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Skillet Salt-Roasted Potatoes
Makes: 4 to 6 servings
Prep: 15 mins Cook: 35 mins Stand: 10 mins
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Skillet Salt-Roasted Potatoes
Ingredients
  • 2
    pounds red and/or yellow small new potatoes
  • 2
    cups kosher salt
  • 1 - 2
    tablespoons fennel or caraway seeds
  • 1
    tablespoon olive oil
Directions

1. Scrub potatoes; set aside. Pour salt into the bottom of a 12-inch heavy cast-iron skillet or Dutch oven, spreading evenly. Heat over medium heat about 5 minutes or until hot. Sprinkle evenly with fennel seeds.

2. Add potatoes to hot salt in skillet, pressing potatoes into salt slightly. Cover skillet. Cook 35 to 40 minutes or until tender when tested with a fork. Remove skillet from heat. Let stand, covered, for 5 minutes.

3. Remove potatoes from skillet with tongs and brush excess salt from potatoes (reserve salt mixture). Transfer potatoes to a serving platter. Drizzle with olive oil. Cover with foil and let stand 5 minutes. Serve with reserved salt mixture. Makes 4 to 6 servings.

Nutrition Facts (Skillet Salt-Roasted Potatoes)
  • Servings Per Recipe 4,
  • Calories 129,
  • Protein (gm) 3,
  • Carbohydrate (gm) 25,
  • Fat, total (gm) 3,
  • Monosaturated fat (gm) 2,
  • Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 3,
  • Sugar, total (gm) 2,
  • Vitamin C (mg) 13,
  • Thiamin (mg) 0,
  • Riboflavin (mg) 0,
  • Niacin (mg) 2,
  • Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0,
  • Folate (µg) 28,
  • Sodium (mg) 331,
  • Potassium (mg) 705,
  • Calcium (DV %) 30,
  • Iron (DV %) 1,
  • Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Reviews (7)
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pamela.greca wrote:

My husband and I loved this recipe. It is so simple and the fennel seeds impart a wonderful flavor into the potatoes. We will definitely try this again.

3/21/2010 04:05:41 PM Report Abuse
mhogg21 wrote:

This was a very good and tasty recipe. The fennel favor went thru the potatoes very nice. And it was easy to do. I will make it again. And there was no mess. The kosher salt was very cheap for a 3 pound box less than $1.75. 5 stars from me.

3/2/2010 09:46:35 PM Report Abuse
barbian71 wrote:

Salt roasting is really tasty, and salt is so cheap. I am definitely making this recipe

3/1/2010 03:32:02 PM Report Abuse
pgreenemail1 wrote:

This reminds me of "Poor Man's Lobster." Is the primise the same? the food is not salty when you eat it? I would like to try it but what about all that salt? What else could it be used for later?

3/1/2010 01:37:47 PM Report Abuse
wvwoman1 wrote:

This seems like an awful waste of 2 cups of kosher salt, unless you can use it more than once...can you?

3/1/2010 12:22:05 PM Report Abuse
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