# Salt Potatoes

Salt potatoes are a regional food from Syracuse, New York, made by boiling small potatoes in very salty water, which forms a salt crust on the skin when they cool, and are often served with butter and parsley.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup Kosher salt
- 1 gallon water
- potatoes
- butter
- parsley

## Instructions

1. Pour salt into a pot with water.
2. Whisk the salt and water together until the salt dissolves.
3. Add potatoes to the salty water and boil.
4. Stir the potatoes in the boiling water.
5. Drain the potatoes and spread them on a baking sheet.
6. Melt butter in a bowl.
7. Pour the melted butter over the potatoes on the baking sheet.
8. Mix the potatoes with the melted butter.
9. Sprinkle parsley on the potatoes.

## Equipment

- pot
- whisk
- colander
- baking sheet
- fork

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-07-26

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