Easy Greek Lemon Roasted Potatoes are the perfect side dish to compliment any main course. This Greek Potato recipe is flavorful and sure to be a family favorite!
Bless my husband's heart, he has been tasting my attempts at Greek roasted potatoes for the past ten years. (I've perfected my Roasted Russet Potatoes and Balsamic Roasted Potatoes but the Lemon recipe still needed work!)
Last week, I doled out my latest attempt, took a taste and no lie y'all, I literally had tears in my eyes. I finally perfected the recipe I had been working on for so long!
Let me give you a little back story...my love affair with Greek food began shortly after high school when I was hired to work in a wine shop owned by a Greek family. Attached to the wine shop was a fresh fish market (this is in Virginia Beach, right on the water!) and a very nice Greek restaurant. My boss took me under his wing to teach me not only about wine but also about Greek cuisine.
Later, in graduate school, I worked as a {very bad} waitress at a Greek restaurant in Charleston, SC. Ohmygoodness, this is where I first fell in love with Greek roasted potatoes. The family that owned the restaurant guarded their recipes fiercely-no wait staff could go in the kitchen and all the cooks had to sign nondisclosure statements!! So, for the past decade I have been desperately trying to recreate those heavenly potatoes to no avail...that is until last week!
(If you've been around here for a while you know I love anything Greek- like my Tzatziki Sauce, Leg of Lamb, or Instant Pot Lamb & Potatoes!
Without further ado-the perfectly roasted, melt in your mouth lemony Greek Potato recipe!! If you try it, please comment and rate it below, I love hearing from you!
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Perfectly Roasted Lemon Greek Potatoes
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour 40 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 50 mins
- Yield: 6
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: roasting
- Cuisine: Greek
Description
Easy Greek Lemon Roasted Potatoes are the perfect side dish to compliment any main course. This Greek Potato recipe is flavorful and sure to be a family favorite!
Ingredients
- 10 mini red potatoes, halved
- 2 large lemons
- ½ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1+ cup chicken broth (you can use water as a substitute)
- Oregano
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Add potatoes to a 9x9" baking dish.
- Halve lemons and squeeze juice over potatoes and add to dish.
- Pour olive oil over potatoes and lemons.
- Fill dish with chicken broth to cover potatoes, nearly to top of dish.
- Sprinkle generously with oregano.
- Roast for 1 hour 40 minutes, stirring potatoes halfway.
- Remove from oven and serve while hot.
Keywords: greek potatoes, lemon roasted potatoes
Do you love Greek food? Or am I the only one obsessed??
Melissa says
so glad I found this recipe!
★★★★★
Karen Hammack says
Can't wait to make these tonight. My concern is that 1 hour and 40 minutes on 425 sounds like a very long time for small potatoes. Just making sure that it isn't a typo. Thanks for the recipe
Linda S. says
Are the potatoes left uncovered in the oven? Sounds really yummy!
Melissa says
They are uncovered Linda!
Wendi @ H2OBungalow says
Your recipe looks amazing! I found you through Keri's list of side dishes. Pinning!
Megan says
These look so good! I love potatoes as a summer side dish. These would be perfect with something grilled like kabobs and fresh greek salad! Yum!
Melissa Riker says
Megan, these would be good with cardboard, I promise you, you'll love them!!!!
Lindsay says
Haha! I love that you posted this! I LOVE Greek potatoes, and have attempted a recipe once or twice without success, so I'm eager to try this!! Thanks for sharing!
Melissa Riker says
I hope you love it as much as I did Lindsay!! It was sooooo good, I'm making it again this week!
keri @ shaken together says
We have a Greek restaurant down town by my office and their chicken kabobs are AMAZING! These potatoes would be the perfect side dish - these sound delicious!
Melissa Riker says
Oh yum Keri! Maybe we can get some Greek at Haven next week!!!