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Dukkah Spiced Hasselback Potatoes {gluten free, vegan}

Crispy crunchy on the edges and moist inside, like a cross between potato chips and French fries–hasselback potatoes! These hasselback potatoes with dukkah spice are easy to make. Slice the potatoes thinly, but not all the way to the bottom, so the slices to stay together in accordian shape. Douse in olive oil, bake in a hot oven, and sprinkle generously with a mix of toasted nuts and exotic spices known as dukkah.

Hasselback Potatoes with Dukkah Spice on baking sheet

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Named after the Swedish restaurant that originally created them, fan-cut hasselbacks are a creative way to serve potatoes.

Dukkah hasselbacks–funny words to describe fan-cut baked potatoes sprinkled with Egyptian spice mix.

 ingredients for Hasselback Potatoes with Dukkah Spice

Dukkah–DOO-kah –is a blend of toasted nuts, sesame seeds, and spices like coriander, fennel, cumin, and peppercorns. Fruity, slightly astringent sumac (soo-mack) spice, a berry that grows wild in the Middle East, adds its special flavor note to this dukkah.

Some dukkah recipes call for chopped almonds, other recipes use hazelnuts. You can use either or both.

Serve your dukkah-spiced hasselbacks with creamy scrambled eggs. Try dipping chunks of bread into olive oil and then into the dukkah. Mmmmm. For an easy appetizer that everyone loves,  sprinkle it over steamed edamame pods, and remember dukkah makes an excellent flavor enhancer on eggs, and on roasted or grilled vegetables too!!

cutting potatoes for Hasselback Potatoes with Dukkah Spice

Tip: To keep from cutting all the way through the bottom of the potatoes, set the potato between 2 parallel chopsticks, like in the photo.

Hasselback potatoes with dukkah spice. Crispy. Imaginative. Hasselback joy. Hot. Potatoes. Salty. Spicy. Mouthwatering dukkah. Comfort. Ease. Satisfaction. Buddha smiles.

Hasselback Potatoes and Dukkah spice details:

Dukkah is not the only spice I’ve been playing with these days. I’ve been exploring Aleppo pepper too, like in this garlic and rice soup.

You will love the sumac seasoning in this warming farro and hearty greens soup!

Trivia: Besides being an Egyptian spice blend, dukkha is an important teaching in the Buddhist tradition, and the nuanced term I heard first. Read more here.

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Nutrition Facts
Dukkah Spiced Hasselback Potatoes
Amount Per Serving (14 g)
Calories 105 Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Sodium 78mg3%
Potassium 225mg6%
Carbohydrates 7g2%
Fiber 2g8%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 10IU0%
Vitamin C 5mg6%
Calcium 52mg5%
Iron 2.1mg12%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

6 comments

  • I am grateful to have the bounty of fresh vegetables at our local farmers markets in Santa Barbara! Looking forwards to trying this recipe. I may try it with sweet potatoes. Reply · 16 November, 2014

    • Letty

      Thanks Maura. Sweet potatoes will be great–though won’t get/stay as crispy. The fun look is still there, and the dukkah sprinkle–no dukkha there. 😉 Reply · 16 November, 2014

  • laurie

    So funny-Laura made these potatoes last night sin the dukkah but pretty and tasty to go with our dorado roasted in banana leaves in a chile guajillo/orange/lime sauce Reply · 16 November, 2014

    • Letty

      How cool is that? Great minds think alike. I bet that roasted fish was delish. Reply · 16 November, 2014

  • You took something crazy good and made it crazy crazy good. GREG Reply · 18 November, 2014

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