Easy Grilled Baby Potatoes

The perfect grilling side dish. These delicious grilled baby potatoes are crispy and slightly charred. So simple and easy with no precooking, they will become a standard at your house.

Summer is here and along with it comes grilling season. I have lots of meat recipes. After all, we are a “meatasaurus” household. But the questions is always, what do we have with that? It is a never ending attempt to avoid the “bag-o-chips.” We do lots of veggies, some salads, but a convenient side dishes has escaped us. Until now.

I have done various methods of potatoes on the grill, but most require lots of special attention or prep. They haven’t worked well for me mostly due to cooking flow issues. They were good and simple but just didn’t fit well. This method flows with the cooking of most meat dishes on the grill.

It occurred to me, I cook cut up red potatoes in the oven for about 30 minutes and get a nice crispy outside. I should be able to do that on a grill. I did my usual research. No help this time. They all want to cook the potatoes ( usually boil them) before grilling. No, no, no. Just grill them. As Thoreau said, “Simplify, simplify, simplify.”

My Rating

I do love a good side dish. This one we will do over and over.

Notes on Grill Baby Potatoes

First, let’s talk type of potatoes. While this would work with almost any potato, I prefer something small with a thinner skin. These come with various names, new potatoes, baby potatoes, or in my picture they are labeled as little potatoes.

Next size. You may think they are small already, but not small enough. You are trying to get the center of the piece to cook while not burning the outside all in a reasonable time. I want the size to be no more than 3/8 inch of any part of the potato to the outside of the piece. It might be round; it might be a disk, and more commonly a half of a circle. If this distance is more, the center may not get done.

Next the grill temperature. I suggest 450-500 degrees. Add in a nice stir occasionally, and you will be done in about 30 minutes. This is the same temperature and approximate cooking time for a pork tenderloin or many chicken recipes. So there is a method to my madness.

Final note. A done baked potato is about 210 degrees internal temperature.  You want that creamy inside with no crunch. To me, 210 is the target temperature but 205 is the minimum and less than 200 is just not acceptable.

Preheat grill to 450 degrees surface temperature. 500 degrees max. On my grill that is about medium. On lesser grills, it would be about 75%.

Wash your potatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds) and cut into bite size pieces with no more than 3/8 inch of any part of the piece to an outside surface.

Mix with 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder. Place in a grill pan and close lid.

Stir every 5-7 minutes until internal temperature of 210 degrees. Right at 30 minutes for me.

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3.2 from 21 votes

Grilled Baby Potatoes

The perfect grilling side dish. These delicious grilled baby potatoes are crispy and slightly charred. So simple and easy with no precooking.

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Total Time35 mins

Author: Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

Servings/Adjustment: 4

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds baby potatoes
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder - granular preferred

Instructions

• Preheat grill to 450 degrees surface temperature. 500 degrees max. On my grill that is about medium. On lesser grills, it would be about 75%.
• Wash your potatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds) and cut into bite size pieces with no more than 3/8 inch of any part of the piece to an outside surface.
• Mix with 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder. Place in a grill pan and close lid.
• Stir every 5-7 minutes until internal temperature of 210 degrees. Right at 30 minutes for me.

Recipe Notes

An easy recipe to scale up or down.

Nutrition Facts

Grilled Baby Potatoes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 160 Calories from Fat 36

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 4g 6%

Saturated Fat 1g 5%

Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g

Monounsaturated Fat 3g

Sodium 493mg 21%

Potassium 716mg 20%

Total Carbohydrates 30g 10%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 1g

Protein 3g 6%

Vitamin C 52%

Calcium 2%

Iron 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

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Nutrition is for one serving. Number of servings is stated above and is my estimate of normal serving size for this recipe.

All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.

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