Perfect Boiled Potatoes
These perfectly tender boiled potatoes have a buttery, creamy texture that melts in your mouth! Here’s how to boil potatoes in just 30 minutes.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 30 min
- Yield
- 6
Ingredients 4
- 3 pounds small yellow potatoes (or other waxy potatoes like red, new, Yukon gold or fingerling potatoes)
- 2 tablespoons butter (or olive oil)
- 2 tablespoons chopped chives
- Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper
Method 3
- 01
Bring large pot of water to boil with 1 tablespoon kosher salt .
- 02
Wash the potatoes and cut them in half if small (or dice into bite-sized pieces if they are larger). When the water is boiling, add the potatoes and boil 12 to 18 minutes until fork tender.
- 03
Drain and remove the potatoes to a bowl. Gently toss them with the butter, herbs, fresh ground pepper and ¾ teaspoon kosher salt (or more or less to taste: salt until the flavor pops!).
Provenance
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