Brown Butter Hasselback Potatoes (Accordion Potatoes)

Name: Brown Butter Hasselback Potatoes (Accordion Potatoes)
Prep time: 1 h 55 min
Cook time: 1 h 55 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps finely chopped fresh chives (from about 1 bunch); 4 mediums garlic cloves, peeled and smashed; 1 Tbsp kosher salt; 8 fresh thyme sprigs; 8 Tbsps unsalted butter (1 stick); 170 grams Yukon Gold potatoes (about 3 pounds)

Brown Butter Hasselback Potatoes (Accordion Potatoes) is Head to the store and pick up yukon gold potatoes, thyme sprigs, butter, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Instructions

Heat the oven to 350°F and arrange a rack in the lower third.

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Oven

Place the butter, thyme, garlic, salt, and pepper in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the butter has melted and the salt has dissolved, about 8 minutes. Turn off the heat.

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Butter

Garlic

Pepper

Thyme

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Place 1 potato on a cutting board and make parallel crosswise cuts about 1/8 to 1/4 inch apart, leaving at least 1/2 inch of the potato’s base intact. Repeat with the remaining potatoes.

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Potato

Base

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Cutting Board

Place the potatoes cut-side up in a 13-by-9-inch baking dish.

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Potato

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Baking Pan

Remove and discard the thyme sprigs and garlic from the butter mixture. Evenly drizzle about half of the butter mixture over the tops of the potatoes. Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 40 minutes.

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Fresh Thyme

Potato

Butter

Garlic

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Remove from the oven, uncover, and evenly drizzle the remaining half of the butter mixture over the potatoes (rewarm over low heat if the butter has solidified). Cover with the foil and bake for another 20 minutes.

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Potato

Butter

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Oven

Aluminum Foil

Remove from the oven, uncover, and baste with the browned butter in the bottom of the dish. Cover with the foil and continue to bake until the potatoes are fork-tender, about 20 minutes more.

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Potato

Butter

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Oven

Aluminum Foil

Transfer to a serving dish and drizzle with the remaining butter in the dish.

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Butter

Sprinkle with the chives and serve.

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Chives