Today I am sharing How to Make Homemade Potato Wedges. Homemade potato wedges are seriously easy to bake in your oven and are a delicious way to enjoy potatoes.
Oven Baked Potato Wedges make a great side dish to most meals, they can be served with chicken, beef, fish and sandwiches.
Hello Friends! Oh my, the weather has been warm and we have been enjoying the long days. As we head towards fall, I have many recipes that take me from summer to fall.
Why This Recipe?
Today’s homemade potato wedges recipe is an easy one when you are looking for a tasty side dish to put together quickly.
I like to make these wedges often because they go with so many dinner recipes. Once you do the initial preparation, they just about bake themselves and they sre SO GOOD.
The homemade potato wedges are crispy and buttery and besides being simple to make, they are actually a very economical side dish.
What are tips for this recipe
List of main ingredients:
Potatoes – Russet potatoes work best for this recipe.
Butter – Real butter is always my choice, but you can use margarine if youlike.
Cheese – I’m made these with Parmesan for a light cheese flavor.
Variations on this recipe.
You can add bacon pits to the wedges.
How to Make Homemade Potato Wedges
There are just a few steps to make potato wedges.
- Make the marinade.
- Cut the potatoes into wedges (Each potato is cut three times, in half, in quarters and then eighths.
- .Arrainge the potatoes in a single layer in a baking pan.
- Pour the marinade over the potatoes.
Then, put the potatoes in the oven.
Today’s recipe is a wonderful potato side dish. It is great for barbecues too!
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Homemade Potato Wedges
📖 Recipe

Homemade Potato Wedges
Ingredients
- 4 russet potatoes
- ½ cup olive oil
- 2 cloves crushed garlic
- 1 teaspoons salt
- 1 ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon [epper
- ⅔ cup Parmesan cheese shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400° F.
- In a small bowl, mix together all ingredients except potatoes, set aside.
- Wash potatoes and cut each in half three times lengthwise to make 8 wedges per potato.
- Place potatoes on a cookie sheet at least ¾" apart.
- Pour olive oil mixture over potatoes.
- Bake for 40 minutes, turning potatoes once after first 20 minutes.
Notes
- Use a cookie sheet with a lip so that oil does not run off.
- You can use shredded Parmesan cheese for this recipe.
- Prepare and cook these in the morning and reheat them on the grill if you don'e want to turn the oven on later in the day.
Nutrition
- You can use shredded Parmesan cheese for this recipe.
- Prepare and cook these in the morning and reheat them on the grill if you don'e want to turn the oven on later in the day.
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Tamara Bowman
And we have SO MANY potatoes from the garden. These look amazing.