Tuna Nicoise Salad
Classic French composed salad with seared tuna, eggs, and green beans.
30 recipes using potatoes — Classic French techniques and the mother of world cuisine.
These 30 french potatoes recipes are ready in about 59 minutes on average, with 285–720 kcal per serving, and 30% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
French technique is the grammar of Western cooking: careful browning, patient sauces and precise seasoning turn humble ingredients into something refined. When French cooks work with potatoes, they reach for butter, shallots, white wine, thyme, cream and Dijon mustard, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, searing and baking.
The comforting carbohydrate that roasts, mashes, fries and bakes its way into cuisines worldwide. In this collection it's most often cooked with butter, garlic, fine sea salt, tarragon, onion and citrus juice or vinegar. The dishes here span french classics ready in as little as 35 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Tartiflette Savoyarde is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 1,840 ratings.
Classic French composed salad with seared tuna, eggs, and green beans.
Tuna, eggs, green beans, potatoes, olives and anchovies with a mustardy vinaigrette — the Provençal classic that is a complete meal in a bowl.
Carrots, fennel, courgette and beans gently stewed in their own juices with herbs and olive oil — Ducasse's 'cuisine de l'essentiel' on a plate.
French Alpine gratin of potato, lardons, onion, white wine, and an entire wheel of melting Reblochon cheese.
Provence Herb Chicken Rice Bowl brings french flavor into a practical home recipe with chicken thighs, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a finish of tarragon.
Burgundy Mushroom Lentil Soup brings french flavor into a practical home recipe with white fish, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a finish of tarragon.
Normandy Apple Shallot Skillet Dinner brings french flavor into a practical home recipe with lamb mince, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a finish of tarragon.
Lyon Mustard Potato Salad brings french flavor into a practical home recipe with roasted carrots, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a finish of tarragon.
Provence Lemon Herb Grain Bowl turns french pantry flavors into a complete grain bowl with salmon, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
Burgundy Smoky Tomato Soup turns french pantry flavors into a complete soup with white fish, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
Normandy Sesame Lime Stew turns french pantry flavors into a complete stew with chicken legs, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
Lyon Charred Pepper Noodles turns french pantry flavors into a complete noodle dish with wheat noodles, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
Brittany Green Herb Salad turns french pantry flavors into a complete salad with grilled chicken, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
Loire Smoky Tomato Traybake turns french pantry flavors into a complete traybake with sweet potatoes, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
Gascony Sesame Lime Fritters turns french pantry flavors into a complete fritters with salted fish, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
Nice Charred Pepper Breakfast Plate turns french pantry flavors into a complete breakfast plate with yogurt, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
French Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl brings french flavor to a practical rice bowl built with chicken thighs, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
French Village Smoky Tomato Soup brings french flavor to a practical soup built with mushrooms, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
French Garden Sesame Lime Skillet brings french flavor to a practical skillet dinner built with cauliflower, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
French Harbor Charred Pepper Noodles brings french flavor to a practical noodle dish built with rice noodles, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
French Mountain Green Herb Salad brings french flavor to a practical salad built with grilled chicken, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
French Homestyle Smoky Tomato Traybake brings french flavor to a practical traybake built with sweet potatoes, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
French Street Sesame Lime Fritters brings french flavor to a practical fritters built with salted fish, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
French Golden Charred Pepper Breakfast Plate brings french flavor to a practical breakfast plate built with beans, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
Pan-seared steak served with crisp double-fried potatoes and a rich, tangy bearnaise sauce, the definitive French bistro dinner.
A composed salad of tuna, boiled potato, green beans, olives and egg over lettuce, from the sun-soaked French Riviera city of Nice.
Thinly sliced potatoes layered with garlic-infused cream and baked slowly until tender and golden, a classic from the Dauphine region.
A composed French salad of tuna, green beans, potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, olives, and anchovies, dressed in a simple vinaigrette.
A classic French potato gratin baked in garlic-infused cream until tender and deeply golden on top.
A festive whole roast chicken rubbed with herb butter, served with root vegetables and pan jus.
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 30 French potatoes recipes are ready in around 59 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Tuna Nicoise Salad, takes about 35 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 115 minutes.
Across this collection they range from about 285 to 720 kcal per serving, averaging 458 kcal — Cookpot of Seasonal Vegetables — Ducasse-Inspired is the lightest option at 285 kcal.
Salade Niçoise is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 40 minutes. 30% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
In these recipes, potatoes is most often paired with butter, garlic, fine sea salt, tarragon, onion and citrus juice or vinegar. French kitchens also lean on butter, shallots, white wine, thyme, cream and Dijon mustard.
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