The Best Easy Vegan Sesame Maple oven roasted potatoes recipe
Are you in the mood for deliciously tender and fluffy on the inside and crispy crunchy nutty sweetness on the outside? Then these easy vegan Japanese Sesame maple syrup roasted potatoes are the answer to your foodie cravings.
Jump to RecipeJust reading the best easy vegan Japanese Sesame Maple oven roasted potatoes recipe name makes my mouth water. These delicious golden nuggets of fluffy baked potatoes wrapped in a jacket of sticky and sweet maple syrup covered in crunchy nutty sesame seeds take the humble roasted potatoes to a whole new level.
Traditionally these Japanese oven-roasted potatoes call for using honey, but my vegan copycat spinoff version substitutes the honey with maple syrup for a sweet sticky treat that’s irresistibly tasty.
This easy vegan oven roasted potatoes recipe is simple to make and is a hit recipe at cookouts, Thanksgiving, and Christmas dinner. Made simply with potatoes, spices, maple syrup, and sesame seeds it doesn’t get much easier or tastier than these potatoes.
What’s great about the best vegan oven roasted maple syrup and sesame seed potatoes:
- Just about everything
- Only requires 3 main ingredients
- Super simple and budget-friendly recipe
- A crowd-pleaser potato recipe
- Great potato side dish for Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays
- A favorite with kids and adults alike
- A great recipe to cook with kids
- Vegan
- Gluten-Free
- Delicious
Vegan Holiday oven roasted potatoes recipe
These easy vegan sticky maple syrup and sesame seeds coated fluffy roasted potatoes are a family favourite for the holidays. I could eat these delicious sticky and crispy potatoes every single day, but they are a returning request for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. And I can’t say that I mind that everyone adores these potatoes as much as I do, because I would happily make them every day.
What potatoes should I use for making oven-roasted potatoes?
You can use any type of potatoes you prefer. Yukon gold potatoes are always great, but any type will work well in this recipe. I’m partial to using smaller potatoes in this recipe because they become more crispy and can soak up more of the sesame maple syrup coating.
Ingredients needed to make vegan oven roasted sesame maple potatoes recipe:
These easy oven roasted potatoes are fluffy, sticky and utterly delicious…and they don’t require any fancy ingredients, or even that many ingredients at all. With only 3 main ingredients and a few spices it’s a great simple oven roasted potatoes recipe that tastes sinfully good.
The only ingredients needed for these oven roasted potatoes are:
- Potatoes
- Sesame seeds
- Maple syrup
- Dried basil
- Salt
- Ground Coriander (optional and can be replaced with ground cumin or even dried thyme)
- Fresh chopped basil for garnish
…and that’s it. Only 3 main ingredients required to make a luxurious feast.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with baking paper.
- Cut the rinsed potatoes into halves and toss them together with olive oil and salt and pepper.Pour the potatoes onto the baking sheet and cook in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until the potatoes are tender on the inside and crispy on the outside.Once the potatoes are baked, remove them from the oven.
- Heat olive oil in a pan and add the sesame seeds. Let the sesame seeds cook for 1 minute before adding the maple syrup. Pour in the baked potatoes and season with salt, basil, and coriander. Stir together to combine and let the potatoes cook until the maple syrup is sticky and just starting to darken. Remove from the stove and serve the hot potatoes with a garnish of fresh basil. Enjoy.
The Best Easy Vegan Japanese Sesame Maple oven roasted potatoes recipe
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp Olive Oil
- 3 pounds Potatoes Scrubbed or peeled
- 3 tbsp Maple Syrup
- 3 tbsp Sesame Seeds
- 1 tsp Sea salt or Kosher Salt
- 1 tsp Dried Basil
- 1 tsp Ground Coriander
- Pinch of Pepper
- 1 bunch Fresh Basil Chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with baking paper.
- Cut the rinsed potatoes into halves and toss them together with olive oil and salt and pepper.Pour the potatoes onto the baking sheet and cook in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until the potatoes are tender on the inside and crispy on the outside.Once the potatoes are baked, remove them from the oven.
- Heat olive oil in a pan and add the sesame seeds. Let the sesame seeds cook for 1 minute before adding the maple syrup. Pour in the baked potatoes and season with salt, basil, and coriander. Stir together to combine and let the potatoes cook until the maple syrup is sticky and just starting to darken. Remove from the stove and serve the hot potatoes with a garnish of fresh basil. Enjoy.
Are you looking for more easy vegan holiday or winter recipes? Try some of my fan favourite recipes like:
- Creamy vegan gravy
- The best Hasselback sweet potatoes recipe
- Parmesan Crusted Hasselback Butternut Squash recipe (vegetarian, but still had to include this crowd pleaser recipe)
- The best vegan hot chocolate recipe
- Easy vegan Waldorf salad recipe
