Crunchy Baked Potato Wedges

Crunchy Baked Potato Wedges – a good easy baked recipe for solid crunchy potato wedges that are a huge family hit!

At Avdaye, we add lots of tips in all of our recipes – because we are a home cook without any formal training, and we find we are more confident making dishes when we understand why it works, and what each ingredient means to the flavor of a recipe. Our goal is for even the most beginner home cook to feel empowered in the kitchen.

Crunchy Baked Potato Wedges

If you like chunky potato wedges, you can love this easy method to make them at home anytime you want with no special equipment or fancy ingredients – good crispy crunchy baked potato wedges with plenty of salt and pepper!

These crunchy baked potato wedges are solid alongside steak, chicken, fish – they are a great easy hearty side dish that everyone loves!

These potato wedges are lightly coated in olive oil and salt and pepper before being baked to crunchy perfection so they taste like potato wedges from your favorite restaurant.

If you'd like to add seasonings, like garlic salt, chicken salt (our Aussie family is obsessed with chicken salt on fries), truffle salt, herbs, or parmesan, these fries are a great base for about any specialty french fry flavor you'd like, making them incredibly versatile for any meal!

These baked potato wedges are a spin off from our wildly popular Crunchy Baked Fries and Crispy Baked Shoestring Sweet Potato Fries recipes – please visit them to see the posts that inspired this good dish!

How To Get Crunchy Potato Wedges in the Oven

The best part of restaurant style potato wedges is the good crispy crunch – which can be hard to get in the oven without the right technique.

Following these tips and tricks will help you get puffy and light potato wedges with a good crispy crunch!

• For absolute best results, soak potatoes in cold water for 30 minutes – 1 hour.
  • pat fries dry well after soaking – excess water will release onto the baking sheet and might create steam which will slow the crisping.
  • Soaking potatoes in water helps remove some of the starch so the potatoes cook faster and crisp up better in thee oven.
• Space potatoes out on baking sheet so they dont touch and have plenty of room to crisp up.
• Drizzle oil over potatoes and toss to coat evenly.
• Flip wedges occasionally as they cook.
• Keep heat high – check in on potatoes periodically to be sure they aren't burning, but you want them to be at high heat to crisp.
• If your potatoes are cooked, but still not crunchy as you'd like them, pop them under the broiler for a minute or two and they will be magnificent!

To Make These Crunchy Potato Wedges You'll Need:

These easy baked crunchy potato wedges are one of our favorite easy side dishes because you don't need a ton of extra equipment or fancy ingredients.

For best results, we suggest the following:

• Potatoes
• Sharp knife
• Celtic Sea Salt
• Good quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Parchment paper or Silpat
• Baking Sheet
• Fresh Cracked Pepper

Other Potato Sides You'll Love:

If you love these crunchy baked potato wedges, you'll also love these easy and good potato dishes!

Please click each link to find some of our favorite easy potato based sides: Slow Cooker Mashed PotatoesCheesy Ham and Mashed Potato CasseroleCheesy Sausage Potatoes and CabbageCrispy Herbed Potatoesand The Best Irish Potato Pancakes Ever.

Serve it with

These crispy, crunchy potato wedges are good alongside most of your favorite easy recipes – but we are adding our favorites to pair with these solid potatoes:

Also try Easy Baked Ranch Pork Tenderloin and Gravy RecipeEasy Baked Pork Chops RecipeThe Best Easy Lemon Chicken Recipesolid Grilled SouvlakiThe Best Oven Broiled Ribeye Steaks with Mushrooms Recipe Easy Baked Everything Salmon Recipeand Easy Braised Leg of Lamb Recipe.

Crunchy Baked Potato Wedges Recipe

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Ingredients

• 4 large boiler potatoes
• 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tsp Sea salt, to taste
• 1 tsp Pepper

Method

1. Using a sharp knife, cut potatoes into small wedges.
2. Place potato wedges in cold water bath.
3. Let potato wedges sit one hour. This helps to remove excess starch and will help the wedges crisp up more in the oven.
4. After an hour, drain the water, and pat wedges dry with a paper towel.
5. Toss with a couple tablespoons of olive oil, salt and pepper.
6. Spread out onto a baking sheet which has been generously sprayed with cooking spray or, preferably, lined with a silpat or parchment paper.
7. Bake at 400 for about 20 minutes- until wedges start to get soft. You might want to stir the wedges at this point to prevent excessive sticking and to flip the wedges to the other side.
8. Turn the oven to 450 and continue baking until crisp (about 15 minutes). If you get in a hurry, turn on the broiler to crisp up the wedges- but watch them closely, and stir them a few times to be sure all sides get some good crunch!