We love potatoes in our family. Just look at my backside and you’ll know for sure. One of our favorite potato dishes are these baby (chat) potatoes with a creamy, garlicky, buttery sauce.
They are a bit decadent so you wouldn’t want to have them often but we love them on veggie nights. It’s not that they replace meat but they’re filling in the same way.
If you like garlic like we do, then give these a try. They’re really quick and easy to make and I’ve never had anyone not want seconds.
I’ve seen recipes where you slice these and fry them and then toss in the cream and reduce but I choose the easier route.
I scrub the potatoes and cut them into bite sized pieces and boil in salted water until just tender. In a sauce pan I put two cloves of minced garlic and the butter and s l o w l y tease out the garlicky goodness over very low heat. Then I add the cream and salt and pepper to taste and reduce the cream til it’s thick enough to coat the potatoes. By the time the sauce is done, the little pieces of potato are done and it’s time to fill my belly !
- 10 baby (chat) potatoes
- 2 tbs butter
- 2 cloves garlic minced (you can use less if you don’t like garlic)
- ¾ cup cream
- 2 tbs fresh parsley chopped (or 1 tbs dried parsley)
- salt and pepper
- Wash and cut potatoes in bite sized pieces
- Boil over low heat until just done
- In a saucepan melt butter and add the garlic and over low heat cook the garlic for 2 or 3 minutes
- Add cream and reduce til thick enough to coat the potatoes. About 10 minutes.
- Drain potatoes and add to cream sauce
- Add parsley, salt and pepper
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Yum!! This looks sooo delicious. What a great way to add to simple potatoes.
OMG! Give me some garlic and I’ll scream with delight! I’m so obsessed with it my Dad once suggested I should put some in my tea! Haha
Love baby potatoes too. What a great dish for a barbecue or to go with steak. And sso simple to make!
I can’t wait to make these – YUM! lovin’ this website Chef!
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Wow, those look seriously tasty. I love potatoes and I love cream. Even better when they’re together.
YUMMMM, those look LUSCIOUS!
That butter sauce looks simply divine. I’m making this tomorrow!
I love all the sweet, new potatoes at the markets, and always search for the new approaches. I agree, this cannot be an everyday fare, but what’s not to love?
My mother makes them with a creamy dill sauce and they are divine.
Husband can indulge on weekends, and I’ll try your garlicky potatoes.
Creamy, garlic butter and potatoes! 4 of my favorite words in one recipe! They look amazing!
I adore garlic cream sauces so I think I’d love this!
That first photo is food porn to the millionth degree. I cannot resist this… potatoes, cream, butter and garlic is pure manna. Definitly adding this to my recipe bookmarks
Love potatoes and garlic too. These look delicious! But, yes,for a special occasion…Hmm…is “The 2nd official day of summer” a special occasion?
WOW, this looks soooo delicious.
No such thing as too decadent!
These sound unbelievably wonderful. Can’t wait to try!!
I adore anything with garlic! This is like having garlic mashed potatoes all grown up lol…I Will be fixing these. Already bookmarked to print.
I am so happy to discover your blog, great recipes! I am sort of a potato fanatic, I keep a notebook JUST for my potato recipes…. looks like I have a new one!
Being Irish, I’m genetically predisposed to love potatoes and you’ve given me another excuse to eat them in this delicious dish. I would be happy to eat this as a main.
My love for potatoes is also evident on my back side. But recipes like this one are worth it! Great blog…so glad to discover it!
Too decadent? I say too perfect. Backside or no…some things are meant to be. These among them!
I like you and your family adore potatoes! Any which way. I am always looking for new potato recipes and this recipe looks scrumptious.
Yum! This is very similar to how we make potato salad in our family. We’d leave out the butter and cream and use olive oil and lemon instead, Middle Eastern style. I’ll blog it soon as it’s great for summer BBQs. But the richness of your recipe sounds better for a winter warmer, which I assume is needed in the Southern Hemisphere right about now?
Oh my goodness these potatoes look insanely delicious! the creaminess is just drawing me in! Wow!
What a fun post and love this recipe! I’d certainly do this to potatoes. As a scot we grew up with them with virtually every meal and so I tend to shy away from “tatties” but you’ve come up with a genius idea. Lovely.
Potatoes ..Garlic and cream in one recipe..
I can’t make this soon enough!
My kids LOVE potatoes and would really like these. The cream sauce is unusually – I usually roast or bake potatoes dry. This technique looks really nice.
OMG! my son would love these! And so would I to be totally honest! Creamy garlic.. oh yes, I’d eat these on veggie night also so I could indulge without any guilt!!
YUM! Sounds so delicious, and not too difficult
This is a BF pleaser 
Great recipe.
Your photos looks yummy! I love anything to do with potatoes, thanks for the recipe!
My mouth is seriously watering the more I scroll down your page!! Everything looks so delish, especially this!!!
Michelle
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Oh my dear Maureen. This is quite possibly the best thing I’ve seen in quite some time. Potatoes, cream, and garlic. So classic. So comforting. So going to be our dinner soon. Thanks!
You are not joking about the CREAMY part… OH MY! love the generous amount of parsley in this recipe. yum!
Has anybody actually tried the dish? Any feedback?
Jay, I hope someone has tried these potatoes because they’re our #1 favorite in the potato department. I’m having them again tonight and they don’t go with the American style bbq ribs but we’re flying in the face of food correctness and eating them anyway.
These creamy potatoes look amazing!
It is vegetarian week at Get Grillin’ we would love if you submitted up to any 3 recipes (they don’t have to be grilled) to our link up. This one would be perfect!
This week we have a ManPans giveaway. http://su.pr/3GCtXU
HI Marla, as you requested, I added my potatoes to your get grilling 2011 event. I’m not in the US so not eligible to win, but I hope you have a lot of entries!
Gonna try this on the grill. Looks great!
Absolutely delicious!!! It is now our family’s favourite potato dish and we like lots of potatoes.
Oh yummmmmmmm!!!! All that butter, cream, garlic and potatoes…..it has me licking my lips in wonder….
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I’m DYING over these potatoes!!! Omg, I have to have them!
This is my husbands favorite potato dish by far. (I think he’d eat anything with cream on it but he really likes these.)
Just cooked these & I must say they were delicious! I will definately try these again, I thought they might taste nice with a little Parmesan on top too!
Oh I like the parmesan idea! My husband isn’t a cheesehead like I am so I’m always careful but with parmesan I could add it to my own.