Crispy Buffalo Wing Smashed Potatoes.
These crispy buffalo smashed potatoes are out of this world! My crispy smashed potatoes are topped with melty blue cheese, drizzled with buffalo wing sauce and sprinkled with tons of cilantro and green onions. A perfect game day snack or side dish!
There is nothing I will eat with wing sauce!
It’s time to buffalo wing all the things. These crispy smashed potatoes are covered in wing sauce, blue cheese, green onions and tons of fabulous buffalo flavor. Ideal for watching the big game or heck, even just for an easy dinner side with some grilled chicken!
Because these are freaking delicious.
As a self-proclaimed smashed potato connoisseur, I have to say that these are one of my favorite varieties.
While I really love my chipotle candied bacon smashed potatoes, this buffalo version reminds me of baked homemade fries that I used to make all the time.
In case I need to remind you: I really like buffalo chicken without the chicken. Meaning, I like all the flavors – the wing sauce, green onions, blue cheese, ranch, cilantro, etc.
In fact, I LOVE the flavors.
Especially when they are piled high on something crispy and crunchy and salty.
Like smashed potatoes!
Oh, oh and I should remind you that you actually CAN add chicken to this if you don’t want just buffalo. You could throw some shredded rotisserie chicken on top if the potatoes when melting the cheese.
Easy as that!
Now, see…
I have flavored these potatoes with everything before. We are talking all the things. I’ve done a french onion version, a chipotle cheddar, pesto and even a smashed chili sweet potato one! There is no smashed potato that I do not love.
The texture! The crunch! This is by far Eddie’s favorite side dish and the kids love them too because they basically taste like fries.
When it comes to buffalo-inspired foods, I prefer blue cheese over ranch or a mix of both. I’m team blue cheese for life.
However, I find that those two things are rather interchangeable in a recipe like this. For instance, many family members don’t care for blue cheese. So I will use a cheddar cheese to melt on top and then drizzle on ranch AND buffalo wing sauce.
Really, these are my favorite way to “buffalo” potatoes, but you might like a few more/less ingredients when it comes to that flavoring. Make it your own.
The key is the crispy smashed potato underneath. And that is everything!
Crispy Buffalo Wing Smashed Potatoes
Crispy Buffalo Wing Smashed Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 pounds baby Yukon gold potatoes
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ cup crumbled blue cheese
- ⅓ cup buffalo wing sauce
- ¼ cup chopped green onions
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- ranch dressing, for serving
Instructions
- Place the potatoes in a large pot and fill it with cold water. Bring the water to a boil. Simmer the potatoes until they are just barely fork tender. Strain the potatoes and let them cool slightly.
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Brush a baking sheet with 1 ½ tablespoons of olive oil. Place the potatoes on the sheet. Use your hand or the bottom of a glass to smash them once, trying to keep them in one piece.
- Drizzle the remaining olive oil over the potatoes. Sprinkle the potatoes with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
- Place the sheet in the oven and roast the potatoes for 25 to 30 minutes, until golden and crispy.
- Remove the pan and top each potato with some of the blue cheese. Return the pan to the oven for 5 minutes, until the cheese is melted.
- Remove the pan and drizzle with the buffalo wing sauce, top with the green onions and fresh cilantro. You can add more crumbled blue cheese if you’d like! Serve immediately!
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You know it’s bad when I’ve turned buffalo into a verb.
One Comment on “Crispy Buffalo Wing Smashed Potatoes.”
These crispy buffalo smashed potatoes look absolutely delicious! Love the idea of combining buffalo wing flavors with crunchy smashed potatoes—such a perfect game day snack. Definitely trying this soon.