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Waffle Smashed Potatoes

December 24, 2014 by Lisa Le 8 Comments

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Waffle Smashed Potatoes

It’s Christmas Eve and I’m in that awkward place where I want to celebrate Christmas but at the same time I don’t. I’m not Christian, but it’s still a pretty prevalent holiday in Canada, whether you’re Christian or not. I wish my family had big traditions around the holidays that would make this time of year feel more special. Christmas to my family is a time where the kids get presents, and we go to my grandma’s house and watch Vietnamese music DVDs and eat food. It’s nothing really that exciting unless my aunt and cousin from Pennsylvania comes to visit, and then it’s crazy. My aunt is so loud and happy and brings out this crazy giddy girl out of my mom, it’s really fun to see. Plus we always end up going on adventures with her and it’s fun. (Don’t worry, my cousin is fun too. She’s just a butt.)

Waffle Smashed Potatoes

My first actual Christmas experience ever that wasn’t blended with my family’s apathy for the holiday was when I got my first Christmas stocking ever. It was from my high school boyfriend’s mom, and honestly it was such a big deal to me. I had never had a stocking before, and it was so exciting to have someone think of giving me one. It was filled with chocolate, a mini teddy bear, and if I remember correctly, a mini ceramic cat?

Chris is really big on Christmas, and I’m curious as to what our Christmas traditions will be. Will we have a Christmas tree? I don’t want a real one because even though it smells nice, it’s not sustainable and it just gets thrown out by the end of the season. I definitely want stockings. Will he dress up like Santa? Will we let our kids believe in Santa? I never believed in Santa, I was a very logic-based kid who asked too many questions about Santa. So I don’t know how to ingrain that magical belief in my kids. Will we host Christmas dinner? Probably not, nobody wants a vegan Christmas but me. I don’t really want meat all up in my kitchen. What will our Christmas mornings be like?

I feel like these are questions I should be asking Chris. How have I not asked him these questions before?

Waffle Smashed Potatoes

In my last post, I talked about Vietnamese traditions in culture, and it seems appropriate today to share something more aligned with Canadian traditions in culture. What says Canadian more than potatoes, butter and salt? Crispy potatoes, fluffy insides, salty buttery inside and out…if that’s not the epitome of North American traditions for comfort food, I don’t know what is.

Thus, I bring you waffle smashed potatoes, because everything is better when you make it in an waffle iron, right? It’s like smashed potatoes, but better because they’re faster, you don’t need to turn on the oven, and the amount of crispy surface area is maximized. You need new potatoes or “baby” potatoes. I tried them with heirloom potatoes, but my favourite potatoes to use are yellow ones. They’re perfectly fluffy and crisp up so nicely. Their buttery flavour and crispy edges make them perfect alongside anything you desire.

They make for a great breakfast if you boil them the day before, pop them in the fridge and cook them up on the waffle iron in the morning. Easier than pan-fried and faster too.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and hope you all are spending time with friends and family <3

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Waffle Smashed Potatoes

Waffle Smashed Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 1.5 lb / 680 g new potatoes (I used yellow, but red ones would be fine too)
  • 2 tbsp vegan butter (like Becel Vegan), melted
  • 2 tsp chopped fresh parsley
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  1. In a large pot, boil potatoes until fork-tender, about 10-15 minutes depending on the size. Once you can slide a knife or fork into a potato easily, it's ready.
  2. Drain and let steam dry.
  3. Preheat your waffle iron.
  4. Use a silicone basting brush to lightly butter the waffle iron for extra crispiness. Arrange potatoes on the iron, about 1 new potato per 4 waffle "squares". Sprinkle some parsley on top, and firmly press down to "smash" the cooked potatoes. Let cook for about 3-5 minutes, checking until they have beautifully golden crisp.
  5. Remove from iron and sprinkle with salt to taste. Continue until all potatoes are done.
  6. Serve immediately!

Notes

If you want to cut the cooking process, you can always boil a bunch of potatoes, store them in the fridge, and whenever you want piping hot crispy potatoes, pop them out of the fridge and waffle smash some potatoes!

© Lisa Le

Waffle Smashed Potatoes

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About Lisa Le

Lisa is the thirty-something, nerdy, procrastinating, feminist blogger and photographer behind The Viet Vegan. She loves spicy foods, noodles, and food in bowls.

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  1. Caroline says

    December 25, 2014 at 2:08 PM

    Joyeux Noël Lisa!

    Reply
    • Lisa Le says

      December 25, 2014 at 6:31 PM

      Merci Caroline! Joyeux Noël à toi aussi ^_^

      Reply
  2. Lisa Le says

    December 26, 2014 at 11:40 AM

    It’s not that bad to clean but if you want to minimize the mess, just brush the iron with melted margarine or butter (i used becel vegan) and smash the potatoes, then add parsley and salt after on your plate.

    As for celebrating logical things, I would love to celebrate the more spiritual things but I get the feeling Chris would be a little weirded out and confused haha. We’ll cross that bridge when we get there hahaha

    Reply
  3. Ella Jane says

    December 30, 2014 at 10:37 AM

    Hello new dinner for every night of the week.

    Reply
  4. Ala says

    January 3, 2015 at 2:36 AM

    Daww–loved this post. And the idea of waking up to these taters–I mean, wow! Just got a waffle maker for Christmas, so I’ll be putting it to good use for sure. Happy 2015, Lisa!

    Reply
  5. Alyssa says

    January 3, 2015 at 5:42 PM

    I found your site thru buzzfeed! I wanted to comment on the throwing out of christmas trees part … I’ve had real trees for the majority of my memory, and while you’re correct that you’re cutting down a living tree, there are easy-to-find places (at least in my neighborhood) that will recycle it for you into mulch and ground coverings on trails. Just a little bonus! Hope you had a good holiday!

    Reply
    • Lisa Le says

      January 3, 2015 at 5:47 PM

      That’s good to know! I think I’ll stick trying to convince my partner to settle for a fake tree, but if we ever go for a real one I’ll know what to do with it after =D

      Reply
  6. TreasuredChaos says

    July 13, 2017 at 2:22 PM

    I know I’m late for the waffled-food party, but mine comes in the mail today and I can’t wait to try this recipe. We dug a few plants of regular white potatoes yesterday and I already have the golf-ball sized ones boiling to have this tonight (I’m gonna have to slather mine in country gravy, though!) The Christmas thing…I am a Christian. I don’t celebrate Christmas. It gets a bit harder to resist when they get in school, but we manage. I was lucky to have twins in December a day before my hubby’s b-day so rather than buying for everyone in the house except my oldest son, we have what we call ‘celebration’. We all celebrate each other and Christ in the middle of the month b/c we want to. Then we do it again around his birthday in July. Works for us.

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