Cooking with children
Home-Made Potato Wedges
- No need to peel or par boil the potatoes
- Use Sweet Potatoes as an alternative
- Great Source of Vitamin C and Fibre
- Cooks in the Oven – no fuss and no mess
Potatoes are a really great source of vitamin C if you don’t boil them. This oven cooked method is so quick and easy you can make our chicken nuggets recipe while they bake. If the potatoes are well washed and dried first, they don’t need to be peeled so they will retain their fibre and still crisp up well. The best potatoes to use for this recipe are Maris Piper or King Edwards. Baking Potatoes also work well. They have low moisture and high starch content which makes them crisper on the outside and fluffier on the inside.
Use a good baking tray brushed with olive to reduce waste from foil and paper that’s not recyclable if it’s greasy.
Helpers
Your younger helpers can get involved in washing and drying the potatoes and tossing them in seasoning and putting on the tray. Teenagers will love to make this by themselves if they are confident with a vegetable knife.
Method
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Adults & Helpers
Prep
Wash and Dry the Potatoes – best to do this in advance to give them time to dry out for the crispiest results.
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Adults
Pre-heat the oven
Preheat the Oven to 180c. Brush a metal baking sheet with oil.
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3
Adults
Chop into wedges
Cut the potatoes in half lengthways and then into quarters and again for a wedge shape if the potatoes are large enough.
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4
Adults & Helpers
Ready for the oven
Put the potatoes on the tray and sprinkle with the oil. Season well to suit your tastes and get clean hands in to mix it all up. (If your helpers find it easier, you can do this step in a bowl) Lay the potatoes out in a single layer on the baking sheet.
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Adults
Cooking time
cooking with children home-made wedges
Place the tray on the top shelf of the oven for 25 minutes – Check them at this stage and turn them over to get a crispy shell all over. Bake for a further 15 minutes. If you cut your wedges smaller they may need slightly less baking time.
Serve with home-made chicken or fish nuggets, mushy peas, home made baked beans or just on their own as a very good snack! Swap the potatoes for sweet potatoes – they work just the same but cook in slightly less time – around 30 minutes should soften them on the inside.
Any left over wedges can be stored in the fridge for up to 2 days in a sealed container and re-heated in a frying pan they taste just as good if not better!
