Garlic Butter Red Potatoes is an easy veggie dish with only a few ingredients. Buttery tender potatoes with spices and parsley taste great!
Today I want to share a yummy recipe for garlic butter red potatoes. This “recipe” is how I typically have cooked red potatoes for many years because they always turn out so good!
The cooking method is so simple, and these delicious, buttery and tender potatoes are filling and are such a perfect side dish for so many meals! Here’s how to make garlic butter red potatoes.
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I love red potatoes and have grown them in our little backyard raised bed garden for many years. Some of them are pictured below, which show the different sizes they can grow in the same planting bed. You never know what you will harvest with potatoes, so it’s like a treasure hunt to dig them up!
This year I didn’t get any planted, so my husband and I have been purchasing them at our local grocery store when we want to eat them. Today I will share this recipe for red potatoes that is so simple to prepare, and the results are delicious, whether you use home-grown or store-bought potatoes!
Prepare The Red Potatoes
The red potatoes shown below are the ones I used so you can see the varying sizes. For this recipe I used about 1¼ pounds of red potatoes, which was about 15 small red potatoes. This recipe is best (and the quickest cooking time) if you use red potatoes that are on the SMALL side.
NOTE: Ignore the purple potatoes in the photo below- they’re awfully cute, but I boiled them at the same time as the red ones and used them for another dish.
Give the red potatoes a good rinse, then place them whole (do not peel) in a large saucepan and cover them with water. Add a couple pinches of salt, then bring the water to a boil on High heat.
Boil Potatoes Until Tender
Cook the potatoes in boiling water until they’re tender. It usually takes about 15 minutes for small potatoes to become tender, but your time may vary slightly due to size of the potatoes you are using.
Test the potatoes for tenderness by inserting a butter knife into one of the potatoes (choose a bigger one). The knife should easily slide into the potato and that’s when you’ll know they are done.
Time To Add Butter And Spices
When done, remove the potatoes from the water. Drain the potatoes and then slice them in half lengthwise and set them aside briefly.
Melt 2 Tablespoons of butter in a large skillet on LOW heat. Once melted, carefully add the halved, hot potatoes to the skillet. They are already tender, so all they need is some seasoning and a quick re-heat before they’re ready to be served.
Season the potatoes with salt, black pepper and garlic powder, to taste. Typically, I add about ¼ teaspoon of each of these spices.
Stir the spices into the potatoes, then take a little bite. Add more salt, pepper OR garlic powder as needed to suit your own taste.
Heat the potatoes only until they have been reheated through, then transfer them out of the skillet and into a serving bowl. Pour any leftover melted butter from the skillet over the potatoes.
Garnish And Serve The Garlic Butter Red Potatoes
The final step is to sprinkle fresh parsley leaves on top of the garlic butter red potatoes. The bright green of fresh parsley sure adds a pop of color, doesn’t it? Fresh parsley also adds even more flavor to these soft, buttery potatoes!
Serve the garlic butter red potatoes while hot and enjoy this delicious veggie side along with a favorite meat dish. The potatoes are quite tasty and look lovely on any table.
We enjoyed the potatoes served with Air Fryer Veggies for Two (recipe soon) and delicious Instant Pot Boneless Pork Chops (this recipe is also coming soon). There are usually enough small potatoes for 4 small side portions.
What a yummy meal, and even though the potatoes are really easy to prepare, they taste wonderful and I’m confident you’ll like them, too.
I hope you have the opportunity to make Garlic Butter Red Potatoes for those you love and trust you will enjoy them as much as we do.
Thank you for stopping by, and I invite you to come back soon for more family-friendly recipes. Take care, may God bless you, and have a wonderful day.
Looking For More POTATO Recipes?
You can find ALL of my recipes in the Recipe Index, which is located at the top of the page. I have some wonderful dishes featuring potatoes you might enjoy, including:
- Country Skillet Potatoes
- Air Fryer Crispy Mini Potatoes
- Au Gratin Potatoes
- Candied Sweet Potatoes
- Roasted Hasselback Potatoes
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Garlic Butter Red Potatoes is an easy veggie dish with only a few ingredients. Buttery tender potatoes with spices and parsley taste great!
- 1¼ pounds small red potatoes
- 2 pinches salt (added to boiling water to cook potatoes) *Used only for boiling water
- 2 Tablespoons butter melted
- ¼ teaspoon salt + more to taste, if needed
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper + more to taste, if needed
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1½ Tablespoons fresh parsley leaves chopped, if very large
Cook potatoes in boiling water until tender (approx. 15 minutes for small potatoes to become tender)- your time may vary due to size of potatoes you're using. Test potatoes for doneness by inserting a butter knife into a potato (choose a bigger one). The knife should easily slide into the potato once fully cooked. Drain potatoes; slice them in half lengthwise; set aside.
Melt butter in a large skillet on LOW heat. Carefully add the halved, hot potatoes.
Season potatoes with salt, black pepper and garlic powder, to taste. Stir potatoes until coated. Taste; add more salt, pepper or garlic powder as needed to suit your taste.
Heat potatoes only until reheated through. Transfer hot potatoes into a serving bowl. Pour any leftover butter from the skillet over the potatoes.
Sprinkle fresh parsley leaves on top of the potatoes. Serve immediately. Enjoy!
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