Traditional Greek Lemon Garlic Roasted Potatoes (Patates fournou)

Also known as "patates psites" (baked potatoes) or "patates ladorigani" (patates with olive oil and oregano), this is a staple in every Greek home.

In Greece, everyone has a beautiful memory of a sunny Sunday family lunch with oven roasted potatoes and some chicken, lamb, pork or beef. It's one of the ultimate Greek comfort foods!

One of the tastiest sides (ever), these lemon-garlic roasted potatoes are used to accompany...pretty much every grilled/roasted meat. They are amazing with grilled meats like lamb, pork, veal/beef or chicken, but they 're also often served with fish.

If you want to serve these garlic lemon roasted potatoes as a side dish besides grilled meat, we have some other delicious suggestions as well: traditional Greek meatballs, Cajun pork steaks, pork roast with plums and dark beer, Greek roasted leg of lamb, Greek burgers with feta and olives,   Mediterranean turkey burgers, or fried chicken (Schnitzel)!

Some people are also having those tasty flavorful potatoes as a main dish with some salad, especially during Lent ("Sarakosti"). So this recipe, is a fantastic choice for vegetarians as well. Patates psites are also amazing with some good ol' real (sheep) feta. It's the perfect side…for this side!:)

In this recipe, potatoes are slowly roasted in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, mustard and oregano, until they are tender and soft in the inside and a little crispy on the outside. Some people prefer them soft on the outside as well, so we'll tell you how to do that in the tips section.

One of the reasons this is such a popular recipe, is the simplicity of it; it contains 3 of the most basic ingredients of the Greek cuisine: olive oil, lemon and oregano. It's very important to select Greek dry oregano (or Italian which must be more-less similar). The quality of the oregano will determine the final result.

If these potatoes are cooked together with meat (in most cases they do), they soak up its flavor and they are… yummmm...divine! If you plan to do that, consider the time you will need to roast the meat, in order to arrange placing the meat or the potatoes in the baking pan at the appropriate moment, so that they are ready at the same time.

So let’s start making them-baking them!