Now who would not love some potato wedges, except for the ones on diet. I love french fries from McDonalds and Potato Wedges from KFC. Every time I visit one of these fast food restaurants I do not miss a regular in my order.
Baking is recently been added to my culinary skills and I am a newbie in this area as I am still exploring and experimenting.
I tried baking cauliflower, potato cubes, broccoli and the outcome was different with each of these vegetables based on the spices I used. I am going to try the above dishes once again with different temperate and cooking time. But Potato wedges came out so well. I have the list of ingredients I used to season but you are free to experiment with what you have in your kitchen counter.
Ingredients:
- Potatoes long medium size - 2
- olive oil - 2 tbl spn
- Maida (all purpose flour) - 3 tbl spn
- Corn Starch - 1 tb spn (optional)
- Parmesan Cheese - 3 - 4 tb.spn
- Chili powder - 2 t.spn
- Pepper powder - 1/2 t.spn
- Garlic powder - 1 t.spn
- Onion Powder - 1 t.spn (optional)
- Dry herbs (Parsley, Rosemary, basil) - 1 tb.spn
- Salt to taste
- Fresh herbs (Parsely, Rosemary, basil) - finally chopped.
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 200°C
- Wash and clean potatoes to remove dirt, as we would cook with skin. Scrape any dirt if found. Cut the potatoes length wise like wedges and place in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the oil to the cut potatoes and mix well so that the potatoes get coated with the oil.
- In another bowl mix ingredients listed under 3 to 11 and mix well.
- Add these mixed seasoning to the oil coated potatoes and toss well, you may also use your hand to mix.
- In a baking tray lined with parchment or aluminum foil, arrange the potatoes with the skin part facing down.
- Sprinkle the fresh herbs on top and bake for 30 - 40 minutes or until it's crispy from outside and soft inside.
Note:
- You can arrange potatoes in circle or row depending on the kind of tray you have. I have arranged them closely yet got it cooked. I had to turn some potatoes facing down in between.
- I used only 2 basil leaves with couple of tiny sprigs of rosemary and parsley each.
- You may use Parmesan / Mozzarella or any other cheese you have. Even powdered cheese work
- Now the baking time, I got mine done at 35 minutes in convection. Keep checking after 25 minutes and increase the time as desired.