Vegan Crispy Smashed Potatoes

Few things in the kitchen deliver the kind of satisfaction that comes from pulling a tray of deeply golden, shatteringly crisp potatoes out of a screaming-hot oven. The technique here is simple but brilliant — boiling the potatoes until completely tender before smashing them flat means you get fluffy, creamy interiors surrounded by jagged, lacy edges that turn impossibly crispy in the oven. A generous pour of extra-virgin olive oil on the baking sheet does the heavy lifting, essentially frying the undersides against the hot pan while the oven blasts the tops to a deep, nutty brown. Garlic powder and freshly ground black pepper season every craggy surface, and a finish of flaky sea salt and fresh parsley makes the whole platter look like something from a restaurant pass. Every single ingredient here is naturally plant-based, so there's nothing to swap or substitute — just honest, whole-food cooking that happens to be completely free of animal products. These are the kind of potatoes that disappear fast, so consider making a double batch.

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