AMY: What are those?
DOLLAR: Donut holes.
AMY: Where did they come from?
DOLLAR: The middle of donuts.
AMY: Ha ha ha. Seriously, though.
DOLLAR: My sister.
AMY: She stopped by?
DOLLAR: Yeah.
AMY: Hmm... It kind of freaks me out when I see something I don't recognize in my kitchen. Is that totally psycho?
DOLLAR: Yes.
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In other cooking matters, I cannot seem to roast/brown potatoes without them sticking to the pan. I'll use a spatula to try to get them to come off the bottom but then they rip. Soon, I'm left with broken potato pieces in the pan and I feel like throwing the food against the wall. I like to cook and I cook a lot and I know how to cook but this is the one thing that's really bothering me right now.
Example 1: Home fries. Chop potatoes in to large chunks, melt butter in pan over medium/medium high, throw in potatoes, stir to coat, leave alone for 10 minutes, try to turn, stick, rip, bits falling apart, get extremely frustrated.
Why can't I do this?
Example 2: Oven roasted herbed new potatoes. Chop in half, toss in bowl with olive oil and herbs, throw into roasting pan, roast at 400 for 40-50 minutes, shake/turn, everything looks good, cook for another 30 minutes, everything is stuck to pan. Not burned, just stuck to pan. Try to turn/move, potatoes rip. Get extremely frustrated.
I follow recipes, I swear. Boo hoo, boo hoo hoo hoo (this is me crying) boo hoo. Does anyone have a perfectly roasted potato recipe for me to try? I'm desperate.
5 comments:
Seems like your method should work. My suggestion would be to look into new cooking trays. Maybe those airfoil ones that have a space in between that are designed to keep cookies from burning? Or maybe use a silpat? I love them for cookies, but I haven't tried them with potatoes.
Good luck!
Yeah...are you using a really dark-surfaced pan, maybe? So that the oil cooks off faster than it should and thus isn't there to lube your potatoes up long enough?
Eww...potato lube...*giggles*
anyway - I say try a new pan, too. I have some basic Farberware non-stick ones that I got for Christmas which rock my little kitchen world.
I've seen a couple recipes that say to cook the potatoes on a non-stick cookie sheet. I have a small Circulon skillet that I only use for eggs. I'll see how expensive Farberware and Circulon are at Amazon. I didn't want to have to get a new pan but sometimes the prices are so low...
My roasted potatoes used to stick too, until I started putting my pan in the oven for a couple of minutes to get it nice and hot before putting the oiled up potatoes on it. That's a Tyler Florence trick. :)
Good old cast iron skillets work the best. I make roast taters all the time. Wicked Good Stuff!
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