26 recipes using potatoes — Burgers, BBQ, mac & cheese and comfort food classics.
These 26 american potatoes recipes are ready in about 99 minutes on average, with 168–780 kcal per serving, and 58% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
American cooking is a melting pot of comfort food — from slow-smoked barbecue to skillet classics, big on bold, crowd-pleasing flavour. When American cooks work with potatoes, they reach for butter, smoked paprika, brown sugar, mustard, hot sauce and good stock, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, roasting and sautéing.
The comforting carbohydrate that roasts, mashes, fries and bakes its way into cuisines worldwide. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, onion, unsalted butter, olive oil, bay leaves and all-purpose flour. The dishes here span american classics ready in as little as 30 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: New England Clam Chowder Bread Bowl is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 15,800 ratings.
Thick, creamy loaded potato soup topped with cheddar cheese, bacon, sour cream and chives — everything you love about a loaded baked potato in soup form. This easy potato soup recipe is the ultimate comfort food for cold days.
Rich, hearty beef stew with tender fall-apart meat, potatoes and carrots — the ultimate hands-off comfort meal.
Fall-apart tender chuck roast with potatoes and carrots in a rich red wine gravy — Sunday dinner perfection.
Creamy corn chowder with bacon, potatoes and fresh herbs.
Fluffy baked potato topped with bacon, cheese, sour cream and chives.
Classic American Louisiana Crawfish Boil recipe.
Classic American Low Country recipe.
Crispy diner-style hash browns done 'scattered, smothered, and covered.'
Tomato-based clam chowder studded with vegetables and tender clams.
Oven-baked sweet potato fries with a crisp edge and tender center.
A brothy, garden-vegetable soup loaded with tomatoes and herbs.
Fork-tender braised beef chuck with root vegetables and gravy.
Herb-seasoned grilled chicken with roasted sweet potato and greens.
Thick, creamy chowder packed with tender clams, potatoes and smoky bacon — a New England classic.
Melt-in-your-mouth chuck roast slow-braised with vegetables in a rich red wine gravy.
Silky mashed sweet potato baked with a crunchy brown sugar pecan streusel — Thanksgiving perfection.
Thick creamy clam chowder served inside a freshly baked sourdough bread bowl — San Francisco style.
Pacific Smoky Tomato Traybake turns american pantry flavors into a complete traybake with sweet potatoes, mustard, pickles, cornmeal and smoked paprika, and a fresh chives finish.
American Homestyle Smoky Tomato Traybake brings american flavor to a practical traybake built with sweet potatoes, mustard, pickles, cornmeal and smoked paprika, and a fresh chives finish.
A tomato-based clam chowder loaded with potatoes and vegetables, the red-broth rival to New England's cream-based version.
Chicken thighs glazed in barbecue sauce and roasted on one tray with corn and baby potatoes, an easy American backyard-style dinner.
A chuck roast slow-braised with carrots, potatoes and onion until fork-tender, a quintessential American Sunday dinner.
Carrots, parsnips and sweet potato roasted with maple syrup and thyme until caramelized, a classic American autumn side dish.
Thinly sliced potatoes baked in a creamy, cheesy sauce until tender throughout with a golden, bubbling top, classic American comfort food.
Tender beef and pork meatballs simmered in a creamy, savory brown gravy, an American comfort-food staple inspired by Swedish tradition.
A holiday-style platter of herb-roasted turkey breast, mashed potatoes and smoky charred bell peppers.
Match the type to the dish: floury/starchy potatoes (Maris Piper, russet) for fluffy mash and crisp roasts; waxy ones for salads and gratins that need to hold their shape. Avoid green or sprouting tubers.
Store cool and dark, never in the fridge. Parboiling then roughing up the edges gives the crunchiest roast potatoes; soaking cut chips removes surface starch for crisper frying.
A filling source of potassium, vitamin C and resistant starch — most of the fibre and nutrients sit just under the skin.
Most of these 26 American potatoes recipes are ready in around 99 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Waffle House Hash Browns, takes about 30 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 500 minutes.
Across this collection they range from about 168 to 780 kcal per serving, averaging 444 kcal — Hearty Vegetable Soup is the lightest option at 168 kcal.
Loaded Baked Potato Soup Recipe is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 50 minutes. 58% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
In these recipes, potatoes is most often paired with garlic, onion, unsalted butter, olive oil, bay leaves and all-purpose flour. American kitchens also lean on butter, smoked paprika, brown sugar, mustard, hot sauce and good stock.
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