Balsamic Roasted New Potatoes

My store recently started carrying little bags of Dole Easy Steamer™ Red Potatoes. They're as handy as can be! The bag has small perforations and is designed to toss right into the microwave to steam the potatoes right in the bag. Or, as you can cut the bag open and do them up individually or however you like.

Balsamic Roasted New Potatoes

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 45 min.
Makes 6 servings

Ingredients
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 pounds small new potatoes, quartered
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, divided
Vegetable cooking spray

1. Stir together first 5 ingredients in a large bowl or large zip-top plastic bag; add potatoes. Drizzle with 2 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar, and stir or shake well to coat. Arrange potatoes in an aluminum foil-lined jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray.

2. Bake, uncovered, at 450° for 45 minutes or until potatoes are tender, stirring once. Drizzle with remaining 1 Tbsp. vinegar, and toss well. Serve immediately.

This makes a great side dish. The prep time is fast and you can put them in the oven before anything else starts cooking, and everything should end up being done all at once. This is a very simple recipe. I double-ditto the note about putting aluminum foil on the pan you use because potato starch is hard to scrape off if any of it burns. And speaking of burning, mine did just a little. My oven is perhaps the farthest thing from precise when it comes to the temperature settings, but at 45 minutes I was close to having little potato-flavored briquettes.





I halved this recipe and threw in some fresh herbs and extra garlic. I'm wary about using too much balsamic, but this could have used just a slight bit more than what it calls for. I would also stir them more than once, just to make sure they don't start sticking to the foil. Adding some more balsamic at the end is a good kick, too. This was a good little side item for an easy weekday dinner.