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28 Potato Recipes for Dinner That You'll Eat Right Up

Mashed, fried, baked, smashed—the humble potato can take on many forms and is always satisfying.

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The Serious Eats Team

Updated September 27, 2023

Gnocchi in a cheese sauce resting in a blue bowl — Serious Eats / Daniel Gritzer

The humble potato can take on many forms—mashed, fried, baked, smashed—and still manage to satisfy us. They particularly work well at dinnertime, either next to mains like steak and roasted chicken or where they take the stage as a main course. From chewy gnocchi and fluffy mashed potatoes to a savory soup and roasted options, these are our favorite potato recipes for dinner.

The Best Crispy Roast Potatoes Ever
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
These are the most flavorful crispy roast potatoes you'll ever make—and they just happen to be gluten-free and vegan (if you use oil) to boot.
The Best Crispy Roast Potatoes Ever
The Best Potato-Leek Soup
Serious Eats / Eric Kleinberg
This easy potato-leek soup takes no shortcuts to deliver the best flavor and texture possible.
The Best Potato-Leek Soup
Hasselback Potato Gratin
Serious Eats / Diana Chistruga
Hasselback potato gratin has all the creamy decadence of a classic potato gratin but with more crispy edges.
Hasselback Potato Gratin
Gamja Bokkeum (Korean Sweet Soy-Glazed Potatoes)
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
This is a simple glazed potato banchan you won't be able to stop making, or eating.
Korean Sweet Soy-Glazed Potatoes (Gamja Bokkeum)
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Pommes Aligot (Cheesy Mashed Potatoes)
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
Rich, stretchy, smooth, and silky French mashed potatoes—this is pommes aligot in all its glory.
Pommes Aligot (Cheesy Mashed Potatoes)
Ultra-Fluffy Mashed Potatoes
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
For the fluffiest and lightest mashed potatoes, use Russets and rinse off excess potato starch before and after cooking.
Ultra-Fluffy Mashed Potatoes
Pommes de Terre Fondantes (Fondant Potatoes)
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
For the best French melting potatoes, cook them like meat.
Pommes de Terre Fondantes (Fondant Potatoes)
The Ultimate Baked Potato
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
Here's how to get the crispest skin, the creamiest, fluffiest flesh, and how to work the very best flavor into every last bite of your next baked potato.
The Ultimate Baked Potato
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Patates Lemonates (Greek Lemon Potatoes)
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
These Greek lemon potatoes are a side dish that easily upstages any main.
Patates Lemonates (Greek Lemon Potatoes)
Crispy Smashed Potatoes
Serious Eats / Eric Kleinberg
Golden brown and unbelievably crispy, with a great creamy center—you'll want these crispy smashed potatoes on the table for dinner tonight.
Crispy Smashed Potatoes
Classic Rich and Silky Potato Gratin (Scalloped Potatoes)
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
After rounds and rounds of testing, we've finally landed on the perfect classic potato gratin (scalloped potatoes), one that's creamy, silky, and loaded with flavor.
Classic Rich and Silky Potato Gratin (Scalloped Potatoes)
Pommes Duchesse (Duchess Potatoes)
Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez
Pommes duchesse are the fanciest, fussiest mashed potatoes around (but they're totally worth it!).
Pommes Duchesse (Duchess Potatoes)
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Tartiflette
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
This gooey, creamy baked casserole of potatoes, cream, cheese, bacon, and onions is true French mountain food.
Tartiflette
Suanla Tudousi (Hot-and-Sour Sichuan Stir-Fried Potatoes)
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
Acidity, crisp-tender texture, and a tingle of numbing heat is what makes these stir-fried potatoes so delicious.
Suanla Tudousi (Hot-and-Sour Sichuan Stir-Fried Potatoes)
Potato and Cheese Pierogi
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
Pierogis are creamy, crispy Eastern European potato dumplings that you'll easily devour.
Potato and Cheese Pierogi
Aloo Gobi
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
Creamy potatoes and tender cauliflower come together in a spiced tomato-based sauce.
Aloo Gobi
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Aloo Tikki
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
These salty, spiced potato patties are inspired by the iconic Punjabi Deli in the East Village of New York City.
Aloo Tikki
Causa (Peruvian Cold Mashed Potato Casserole With Tuna or Chicken)
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
Causa is everything Americans love—mashed potatoes, tuna (or chicken) salad, and potato salad—all compressed into one easy make-ahead Peruvian casserole.
Causa (Peruvian Cold Mashed Potato Casserole With Tuna or Chicken)
Salchipapa (Peruvian Hot Dogs and French Fries)
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
Peru's irresistible platter of hot dogs and French fries pulls no punches.
Salchipapa (Peruvian Hot Dogs and French Fries)
Tater Tot Casserole (Hotdish)
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
The Tater Tot hotdish is, hands down, the most epic version of a one-pot wonder.
Tater Tot Casserole (Hotdish)
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Easy Vegan Pan Pizza With Potato, Onion, and Rosemary
Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez
Thin slices of potato shingled on top of a moist pizza bianca dough, strewn with onions, and drizzled with olive oil—what more could we ask for?
Easy Vegan Pan Pizza With Potato, Onion, and Rosemary
Skillet Potatoes With Cajun Blackening Spices and Buttermilk-Herb Sauce
Serious Eats / Morgan Eisenberg
These Cajun-spiced baby potatoes—first boiled until creamy, then crisped in a skillet, and finally topped with a cooling buttermilk-herb dressing—have some serious star power.
Skillet Potatoes With Cajun Blackening Spices and Buttermilk-Herb Sauce
Gaeng Garee Makheua Yao (Thai Yellow Curry with Eggplant)
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
Yes, a 100% vegetarian Thai curry can be delicious!
Gaeng Garee Makheua Yao (Thai Yellow Curry with Eggplant)
Aloo Samosa (Samosa Stuffed With Spiced Potato and Peas)
Serious Eats / Andrew Janjigian
A classic savory samosa, one stuffed with spiced potatoes and peas, is easy to make at home.
Aloo Samosa (Samosa Stuffed With Spiced Potato and Peas)
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Classic, Savory Shepherd's Pie (With Beef and/or Lamb)
Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
Britain's mashed-potato-topped meat and vegetable casserole is everything you want in a dinner.
Classic, Savory Shepherd's Pie (With Beef and/or Lamb)
Fully Loaded Vegan Baked Potato Soup
Serious Eats / Qi Ai
Creamy, rich, packed with cheesy flavor, and 100% vegan—these is a potato soup you'll eat right up.
Fully Loaded Vegan Baked Potato Soup
Gnocchi Alla Bava (Potato Gnocchi With Fontina Cheese Sauce)
Serious Eats / Daniel Gritzer
Gnocchi alla bava features tender and lightly sweet potato gnocchi in a rich and creamy Fontina cheese sauce, flavored with a touch of black pepper and nutmeg.
Gnocchi Alla Bava (Potato Gnocchi With Fontina Cheese Sauce)
Gnocchi Alla Sorrentina (Baked Gnocchi With Tomato and Mozzarella)
Serious Eats / Daniel Gritzer
Gnocchi alla Sorrentina is a Southern Italian baked pasta starring plump potato gnocchi. The secret to success is to get each component right, from the tomato sauce to the mozzarella, and to use homemade gnocchi that hold their shape but remain tender.
Gnocchi Alla Sorrentina (Baked Gnocchi With Tomato and Mozzarella)

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