatured
Prep
20m
Cook
60m
Serves
6
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Side dish

Tahdig

The golden crust at the bottom of the rice pot, made deliberately: parboiled basmati steamed over a layer of yoghurt…

3.5 hr · Medium
Vada Pav
Indian
Prep
25m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Lunch

Vada Pav

A spiced potato fritter in a soft bun with three chutneys and fried green chillies. Mumbai's street sandwich, sold…

45 min+ · Easy
Masala Dosa
Indian
Prep
30m
Cook
30m
Serves
6
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Breakfast

Masala Dosa

A paper-thin, tangy fermented crêpe wrapped around spiced potato, with coconut chutney and sambar alongside. South…

15–21 hr · Hard
Duck Confit
French
Prep
30m
Cook
150m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Duck Confit

Duck legs cured in salt overnight, then cooked submerged in their own fat until the meat gives at a touch. A…

21–27 hr · Medium
Massaman Beef Curry
Thai
Prep
20m
Cook
90m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Massaman Beef Curry

The mildest and most aromatic Thai curry, carrying Persian and Indian influence in its cinnamon, cardamom and…

110 min · Medium
Tartiflette
French
Prep
20m
Cook
45m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Tartiflette

A Savoyard mountain bake of potatoes, lardons and onions buried under a whole halved Reblochon, which melts down…

65 min · Easy
New England Clam Chowder
American
Prep
20m
Cook
35m
Serves
6
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Lunch

New England Clam Chowder

A proper white chowder — thickened with potato starch and a light roux rather than a bucket of cream — with sweet…

55 min · Medium
Malai Kofta
Indian
Prep
35m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Malai Kofta

Paneer and potato dumplings, deep fried until golden, resting in a rich cashew and tomato gravy. The centrepiece of…

85 min · Medium
Colombian Empanadas
Colombian
Prep
45m
Cook
20m
Serves
12
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Appetizers

Colombian Empanadas

Corn dough shells filled with potato and shredded beef, deep fried until the outside is crackly and deep yellow…

65 min+ · Medium
Potato Gnocchi with Sage Butter
Italian
Prep
45m
Cook
65m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Potato Gnocchi with Sage Butter

Pillowy potato gnocchi that float rather than sink, dressed in nothing more than nut-brown butter and crisped sage…

2 hr · Medium
Ukrainian Borscht
Ukrainian
Prep
25m
Cook
60m
Serves
6
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Healthy

Ukrainian Borscht

A deep crimson beetroot soup with a sour edge from vinegar and a sweetness from slow-cooked roots, finished with a…

105 min · Medium
Bangers and Mash with Onion Gravy
British
Prep
15m
Cook
40m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Bangers and Mash with Onion Gravy

Good sausages, buttery mash and a proper onion gravy built from slow-caramelised onions and stock rather than a…

55–65 min · Easy
Cornish Pasty
British
Prep
35m
Cook
50m
Serves
6
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Lunch

Cornish Pasty

Beef skirt, potato, swede and onion, all raw, sealed in shortcrust and baked for nearly an hour so everything cooks…

3.5 hr · Medium
Aloo Gobi
Indian
Prep
15m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Side dish

Aloo Gobi

A dry curry of potato and cauliflower, roasted rather than stewed so the edges caramelise and the florets stay…

45 min · Easy
Ribollita
Italian
Prep
25m
Cook
60m
Serves
6
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Lunch

Ribollita

Tuscan bread soup: cannellini beans, cavolo nero and soffritto cooked down, thickened with stale bread and then…

10.5 hr · Easy
Rösti
Swiss
Prep
20m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Rösti

Grated potato pressed into a pan and fried slowly in butter until a deep golden crust forms on both sides and the…

7 hr · Easy
Minestrone Soup
Italian
Prep
20m
Cook
40m
Serves
6
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Healthy

Minestrone Soup

A big, generous vegetable soup built on a slow soffritto and thickened by the beans themselves rather than cream…

60 min · Easy
Olivier Salad
Russian
Prep
30m
Cook
20m
Serves
8
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Side dish

Olivier Salad

Diced potato, carrot, egg, pickle and ham bound in mayonnaise. Known as Russian salad almost everywhere else, and…

4 hr+ · Easy
Soupe au Pistou
French
Prep
25m
Cook
45m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Soupe au Pistou

A Provençal summer vegetable soup finished at the table with pistou — basil, garlic and olive oil pounded to a…

70 min · Easy
Salade Niçoise
French
Prep
25m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Salade Niçoise

A composed salad, not a tossed one: each element dressed and arranged separately so every forkful is deliberate…

40 min+ · Easy
Warm German Potato Salad
German
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
6
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Lunch

Warm German Potato Salad

Warm potatoes dressed in a bacon, vinegar and stock dressing rather than mayonnaise — sharper, lighter, and much…

55 min · Easy
Haggis, Neeps and Tatties
Scottish
Prep
15m
Cook
60m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Haggis, Neeps and Tatties

Haggis baked in its skin, served with mashed swede and mashed potato and a whisky cream sauce poured over the lot.

75 min · Easy

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