Crispy Baked Potato Wedges Recipe (Easy Oven Method)

Oven-baked potato Wedges are crispy on the outside and nice and soft on the inside. The side dish is tossed in olive oil and a few simple seasonings for a pop of flavor with minimal effort, then roasted at 400°F for 45–50 minutes. If you’ve ever balanced a paper plate at a Southern church potluck, you know these wedges steal the show.

How to Make Oven-Baked Potato Wedges

Recipe and printable instructions listed below.

Start by peeling and cleaning the potatoes. Once I peeled the potatoes, I cut them into wedges and added them to a large enough bowl to toss them around once I added the garlic, Parmesan cheese, and seasonings.

Next, you’re going to pour some extra virgin olive oil onto the potatoes. Don’t worry if you don’t cover them all during this step. You’ll be stirring them in a minute, so the seasoned potato wedges will all get covered. 

Grab the salt, pepper, and Parmesan cheese and sprinkle them on top. For this recipe, I bought the Parmesan cheese that comes in a plastic container on the pasta aisle. I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on the cheese, and I knew this would bake well on the potato wedges. 

The cheese always has a great flavor and will add some depth to the crispy potato wedges. You can use freshly grated Parmesan cheese, and it will taste just as great.

Add the garlic salt, dill, parsley, and basil to the bowl. Toss the potatoes until the wedges are entirely coated in the spices. The wedges are already smelling great. It’s so hard to wait for them to bake. 

At this point, the potatoes are ready to go onto the baking sheet. If possible, I try to set each potato upright on the skin side so each side will get nice and crispy. If you’re not able to set them up, just take the baking sheet out of the oven halfway through and turn the potato wedges over to bake both sides evenly.

Bake for 45-50 minutes at 400 degrees. Once they are brown around the edges and soft in the center, they are done, and soooo good. 

Seasoned baked potato wedges are hard to beat because they are so easy to make and such an inexpensive choice. They work great at parties, as a side dish at dinner, or as an evening snack (well, I’ll take them anytime).

What Goes With Potato Wedges?

There are a lot of great recipes that go well with potato wedges. In my opinion, nothing goes better with oven-baked potato wedges than Baked Buttermilk Chicken Strips, hamburgers, steak, pork chops, or salmon patties. Potato wedges are also great for breakfast with some eggs and bacon for a great, rounded-out meal.

Dip them in ranch, chipotle sauce, honey-mustard, or ketchup for a delicious side.

FAQs

Do I need to boil the potato wedges before baking? No, you don’t need to boil the potatoes first. You can place them right on the cooking sheet and bake.

Why didn’t mine get crispy? If the wedges are cut too thick, they will need more time cooking. Be sure to avoid overcrowding, as that will prevent them from getting crispy.

Crispy Baked Potato Wedges Recipe (Easy Oven Method)

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Julie Pollitt

Oven Baked Potato Wedges are the perfect recipe for a side dish or appetizer. The potato wedges recipe is easy to make, only costs a few dollars, and is ready in less than one hour.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 55 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

Course Recipes

Cuisine American

Servings 35 potato wedges

Calories 34 kcal

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Ingredients

  

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• 4-5 potatoes peeled
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dill
• 1/2 teaspoon parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon basil
• 2 Tablespoons grated parmesan cheese

Instructions

 

Preheat the oven to 400-degrees.

• Slice the potatoes into wedges.
• Add the potatoes to a large bowl and pour the extra virgin olive oil over the potatoes.
• Add the salt, pepper, garlic salt, dill, parsley, basil, and grated Parmesan cheese to the bowl and stir the potatoes until they are completely covered.
• Place the potato wedges on the cooking sheet in a single file with the skin on the bottom. If you place them on their side, flip the potatoes over at the 25-minute mark so both sides will get crispy, which is about halfway through the cooking time.
• Cook for 40-50 minutes or until golden brown and crisp on the edges, and tender on the inside.

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Nutrition

Serving: 5wedgesCalories: 34kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 1gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0.2mgSodium: 90mgPotassium: 103mgFiber: 1gSugar: 0.2gVitamin A: 3IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 6mgIron: 0.2mg

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