• Irish Roadkill Smashed Potatoes with Capers (aka Crispy Smashers)

    by Dorothy Reinhold on September 25, 2016


    Print This Post Print This Post Irish Roadkill Smashed Potatoes with Capers: Unbelievably good, crispy, salty potatoes, better than a French fry or latke, with only 3 ingredients. The spuds AND the capers get crispy while roasting! This will be your favorite new potato dish forever.

    If you’re never made Irish Roadkill before, you need to get on it!

    I’ve been making them for 15 years, but back then I called them by a more ladylike name — Crispy Smashers. I thought that’s what described them best.

    But then a funny reader renamed mine for me, and now Irish Roadkill is the name that sticks!

    Over the years, I’ve tweaked the original recipe every which way –

    • chopped bacon and shredded cheese and chives (a loaded potato idea)
    • a shower of fresh chopped herbs
    • a sprinkling of smoked paprika

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