Name: Sous Vide Potatoes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 1 pound baby potatoes (sliced in half); 2 tablespoons butter (see Notes for vegan option); ½ teaspoon salt; 2-3 tablespoons fresh herbs (such as chives or parsley)

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These sous vide potatoes are perfectly cooked until creamy and tender! Potatoes, butter, salt, and a sprinkling of your favorite fresh herbs is all you’ll need to make this savory side dish.

sous vide potatoes on a plate with fresh parsley on the side

What Makes This Recipe So Good

The sous vide traps flavor, making them buttery and delicious! Compared to other cooking methods, these sous video potatoes absorb so much more flavor.
They’re super easy and hands-off! Simply place all ingredients in a large zip-top bag, then place in the sous vide. Return an hour later to perfectly tender potatoes!
With a few tablespoons of your favorite fresh herbs, they pair well with virtually any meal! These potatoes are the perfect all-purpose side dish. I love serving mine with grilled steak or salmon for a complete and healthy meal.

Key Ingredients

Baby Potatoes – This small variety of potato cooks up super soft and creamy. I love baby potatoes for their naturally buttery flavor. However, if you prefer a different kind of potato, go ahead and use it. Really any potato will work in this simple sous vide recipe.

Fresh Herbs – I used fresh parsley and fresh chives in my sous vide potatoes, though feel free to use whichever herb(s) you like best! A sprinkling of fresh thyme would make for a great and cozy side dish. Even fresh dill would make for an exciting twist in this recipe.

Chef’s Tips

Be sure to place a few heavy utensils into your plastic bag, along with the other ingredients. Potatoes are relatively light and have a tendency to float in the water bath. Therefore, to ensure they cook fully and evenly, weigh the bag down with two or three utensils.
Switch up the flavors in this recipe however you’d like! Substitute butter for any oil you’d like. A few cloves of minced garlic or even a couple lemon slices would also make delicious additions to these sous vide potatoes.
Meal prep these potatoes to enjoy all throughout the week! I love making this easy side dish at the start of my week to have in the fridge for busy weeknights. To reheat, I simply toss the potatoes in a hot pan with a little oil until warm throughout.

close-up overhead image of sous vide potatoes

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Sous Vide Potatoes

These sous vide potatoes are perfectly cooked until creamy and tender! Potatoes, butter, salt, and a sprinkling of your favorite fresh herbs is all you'll need to make this savory side dish.

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Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword easy potato recipe, easy side dish, holiday recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 138kcal

Author Cheryl Malik

Equipment

Zip-top freezer bag
Sous vide

Ingredients

1 pound baby potatoes sliced in half
2 tablespoons butter see Notes for vegan option
½ teaspoon salt
2-3 tablespoons fresh herbs such as chives or parsley

Instructions

Set sous vide to 190° Fahrenheit (87° Celsius).
Add all ingredients to a large zip-top freezer bag along with a few heavy utensils to weigh the bag down.
Remove air and seal the bag using the displacement method then submerge the bag in the sous vide water bath and cook for 1 hour.

Notes

Make it Vegan: To make this recipe vegan, simply use 2 tablespoons of olive oil in place of the butter.

Recipe yields approximately 4 servings. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.

Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving, using butter. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.

To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by 4. Result will be the weight of one serving.

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