Cheesy accordion potatoes combines the best part of baked potatoes and French fries to create the ultimate potato side dish!
Accordion Potatoes
Potatoes cannot do no wrong in my eyes. Be it baked, fried, smashed, or boiled, I’d be happy to eat that potato.
Most of the time, I prefer baked potatoes. Mainly because I enjoy all the toppings…a dollop of sour cream, a lot of chopped scallions, a handful of cheddar cheese and a pat of butter.
But midway through the potato, I get a hankering for something crispy. Then I start to think maybe I should have order french fries instead.
I found the perfect solution that combines my favorite parts of a baked potato and a fried potato. Accordion potatoes (also known as Hasselback potatoes) gives you the best of both worlds.
You get the moist and soft insides of a baked potato with the crispy exterior of a fried potato. Plus, these accordion potatoes are so darn pretty on the dining table.
Ingredients
This potato side dish looks impressive, but it’s quite easy and simple to make! Best of all, it requires just a handful of ingredients.
- Baking Potatoes:
- Sliced Cheese:
- Garlic Cloves:
- Olive Oil:
- Salt and Pepper:
How to Slice Accordion Potatoes
Accordion potatoes may look tricky but they’re very easy to make.
Slicing can be problematic, but this handy chopstick trick really helps.
By placing chopsticks on both sides of the potato, it prevents you from cutting all the way through the potato.
Or you can buy this nifty gadget, a Hasselback potato cutting board specifically made for this popular potato.
How To Assemble Cheesy Potato Layers
While these baked/oven-fried accordion potatoes are fabulous on their own with a sprinkling of olive oil and some salt and pepper- let’s go beyond that. Let’s add a ton of garlic and a lot of cheese.
If you are feeling fancy, go ahead and add chopped fresh herbs. Perhaps a little rosemary, thyme, or oregano.
The fun part is stuffing the potato with cheese. During the baking process the cheese will melt. Midway though baking, you can add additional cheese if you feel obliged. I sure did.
If you put a ton of cheese you will be rewarded with delicious little cheddar cheese crisps that form at the bottom of the potato. YUM!
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Cheesy Accordion Potatoes
Ingredients
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 medium potatoes, Russet or Yukon Gold
- thick sliced sharp cheddar cheese, as needed
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to season
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Add minced garlic to olive oil. Set aside and let marinade.
- Wash and scrub potatoes clean. Pat dry.
- Slice the potato crosswise at ¼-inch (or smaller) intervals. Use the chopsticks as a guide to prevent cutting all the way through the potato. Slice potato just until the chopstick to keep potato intact.
- Drizzle about 1 Tbsp of oil on each cut potato. Rub into skin and make sure oil gets in-between the slices. Using your fingers, stuff the minced garlic between the potato slices. Take the sliced cheese and tuck in between slices. Drizzle any remaining oil over potatoes. Generously season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes* until potatoes are crisp on the outside and baked through. About 20 minutes into baking, remove potatoes from oven and baste with any olive oil that may have puddled around potatoes. Most of the cheese will have melted by this time, add additional cheese as desired. Return to oven and bake until potatoes are done.
- Serve warm. Garnish with butter, sour cheese, addition cheese, or crumbled bacon!
Notes
I’ve wanted to make accordion potatoes for quiet some time now, but it seems like every time I think of the recipe I don’t have the right potatoes! Now I’ll make a point of buying the potatoes I need because the idea of adding cheese made this the perfect potato recipe!
You can always experiment with other potatoes! I’ve been meaning to try “mini” accordion potatoes :)
I had to check this out the picture was so delicious. Nice.
Thanks Anita!
Cheesy and full of carbs… Um.. What’s not to love?? We can say we already worked hard to cut them so they didn’t break into separate pieces! ;)
Lovely pics… Practically eating my computer right now…
lol, I love your reasoning! Thank you SO much Anne :)
I want to eat these immediately! They look absolutely fabulous! Om nom nom….
Thanks Kelly! They’re one of my favorites!
I absolutely love potatoes, especially ones with cheese! Must try this with enough cheese crisped up on the bottom to create a cheese plate to eat it off of. More of this please, Little Epicurean!
Cheese always wins. Any suggestions as to other dishes I should make? ;)
Holy moly. The answer to more cheese is always yes.
Alex, these potatoes look so perfectly cut:)
Yes, please! More cheese!
Ha! I can totally relate to loving baked potatoes but always missing that extra crunch. I’ve made hasselback potatoes before, but never with cheese wedged in the middle… How brilliant!
Thanks Emily! It’s wonderful with LOTS of cheese! Plus if the melted cheese pools at the bottom you get a crispy little treat! :)
wow.. these potatoes look awesome! i swear cheese makes everything tastes five hundred times better..
Thanks Thalia! I TOTALLY agree!
Every time we go to a fair, my children run to the food stands looking for these, now I can make them at home!
Awesome! I hope your children love these just as much as the ones from the fair! :)
These look sooo yummy & easy! Can’t wait to try them in my own kitchen!
These look impressive!
Thank you!