Garlic Lemon Butter Potatoes - Flaevor oven roasted to perfection
Flaevor Recipe Website

What do you feel like eating today?

Flaevor Recipe Website

What do you feel like eating today?

  • Flaevor
  • Meat
    • Chicken Recipes
    • Pork Recipes
    • Beef Recipes
    • Lamb Recipes
    • Fish Recipes
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Sauce & Salsa
  • Spice Directory
  • Sweet
  • Recipe Index
  • search
Vegetarian

Garlic Lemon Butter Potatoes

Unforgettable fluffy crispy and flavour packed roasted potatoes

by Justina Sullivan

Share:

  • Share
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon
Garlic Lemon Butter Potatoes recipe

Table of Contents

  • Satisfying Roast Potatoes With a Clever Flavour Injection
  • Why Brining Potatoes Makes a Difference
  • The Ultimate Seasoning For Perfectly Roasted Potatoes
  • Recipe: Garlic Lemon Butter Potatoes

Satisfying Roast Potatoes With a Clever Flavour Injection

The humble potato never disappoints, whether boiled, sautéed, mashed, or fried, and these roasted Garlic Lemon Butter Potatoes, with an irresistible coating of butter, garlic, and fresh lemon, are beautifully crisp with a deliciously fluffy inside. As dreamy as they are, there is one more clever trick to make them even tastier: brining the potatoes before roasting.

Why Brining Potatoes Makes a Difference

Brining potatoes before baking significantly improves both texture and taste. Like salt brine tenderises meat, it works wonders on vegetables too. The salt solution seasons the potatoes inside and out, draws moisture from the skin to create a crispier texture, and helps develop an irresistibly fluffy interior.

Potato wedges in a salt-water brine
Potato wedges are soaked in a 5% salt-water brine for 30 minutes before roasting.
Garlic Butter Lemon Potato wedges in a roasting tray

The Ultimate Seasoning For Perfectly Roasted Potatoes

Dried garlic powder is a fantastic way to add instant flavour and avoid burning, which can occur with fresh crushed garlic due to high oven temperatures. First, a generous amount of butter and oil is used to roast the potatoes and soak into them, resulting in a crisp outer skin and a fluffy inside. Garlic powder is added in the last 10 minutes of roasting, and once removed from the oven, the potatoes are seasoned with salt and a big squeeze of fresh lemon juice.

close up of Garlic Butter Lemon Potato wedges and a slice of lemon

Recipe: Garlic Lemon Butter Potatoes


Garlic Lemon Butter Potatoes recipe
Print Recipe

Garlic Lemon Butter Potatoes

Delicious potato wedges are first brined in salt for in-depth flavour, then tossed and roasted in a dreamy butter, garlic and lemon coating
Prep Time30 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr
Servings: 4

Ingredients

Salt-Water Brine

  • 1 litre water
  • 50ml salt

Potatoes

  • 800g roasting potatoes
  • 1.5 tsp garlic powder
  • Sea salt flakes, preferably Maldon
  • Freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 large knobs of butter
  • 30ml olive oil

Instructions

  • For the brine, combine salt and water and pour into a large bowl.
  • Peel potatoes and cut into wedges (not too thick). Transfer to the brine and allow to brine for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 200°C 
  • Drain potatoes and pat dry.
  • Add butter and olive oil to a roasting pan and place in the oven for a few minutes or until the butter has melted into the oil. 
  • Add potato wedges to the butter oil along with some cracked black pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice (if they have been brined for 30 minutes – 1 hour they should at this stage be salty enough). Toss potatoes around the pan coating well. Roast for 20 minutes.
  • Remove pan from oven and increase the temperature to 220°C.  Sprinkle over garlic powder and toss potatoes around again to coat evenly. Return to the oven for another 10 – 15 minutes or until caramelised and crispy.
  • When done, remove the pan, and whilst still hot season potatoes with extra salt and pepper as needed and finish by squeezing over lemon juice one more time, toss to combine. Serve immediately.

Share:

  • Share
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon

Post navigation

Cardamom Baked Apples with Mascarpone
Slow Roasted Madras Lamb Shoulder

All Recipes

Hello Flaevor Recipes Website

Flaevor is a recipe website focused on creative ways to cook with spices, herbs, sauces, and marinades, offering tips on how to make the most of your ingredients.

Classic recipes are reimagined with a modern twist, using simple yet impactful flavor combinations for everyday cooking.

In addition, Flaevor provides a comprehensive directory of herbs, spices, and ingredients, paired with detailed ‘how-to’ cooking instructions and techniques, designed to inspire home cooks to explore new culinary possibilities.

Recipe Categories

  • All Recipes
  • BBQ
  • Beef Recipes
  • Breakfast
  • Brunch
  • Burgers
  • Chicken Recipes
  • Christmas Recipes
  • Curry
  • Curry Paste
  • Dips
  • Drinks
  • Easy Recipes
  • Eggs
  • Fish Recipes
  • Italian Recipes
  • Jam
  • Lamb Recipes
  • Meat
  • Meatballs
  • Multiple Use Recipe
  • Noodle Recipes
  • One-Pot
  • Open Sandwich
  • Pasta
  • Pork Recipes
  • Prawns
  • Salad
  • Sandwiches
  • Sauce & Salsa
  • Snacks
  • Soup
  • Spice Blends
  • Spices
  • Stews
  • Stir-fry Recipes
  • Sweet
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian

Aussie Beef Burger with beetroot, fried onions, beef patty, melted cheddar and a fried egg

  • All Recipes
  • About & Contact
  • Instagram
  • Elara Pro by LyraThemes.com
  • © 2025 Flaevor