I stole this yummy side dish recipe for onion roasted potatoes from the back of a box of Lipton Recipe Secrets Onion Soup Mix. I have made it with a variety of potatoes and I have used a variety of Lipton dried soup mixes. It’s an easy 3 ingredient recipe.
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Preheat oven to 425 F. Add 4 medium potatoes cut into large cuts (~ 2 lbs) to a 13 x 9 pan sprayed with non-stick spray.
Open 1 envelope Lipton Recipe Secrets dried Onion soup mix
Sprinkle over the potatoes and drizzle ⅓ cup olive oil.
Stir to combine
Bake stirring occasionally (I stir about every 10 minutes)
until tender and golden brown, approximately 35 minutes
Onion Roasted Potatoes
Easy 3 ingredient side dish. Can be made with a variety of potatoes and a variety of dried soup mixes. Easy and flavorful potato dish.
Ingredients
- 1 envelope Lipton Recipe Secrets dried Onion soup mix
- 4 medium potatoes cut into large cuts (~ 2 lbs)
- ⅓ cup olive oil
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 425 F. Combine all ingredients in 13 x 9 pan.
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Bake stirring occasionally, until tender and golden brown, approximately 35 minutes.
Recipe Notes
I use 2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes instead of the russet potatoes shown on the recipe picture. Yukon golden are a pretty yellow color and when roasted become sweeter. I leave the skins on the potatoes; just make sure to scrub the potatoes before cutting. I have used dried vegetable soup instead of dried onion soup, just make sure to pick out the dried peas first; the dried peas will turn into little rocks when roasting (I learned that the hard way). Since there are 2 packets of soup in a box sometimes you have an extra packet leftover from when you bought a box for a different recipe. Save yourself a trip to the grocery store and use whatever leftover dried soup you have in the pantry.