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Home » Side Dishes & Sauces » Potato wedges

26 April 2015

Potato wedges

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Homemade potato wedges make a great alternative to chips. They’re easy to make and taste delicious.

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Homemade potato wedges in a baking tray.

You may have noticed that potato wedges have been cropping up quite a lot as “props” in my other food photographs… dipped in garlic mayonnaise or served with a delicious homemade beef burger.

A homemade beef burger in a seeded bun with lettuce, cheese, tomato and red onion and a pot of potato wedges in the background.
A potato wedges that just been dipped in mayonnaise. There's more wedges on a board and a jar of mayonnaise in the background.

I decided that I was being a little unfair to these poor potatoes, a bit of an “always the bridesmaid, never the bride” scenario. So I decided to fix the situation and make the potato wedges the star of this post.

There’s not a great deal to say about them. They’re extremely easy to make, simply cut up the potatoes, toss them in some olive, salt and bake.

Decent seasoning with salt is very important. Potatoes can be a little boring, the salt elevates them to something delicious.

How to cut potato wedges

I use baking potatoes to make my potato wedges as I like the size I get from them. From each baking potato I get 8 wedges. You can use smaller potatoes but you’ll get fewer wedges from each potato.

To cut a potato into wedges, slice the potato in half lengthways. Then cut each half in half again. Next angle the knife at 45 degrees and cut again.

Diagram showing three steps to cut potato wedges. 1) The the potato in half lengthways 2) Cut each piece in half again 3) Cat each piece in half again at a 45 degree angle.

Homemade potato wedges in a blue pot.

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Homemade potato wedges in a baking tray.

Potato wedges

Homemade potato wedges make a great alternative to chips. They’re easy to make and taste delicious.
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Active Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
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INGREDIENTS

  • 700 g potatoes - I use baking potatoes
  • Olive oil
  • Salt

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Heat your oven to 220ºC/200ºC fan.
  • Cut the potatoes into wedges.
  • Place the wedges onto a baking tray and toss them in olive oil (I use about 2 tsp) and season with salt.
  • Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and use a fish slice (or similar) to turn them.
  • Return them to the oven and bake for a further 15 minutes.
  • Serve.

NOTES

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NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

Calories: 132kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 3g | Sodium: 17mg | Potassium: 722mg | Fiber: 4g | Vitamin C: 20mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 5.7mg

Any nutritional information provided is the estimated nutritional information per serving. Please refer to my guide to Charlotte’s Lively Kitchen nutritional information if you would like to learn more about how this is calculated.


Course: Side Dish

Free From/Suitable For…

The ingredients I used to make this recipe are all free from the following allergens. However, please check any labels carefully for allergens you need to avoid as brands can vary and product recipes can change over time.

  • Suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans
  • Gluten-Free
  • Egg-Free
  • Dairy-Free
  • Tree Nut-Free
  • Peanut-Free
  • Sesame-Free
  • Soya-Free
  • Sulphur Dioxide & Sulphite-Free
  • Fish-Free
  • Crustacean-Free
  • Mollusc-Free
  • Celery-Free
  • Mustard-Free
  • Lupin-Free

Homemade potato wedges make a great alternative to chips. They’re easy to make and taste delicious.

 

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  1. Charlotte Oates says

    March 23, 2018 at 12:09 pm

    Thanks Miriam. I’m glad you enjoyed them. They also taste delicious sprinkled with a little cajun spice mix if you fancy trying something a little different.

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  2. Howie Fox says

    April 28, 2015 at 8:06 pm

    Nice image on how to cut the potatoes! Very cool, I like. 🙂
    I make them quite often adding a little pepper and cayenne pepper. Great recipe!

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      April 29, 2015 at 4:23 pm

      Thanks Howie. I love the kick of cayenne pepper but I’m not sure my boys would appreciate it so much! I’ll have to make a batch like that just for me

  3. Ricky @ The Skint Dad Blog says

    April 27, 2015 at 3:49 pm

    Hey Charlotte, these potato wedges look amazing! I’ve been following your blog for a while and am really impressed with the recipes. I absolutely love your chicken chow mein recipe 😀

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      April 27, 2015 at 11:54 pm

      Thanks Ricky. I’m so glad you like the blog.

      Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. I follow a lot of blogs but often don’t comment. Reading your comment reminds me how nice it is when someone who’s been reading for a while says “hi”. It reminds me that I should do it more for others too.

  4. Thalia @ butter and brioche says

    April 27, 2015 at 7:35 am

    I’ve suprisingly never made my own potato wedges before, but you have definitely inspired me too. These look VERY delicious!

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    • Charlotte Oates says

      April 27, 2015 at 11:50 pm

      Thanks Thalia. They are, and so simple to make. I keep mine pretty plain so that the boys like them, but you can really play around with herbs and spices too.

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