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Home-style Garlic Hasselback Potatoes

Home-style Garlic Hasselback Potatoes

Garlic Hasselback Potatoes are flavorful, straightforward-to-make baked potatoes. They are fanned out and filled with garlic and butter.

garlic butter hasselback potatoes topped with fresh thyme and flaked salt

What are Hasselback Potatoes?

Hasselback potatoes are potatoes that have been sliced incrementally across without cutting all the way through. They’re cooked and often stuffed with various ingredients.

Why are they called Hasselback Potatoes?

They name Hasselback potatoes actually comes from a restaurant in Stockholm called Hasselbacken. They are the originators of the recipe.

Hasselback Potatoes Recipe Ingredients

  • Russet or Yukon gold potatoes
  • Unsalted butter
  • Garlic
  • Kosher salt
  • Black pepper
  • Fresh thyme (optional)
ingredients for garlic hasselback potatoes

How to cut Hasselback Potatoes

  1. Place your washed potato on top of two chopsticks or two equal-sized wooden spoons.
  2. Take your knife and slice 1/8 inch thick slices only going down to the chopsticks (or wooden spoon handles) without cutting through the bottom.
russet potato on chopsticks
sliced hasselback potato on chopsticks

How to make Hasselback Potatoes

Detailed instructions and measurements to make Garlic Hasselback Potatoes are listed in the recipe card at the bottom of this page.

  1. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
  2. Thoroughly wash your potatoes.
  3. Slice your potatoes Hasselback style, cutting slices about 1/8 inch thick without cutting through the bottom of the potato. You can use chopsticks or equal-sized wooden spoon handles to help. (See detailed instructions above). Once sliced, add them to a baking sheet.
  4. Add your butter to a saucepan and melt over medium heat.
  5. Brush the tops of the potatoes with the melted butter. You will have about half left. Leave it in the saucepan and set aside.
  6. Sprinkle the potatoes with kosher salt and black pepper.
  7. Place in the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes.
  8. While they are baking, put the saucepan with the butter back on the heat over low. Add in the chopped garlic.
  9. Let the garlic cook in the butter for about 5 minutes over low. The garlic will not saute, but it will flavor the butter.
  10. Remove the potatoes from the oven and gently (and carefully, they are hot!) fan them out a little bit further.
  11. Brush (or pour) the garlic butter over the potatoes making sure to get it in all the cracks and crevices. Place them back in the oven and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until cooked through. You want the edges crispy and the insides fluffy.
  12. Remove from the oven and top with fresh thyme!
washed russet potatoes on a cutting board
russet potato on chopsticks
sliced hasselback potato on chopsticks
sliced russet potato hasselback style
sliced hasselback potatoes on a baking sheet
melted butter in a sauce pan
butter on sliced hasselback potato
salt, pepper, and butter on a sliced hasselback potato
melted butter with garlic in a sauce pan
sliced potatoes with butter, salt and pepper
garlic butter placed on hasselback potatoes
hasselback potato cooked halfway through on a baking sheet

How long to cook Hasselback Potatoes

Hasselback potatoes should be baked in the oven for 30-40 minutes.

FAQ for Garlic Hasselback Potatoes

garlic butter hasselback potatoes topped with fresh thyme and flaked salt

How to lower calories or ww points

A couple of ways you could lower the calories or WW points would be by using a butter substitute and a smaller potato.

Storing Garlic Butter Hasselback Potatoes

Garlic butter hasselback potatoes should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Per the USDA, cooked potatoes should not be consumed after 3-4 days.

What to serve with hasselback potatoes with garlic?

Hasselback potatoes pair well with your favorite meat dishes. Some of our favorites to serve along side them are:

Prep 5 minutesCook 50 minutesTotal 55 minutesMakes 4 potatoes

Ingredients

  • 4 whole russet or yukon gold potatoes
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 whole garlic cloves chopped
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¾ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme optional

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
  2. Thoroughly wash your potatoes.
  3. Slice your potatoes Hasselback style, cutting slices about ⅛ inch thick without cutting through the bottom of the potato. You can use chopsticks or equal-sized wooden spoon handles to help. (See detailed instructions above). Once sliced, add them to a baking sheet .
  4. Add your butter to a saucepan and melt over medium heat.
  5. Brush the tops of the potatoes with the melted butter. You will have about half left. Leave it in the saucepan and set aside.
  6. Sprinkle the potatoes with kosher salt and black pepper.
  7. Place in the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes.
  8. While they are baking, put the saucepan with the butter back on the heat over low. Add in the chopped garlic.
  9. Let the garlic cook in the butter for about 5 minutes over low. The garlic will not saute, but it will flavor the butter.
  10. Remove the potatoes from the oven and gently (and carefully, they are hot!) fan them out a little bit further.
  11. Brush (or pour) the garlic butter over the potatoes making sure to get it in all the cracks and crevices. Place them back in the oven and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until cooked through. You want the edges crispy and the insides fluffy.
  12. Remove from the oven and top with fresh thyme!

Notes

  • Set your potatoes on chopsticks or equal-sized wooden spoon handles to prevent cutting through the potatoes. <h3 class="wprm-recipe-header

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