After making hasselback potatoes a few months ago for the first time, I wished I had them in my life sooner.
Now hasselbacks are definitely my go-to potato over your typical baked potato. All of those thin slices get irresistibly crispy on the outside, while the insides are soft and creamy.
The combination of olive oil, butter and thyme provide amazing flavor. Rosemary is my other go-to herb for these potatoes. I like to finish them off with an extra drizzle of olive oil or butter for moisture and a good sprinkling of chunky salt. Potatoes love salt, so it’s hard to overdo it here.
This simple potato recipe goes well a multitude of dishes and is great for any season. If you don’t already have hasselbacks in your recipe arsenal, this is the time!
Hasselback Potatoes with Thyme
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
Description
Hasselback potatoes are definitely my go-to potato over your typical baked potato. All of those thin slices get irresistibly crispy on the outside, while the insides are soft and creamy.
Ingredients
- 2 medium Russet or Yukon Gold Potatoes, scrubbed & dried
- Extra virgin olive oil, as needed
- Kosher salt
- 2 tbsp butter, sliced very thin, plus more for drizzling (omit if vegan)
- 1–2 sprigs thyme
- Chunky sea salt (such as fleur de sel), for garnish
Instructions
- Heat oven: Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Slice & season potatoes: Lay potatoes flat and slice 1/8 to ¼-inch thick slits across the potato, about ¾ of the way through. Lightly coat in olive oil. Season with salt on the outside and between each slit. Wedge a sliver of butter between every few slices of the potato, and a small piece of thyme (stem intake) between the alternate slices. If omitting butter, make sure to coat well with oil between each slice.
- Bake & serve: Bake in the center rack of the oven for about 1 hour or until potatoes are fork tender and crispy on the outside. Discard thyme stems. Drizzle with melted butter or olive oil, and sprinkle with chunky salt. Enjoy.
- Category: Side
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: Swedish, American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 potato
- Calories: 331
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 12.3mg
- Fat: 19g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Carbohydrates: 39g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 5g
Keywords: hasselback, potatoes
Gorgeous shots Sabrina! You’ve made these potatoes look absolutely sexy
Haha thanks, Josephine 🙂
Incredible photos! Your potatoes look amazing!
Thank you so much!
That looks lovely! Hasselback potatoes are one of my favorite ways to prepare potatoes……they are delicious as a sweet potato as well. I love you post!
Thanks so much, Pat! I’ll have to try a version with sweet potatoes soon!
Such a beautiful recipe Sabrina. I always find that Hasselback potatoes make the standard potato so much more elegant. And nothing beats that nice crisply outer skin.
I completely agree :). Thank you, Lynn!
Sounds delicious and the photos are beautiful!
Thanks so much!!
Oh yum! These look perfect Sabrina!
Thanks, Allison!
I happened upon your blog, and wowza…. you got some serious food porn going on. Your photos are amazing! Love the potatoes too, aint nothin’ plain about these beauties. 🙂
Thank you so much, Anna!
Your photos are stunning!
Thanks so much, Jasmine!
Reblogged this on sophiasramblings and commented:
I need to try this!
Happy New Year Sabrina. So glad to have found another dietitian!!
Here’s to a New beginning and New adventures in the New Year!
Wishing you and yours a happy, HEALTHY and prosperous New Year!!
That’s very sweet :). Happy new year, fellow-dietitian!