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Red Skin Potato recipes

4 ways through a glut of red skin potato, ready June to July. Sides, mains, preserves for the ones you can't eat fast enough.

Oven Roasted Red Potatoes with Rosemary

Halved red potatoes roasted in a hot oven with olive oil, garlic, and fresh rosemary until cut sides are golden and caramelized. Simple, fast, and the kind of reliable side dish that makes everything else on the plate better. The red skin adds color and holds the potato together beautifully.

40 min · easy · Red Skin Potato
Red Potato and Corn Chowder

A thick, creamy summer chowder that puts red potatoes and sweet corn together in a smoky, herb-scented broth. Red-skin potatoes stay in perfect chunks through the slow simmer and look beautiful against the golden corn. This is the chowder to make when both ingredients are at summer peak.

45 min · easy · Red Skin Potato
Red Potato Gnocchi with Brown Butter

Light gnocchi made from red skin potatoes — their slightly waxier texture creates dumplings with a pleasantly chewy bite and a slight earthiness that pairs beautifully with nutty brown butter and crispy sage. A weeknight-achievable pasta alternative that showcases what happens when you use the right potato for the job.

1 h 35 min · medium · Red Skin Potato
Red Potato Salad with Bacon and Dill

A creamy, tangy potato salad made with skin-on red potatoes that stay firm and don't fall apart — the defining quality that makes red-skin potatoes the best choice for this classic American side. The combination of crispy bacon, fresh dill, and a mustardy dressing is simply perfect.

35 min · easy · Red Skin Potato

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Tony C Smith

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