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Ranch Roasted Potatoes

November 10, 2009 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 4 Comments

I know that lots of you have probably had roasted potatoes. But since we eat lots of steak and potatoes around here, I’m always looking for new ways to spice them up. And since I’m 65 miles from the nearest WalMarts well, I have to sometimes be creative- if I’m out of the things I typically use.

I’m going to show you the basis of the dish, and then you can take it and run with it.  I do things differently when I have different ingredients on hand, but the idea of the dish is the same.

Here’s what we’ll need to get started:

About 5 medium sized, Red potatoes (note, I had red and gold, as that is what my future sister-in-law shared out of her garden, but I believe red potatoes to be better for roasting. It’s the texture folks.)

5 TBS Olive Oil

Fresh Ground Salt

Fresh Ground Pepper

Onions (minced or fresh)- yellow onions are really the right thing to do. I promise.

Garlic (minced or fresh)

Hidden Valley Ranch Seasoning

Bacon (optional)

Trust me,though,  you’ll want to add bacon. Bacon makes all things taste yummier. (Please note- I was out of both bacon and fresh onion for purposes of this lesson. I apologize. I need to get to the store!)

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Begin by taking that tasty, freshly washed potato and cutting in half, length-wise.

And then cut into half again.

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Now place all those sliced potatoes into a bowl and add your olive oil, along with about 4 tablespoons of Ranch Dressing Mix.

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Give it a good stir and make sure to coat the potatoes with the olive oil seasoning mixture really well.

Then, since we don’t have any fresh onion, we’ll substitute in some dried minced onion.

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Sprinkle in about 4-6 tablespoons. Don’t be shy. Do it! If we’d used real onion, I’d have had you put in about 2/3 of a cup.   But we’re improvising today!

Look how lovely it is:

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Now throw in some garlic powder or minced garlic, or fresh. Whatever you have on hand. Fresh is best. But I don’t have any so I used some minced garlic that came out of the icebox. Two teaspoons should do it.  Add your freshly ground salt- more than you think you’ll need and some fresh ground pepper. If we had bacon, this would be the time we’d add 3 diced slices, of the salty goodness and then you could sprinkle in less salt.

Let’s put the mixture in a 9×13 casserole dish. You’re gonna wanna roast this goodness for about 25 minutes in a 425 degree oven.

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About half-way through the roasting you’re gonna wanna stir this around.

When it’s done, it should look something like this:

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Can you say yum? We like to serve it with fresh grated cheddar or Monterrey Jack cheese, sour cream, and chives on top. But you could serve it however you wanted. And there’s nothing wrong with serving it just like that. Because it’s all kinds of good on its own.  So next time you’re bored with plain old potatoes, try roasting some. I promise you’ll be glad you did!

Have fun in the kitchen-

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About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.

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  1. The Wife says

    November 10, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    We’re meat and potato peeps too! Those look awesome. Will definitely be trying these!

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  2. Weekend Cowgirl says

    May 5, 2010 at 4:27 pm

    Do not know how I missed this! I love red potatos and dearly love ranch seasoning so will be making these for sure!

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  3. Steph says

    December 21, 2010 at 12:03 pm

    Quick question – is ranch seasoning a dried mix thing or…? We have ranch dressing (eg like mayonaise). If its a dry thing can you tell me what’s in it please? Thanks and Seasons Greetings from New Zealand! (Warm hot summer Christmas here!)

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  4. ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ says

    December 21, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    I use the dry mix- by Hidden Valley. http://www.hiddenvalley.com/

    It has buttermilk, salt, dried garlic, dried onion, and parsley.

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