Roasted Fingerling Potatoes

Roasted fingerling potatoes in a rich vegan butter sauce with sun-dried tomatoes, onions, and fresh oregano. This is how potatoes are done!! Make this a side dish or eat it by itself.  They are simply irresistible.

Whenever I see new potatoes in my supermarket, I jump with joy!

So, when I saw these Russian fingerling potatoes in my local grocery store, I quickly put them in my basket!

Come with me to make these flavorful fingerling potatoes!

Tips for this fingerling potatoes recipe

• To get the maximum flavor of each potato, cut the fingerling potatoes lengthwise!  Don’t cut them into rounds or cubes because you won’t be able to taste the potatoes.
• Lightly oil the potatoes using extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil.
• Spread them out on a sheet pan or baking sheet.
• Roasting them slowly in a 400°F (204°C) preheated oven will give you crispy potatoes. 

Ingredients

Here is a quick look at the ingredients. It’s to understand why these specific ingredients were chosen. To get the full recipe, go to the bottom of this post.

• Russian fingerling potatoes – These potatoes are easy to find in your local grocery store (24oz). I love their golden brown color, but these fingerling potatoes are not just here to look pretty. They have Vitamin C, B6, and potassium. Source: Potatoes USA and Tufts University.
• Butter – Grass-fed butter is a powerhouse of nutrition. From Vitamin K to good fats and so much, butter can be a good ingredient for cooking. Check out my post on Butter: The Misunderstood Ingredient for more info.
• Sun-dried tomatoes – They are packed with Vitamin C and antioxidants. Put sun-dried tomatoes into many different recipes.
• Fresh herbs – Herbs like oregano have benefits for the respiratory system. Use can use fresh Rosemary in the buttery sauce – Source: Dr. Axe.

Instructions

Roasting the fingerling potatoes

1. Preheat oven to 400°F
2. Cut the potatoes lengthwise (about 4 slices per fingerling potato) and place them in a large bowl
3. Add the oil to the potatoes and mix well. Transfer to a baking tray and spread them evenly (single layer only). Place potatoes cut side down.
4. Place the tray in the oven and roast them for 40 minutes or until they are fork-tender. When you see crispy skin, it’s ready.
5. Remove them from the oven and set aside

Making the sauce

1. Heat a heavy bottom pan on medium-high heat. After 30 seconds, add the butter to the pan.
2. Add the garlic cloves, onions, and sun-dried tomatoes to the pan.
3. Add the kosher salt and fresh oregano. Mix well

Bringing the recipe together

Gently transfer the potatoes to the pan that has the sauce. Mix everything well together.

Turn off the heat and serve. It’s the perfect side dish to any meal.

🥔 Substitution tip: Don’t like fingerling potatoes? Use smaller potatoes like baby potatoes, or red potatoes. Waxy potatoes like Yukon gold potatoes, regular potatoes, or russet potatoes are not a good fit for this recipe.

Sun-dried tomatoes in a buttery sauce

The key to flavoring these fingerling potatoes is the sun-dried tomatoes.  Instead of getting dry sun-dried tomatoes, I went with sun-dried tomatoes marinated in oil and Italian herbs.  I used (affiliate link) California Sun Dry Sun-dried tomatoes (julienne cut).

I had initially bought these fingerling potatoes for my skillet sweet potatoes recipe, but, realized that they would taste better in a recipe without any sauce.  and wanted to see what to make with them.

Since they were so easy to work with, I just had to make another easy recipe around them.

This buttery is so good it can also be used as a dipping sauce for bread.

Why roast the potatoes?

So, my main dilemma in this recipe was, “What’s the best fingerling potato recipe?”  I tried baking the fingerling potatoes before adding them in this recipe and it wasn’t good. It turned out a little mushy which is never good.

I also shallow-fried them but that was just a giant oily mess!

How do I get crisp roasted fingerling potatoes? The best way to cook fingerling potatoes was to oven-roast them. The rich garlic butter sauce has no problem flavoring these crispy fingerling potatoes.   The oven is now my favorite way to cook fingerlings.

It’s the perfect side dish to something like roasted whole cauliflower or vegan ravioli.

If you have any leftover fingerling potatoes, do not freeze. Instead, put them into (Affiliate Link) an airtight container and refrigerate. Use within a week.

Try these other potato recipes

If you like potatoes, you will love these delicious recipes too:

• Vegan Potato Souffle – Fluffy smashed potatoes put into a casserole-type dish!
• Vegan Smashed Potatoes – Who doesn’t love a buttery smashed potato!
• Creole Potatoes and Peas – Creole seasoning turns boring potatoes into WOW!
• Lebanese potato salad – This simple side dish has exotic flavors and it’s easy to make.

I brought together a collection of my best potato recipes. Want to understand sun-dried tomatoes better? I have an ode to them in this guide to sun-dried tomatoes post.

Potatoes are great as appetizers too. You can use fingerling potatoes or russet potatoes to make these loaded dill pickle vegan potato skins. They will go over so well with your guests and family.

Fan of sweet potatoes? Have you checked out my 5 tips on how to bake the perfect sweet potato post? It’s my fool-proof way of baking the most delicious sweet potatoes ever.

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