Nifs Cheesy Garlicky Smashed Potatoes Bbq Or Oven Recipes

CHEESY SMASHED POTATOES WITH GARLIC AND HERB

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Place the potatoes and rosemary sprigs on a sheet pan. Drizzle with the olive oil and sprinkle some salt. Toss the potatoes to coat with the oil,
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until tender.
• In a small pan over low heat, melt the butter. Add the minced garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper to taste. Stir to combine. Let the butter get infused with the garlic and rosemary for a couple of minutes making sure the butter doesn't get brown. You could do this step in the microwave also.
• Remove the roasted potatoes from the oven and gently smash them with a potato masher.
• Pour a little bit of the melted herb butter on each smashed potato. Top with shredded cheese.
• Return the potatoes to the oven. Bake for 3-4 minutes or until the cheese melts and is a bit golden on the top. Serve hot/warm.

NIF'S CHEESY GARLICKY SMASHED POTATOES (BBQ OR OVEN)

Steps:

• Poke holes with a fork in the potatoes and microwave until cooked through.
• Meanwhile, lay out 4 large pieces of tin foil. I always use the nonstick kind but you can use nonstick spray.
• Stir garlic into melted butter.
• When the potatoes are done cooking, place 1 on a piece of foil. With the side of a mallet or with a rolling pin, smash the potato! Not too hard, or you will redecorate your kitchen but hard enough to make it about 1" thick.
• Spoon on 1/4 of the garlic butter, sprinkle with seasoning salt and sprinkle with 1/4 cup of cheese.
• Fold foil over the potato, enough to completely wrap it up.
• Repeat steps 5 and 6 with the remaining potatoes.
• Place foil wrapped potatoes over low heat on the BBQ. I find it hard to list a cooking time because grills cook at such different speeds. You might want this to end up crunchy on the bottom or just heated through. You decide! Just take a peek ever few minutes.
• If you have other items on the grill that you are waiting for, you can put the potatoes on the top grate. They also stay hot for quite some time.
• If you're cooking these in the oven, I wouldn't put them in there for any temperatures higher that 375°F Take a peek after 10 minutes and remove when you see how you like them done.

NIF'S GREAT GRILLED POTATOES

Steps:

• Half bake the potatoes in the microwave. Cut them lengthwise, making sure to cut them the way that will make them sit flat. Make criss-crossed cuts about 3/4 of the way in the flesh of the potato - don't cut through!
• Mix all other ingredients and drizzle over the potatoes, a couple of teaspoons at a time so that it soaks into the potato.
• Prepare a grill to medium heat and place potatoes on upper rack in BBQ. If you don't have an upper rack, you can turn the grill to low but watch so that the potatoes don't burn. You can also make little foil nests to place them in by wrinkling up some foil underneath each one.
• When you can see that the butter mixture has soaked in and the potatoes look fully cooked, turn them over to add grill marks - only a couple of minutes.