Garlic Butter Parmesan Roasted Potatoes

Prep: 10 min • Cook: 25 min • Total: 35 minYield: 4 servings

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Roasted Garlic Potatoes Recipe – Looking for the perfect side for your meal? These epic roasted garlic potatoes with parmesan are crispy and golden on the outside and fluffy on the inside. Baby roasted potatoes are seasoned with garlic, herbs, butter, bacon, and parmesan, then baked on one sheet pan until crisp perfection. So easy to make – Try this potato recipe in a meal today!

by Christina Cherrier

Updated Dec 2, 2025

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Ingredients list for the Roasted Potatoes
Oven-Roasted Potatoes Recipe
How to roast potatoes
What temperature to roast potatoes
How long to roast potatoes
Directions
Roasted potatoes tips
What to serve with roasted potatoes
What to do with leftover potatoes
More potato recipes

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Ingredients list for the Roasted Potatoes

3 pounds (1.5 kg) baby red potatoes, washed and quartered
1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil
6 large cloves of garlic, finely chopped or minced
Salt and fresh cracked black pepper
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
3/4 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup unsalted butter
Fresh chopped parsley, for garnish
1/2 cup crispy bacon bits (optional)

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Oven-Roasted Potatoes Recipe

A fool-proof recipe! Crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside, roasted potatoes are a simple, easy side dish that goes with pretty much any meal! From roast chicken to a great steak! Feel free to get creative with seasonings: Add your favorite seasonings based on what’s in your spice cupboard or what herbs are growing in your garden!

Feel free to adapt the amount of garlic used in this recipe.
If you don’t like parsley, you can use fresh chopped rosemary or thyme. Dried herbs would work just as well but go easy because they can overpower the flavor of the potatoes.
Roasting potatoes in a hot, preheated oven set at a high heat gives you the best, crispy results with melt-in-your-mouth fluffy interiors.

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How to roast potatoes

Making oven-roasted potatoes tossed with Parmesan is so incredibly simple that it’s our go-to side dish!

The first step to making great oven-roasted potatoes is choosing the right potato variety. Use baby red potatoes or mix with small Yukon golds. German butterballs or fingerling potatoes would also be a good choice.
Next, preheat the oven to a very hot temperature – 400º F (200°C).
Wash potatoes and chop your potatoes into similar-sized pieces – we like them quartered or halved if the baby potatoes are already small. This step is crucial to ensure even cooking.
Parboil potatoes in boiling water for 5 to 8 minutes to precook them. They’ll be more tender on the inside when roasting.
To guarantee an even distribution of flavor, mix the seasoning together with butter and freshly grated Parmesan before tossing in your potatoes. Toss the potatoes in the Parmesan mixture evenly.
Transfer the potatoes to a sheet pan and spread them out into 1 layer. Roast in the oven for 40 minutes to 1 hour or until browned and crisp. Flip once or twice with a spatula during cooking in order to ensure even browning.

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What temperature to roast potatoes

As we said earlier, roast potatoes at least 400°F (200°C) for the best, golden results. Depending on how busy you are in the kitchen, you can cook potatoes at a lower temperature if necessary – but you may need a longer roasting time. This leads us to…

How long to roast potatoes

For crispy roast potatoes on the outside, roast them at a higher temperature for the best, golden results: normally at 400°F (200°C) for 40 minutes to 1 hour, while turning them a couple of times to ensure they crisp up all over. Garlic and parmesan will stick to the potato flesh and give that crisp golden crust. If you need more time, roast at 350ºF (180ºC) for 1 hour to 1:20 hours.

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Directions

1. To prepare your roasted garlic potatoes: Preheat your oven to 400ºF (200°C). Grease a large baking sheet with non-stick spray or olive oil and set aside.

2. Parboil baby red potatoes in boiling water for 5 to 8 minutes to precook them. The potatoes will be more tender on the inside when roasting.

3. In a large bowl, combine 1/4 cup of olive oil, garlic, salt, herbs, pepper, and parmesan cheese together, mixing to combine. Add a little more olive oil if the Parmesan cheese has absorbed most of it.

4. Toss parboiled potatoes through the garlic parmesan mixture to evenly coat.

5. Arrange the coated potatoes cut side down in a single layer onto the prepared baking sheet. Place the baking sheet on the bottom rack of the oven. Bake your garlic butter parmesan potatoes for 25 minutes, turning after 15 minutes with tongs or a spatula, until potatoes are browned and crisped at the edges.

6. In the meantime, gently melt butter in the microwave and combine with fresh chopped parsley. Remove the roasted potatoes from the oven, and drizzle with the butter parsley sauce. Add bacon bits, toss to coat well, and serve your roasted potatoes with garlic butter parmesan immediately. Enjoy!

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Roasted potatoes tips

For extra golden potatoes, you can broil the potatoes for 2-4 minutes after roasting.
Parboiling potatoes is optional, if you want to skip this step, just roast potatoes for 35 – 40 minutes.
Allow the potatoes to cool down for a couple of minutes on the baking sheet before removing them. This will ensure parmesan sticks to the potatoes, not on the baking sheet surface.
The best part is when you pour the melted butter with parsley over the roasted potatoes. Do not skimp on this!

What to serve with roasted potatoes

Meat, poultry, and even fish – anything goes great with these crispy, garlicky potatoes!

What to do with leftover potatoes

You can keep leftover roasted potatoes for 2 days in an airtight container in your fridge. Reheat in the oven, until heated through. You can cover the potatoes with foil to avoid drying up.

These roasted potatoes leftovers will be great in a potato salad, or as a topping in your soups and stews.