Potatoes with Parsley and Butter
There’s a restaurant near me that my friends and I love because of their side dishes. Whether it’s their creamy mac & cheese or the best fried okra this side of the Mason-Dixon, they’ve got a list of about twenty delicious side dishes. Most of the time, we skip the main course and just order off their list of veggies.
One of their sides that I like is a simple dish of boiled new potatoes with parsley and butter. This is the kind of dish I naturally gravitate towards: simple and yet down-home delicious. The thing is, though, unlike some of their other sides, this is one that I like but don’t love. Every time I order it, I think about how I could make it better.
So I finally decided to put my money where my mouth is, and I think I did a pretty darn good job. This version adds green onions to the mix (yum!) and cuts down on the butter, believe it or not. (The restaurant’s version is dripping with it.) And I also took my potatoes out of the water before they got too soft. The result is a fresh summer side that’s got delicate flavors and holds together, even when reheating the next day.
These potatoes look so fresh I can smell them from here with the butter and onions! Beauties.
I can almost smell the onions and these potatoes from here, they look so fresh! Wonderful.
Hi, Jill. That’s about the best compliment you can give me; I love, love, love fresh foods. Give me something simple with fresh veggies and herbs and I’m a happy gal! 🙂
Aren’t new potatoes just fabulous! There is something even more potato-ey about them than regular big potatoes.
The use of scallions is a great idea. Their subtle bite and green crunch off-set with the butteriness and saltiness…very yummo.
I could totally eat a dinner of side dishes, they’re so good! Great looking potatoes, yum!
These sound wonderful! I am always looking for easy yummy side dishes!
Juanita–I’m with you; there’s something even better about new potatoes than Idaho or another type of potato. And, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, I’m obsessed with scallions. During the spring and summer, I put them in EVERYTHING!!! 🙂
Vicki–Welcome to my space. 🙂 I do a dinner of sides about two or three times a week, and not only when I’m at the restaurant I talked about above. I’ve been known to have just new potatoes or just Brussels sprouts for dinner before. Yum!
Erin–I’m all about the easy yummy side dishes, emphasis on easy! 😉