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These crispy roasted purple potatoes are parboiled and then roasted with shallots. The result is crispy skin and soft, pillowy insides.

I love roaming around the produce section of my local grocery store and looking for strange fruits and vegetables. Last weekend, I saw these purple potatoes and snatched them right up. Actually, they were labeled as “blue” potatoes, but they looked more purple to me!

Made these last night and they turned out so good! The flavor was amazing and the taters were crispy and fluffy. I will never use a cold pan again and bonus was using my fresh chives.

Jennifer, blog comment

I knew I wanted to roast the purple potatoes, so I looked into different techniques for roasting baby potatoes. I wanted super crispy skin, no soggy, sad potatoes welcome!

“I tried it! It came out tasty. Easy recipe and great results!”

Pereira, Pinterest comment

I really love vibrantly colored purple food! If you do too, check out this deep purple Ube Cheesecake recipe, this Purple Cauliflower Puree, or make my Blackberry Creamsicle Smoothie!

Crispy Roasted Purple Potatoes with Shallots and Green Onions

The Secret to Crispy Roasted Potatoes

These roasted purple potatoes come together fairly easily, but there are a few steps.

You want to boil them just a bit first, to start the cooking process. While you’re boiling them, you’ll go ahead and heat your roasting pan in the oven WITH the oil already in the pan. This way, when you add the potatoes and shallots to the roasting pan, they will start roasting immediately!

(PS- You can use this “hot pan” technique for other veggies, too!)

If you were to add the potatoes into the oil before it was heated, you will risk them soaking up the oil and getting soggy. Adding them to pre-heated oil mimics “frying” into this technique that gives you your super crispy potato skins. 

Crispy Roasted Purple Potatoes with Fried Shallots

And let’s stop a bit to talk about the shallots. You’ll slice the shallots long and thin, and then place them in the heated oil along with the potatoes.

They end up SUPER crispy, almost like french fried onions. I’m in love!

Crispy Roasted Purple Potatoes with Fried Shallots

Where to Find Purple Potatoes

Purple potatoes are sometimes labeled as “blue” potatoes. I typically find them in small, 2 pound mesh bags in the organic section. Sometimes, you’ll find a mixed color bag, which will work fine, too!

Specialty grocery stores are more likely to carry them than your big box grocery stores!

Worst case scenario, just buy your favorite red or yellow baby potatoes.

Crispy Roasted Potatoes with Shallots

Crispy Roasted Purple Potatoes with Fried Shallots and Green Onions

Crispy Roasted Purple Potatoes with Shallots and Chives

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Author: Michelle Goth
These crispy roasted purple potatoes are crisp roasted to perfection with shallots!
4.78 from 9 ratings
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Ingredients
 

  • 6 tablespoons olive oil or avocado oil
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • 2 pounds baby potatoes, halved (I used half purple/blue variety and half blonde)
  • 1 large shallot, sliced into long and thin pieces
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2 teaspoons salt, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 3 green onions, diced, green parts only

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400F. Place oil in roasting pan, then place in oven to heat it up.
  • While the oven preheats, place large pot on stove and heat over high heat.
  • Add potatoes and then enough water to the pot to barely cover the potatoes. Add white vinegar and one teaspoon of salt, and allow to come to a boil.
  • Watch the potatoes carefully. When the water starts to boil (about 10 minutes), turn the heat down to medium-low and allow to simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
  • Drain potatoes in a colander. Sprinkle flour, and remaining salt and pepper over the potatoes, then stir roughly to coat.
  • Remove heated pan with oil from oven carefully.
  • To the pan, carefully sprinkle shallots, then add the potatoes. The pan and oil will be hot, and they will sizzle on contact. Please be careful!
  • Return pan to oven, and roast for 15 minutes. Remove carefully, flip potatoes to other side, and return to oven for another 15 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and sprinkle with green onions. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Notes

You could certainly add 1-2 more sliced shallots to the mix. I honestly cant get enough of them in this recipe, they're so crispy and delicious!
Serving: 1, Calories: 165kcal, Carbohydrates: 21g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 8g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g, Sodium: 39mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 1g
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If you love these roasted purple potatoes, I think you’d also love my Caramelized Onion and Bacon Mashed Potatoes, or these Roasted Rainbow Carrots! 
Crispy Roasted Purple Potatoes with Fried Shallots