Rustic Potato Wedges

  • 5MINS
  • 40MINS
  • Serves 4
  • 164KCAL

These Rustic Potato Wedges are a fab slimming friendly side dish, and really, really tasty! Great for calorie counting or diet plans like Weight Watchers.

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NutritionPer Serving

  • Calories164
  • Carbs34g
  • Protein4.1g
  • Fat0.6g
  • Saturates0g
  • Sugars1.5g

Rustic Potato Wedges - Pinch of Nom Slimming Recipes

For the full list of ingredients and comprehensive instructions, please see the recipe card at the end of this post. Before you scroll, there’s important stuff to know in the blurb!

Our Rustic Potato Wedges are a fab, slimming friendly side dish, and they’re really tasty! They’re perfect if you’re counting calories or following a diet plan like Weight Watchers.

These wedges are super versatile and there aren’t many dishes that they won’t work with – they’re a fantastic, slimming friendly alternative to chips!

We’ve used a combination of paprika, mixed herbs and sea salt on our wedges, but there are so many other different herbs and spices that would also work just as well. You can really get creative with these wedges and experiment with your favourite flavours – just remember to adjust the calories and nutritional information accordingly!

What diets are these Rustic Potato Wedges suitable for?

This Rustic Potato Wedges recipe is suitable for vegetarians, vegans, dairy free and gluten free diets.

Please make sure to double or triple check all of your ingredients if you’re cooking for people with allergies.

Do you need any special ingredients to make Rustic Potato Wedges?

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Other than potatoes and low calorie cooking spray, all you need is some seasoning! You can choose anything you like and we love tailoring these wedges for the meal that we’re serving. If you want some seasoning ideas then you can check out our Cheap and Easy Spice Blends article here.

We used regular coarse sea salt, but there are some really nice flavoured salts you can try instead.

You can pick up assorted flavours of Cornish Sea Salt on Amazon.

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How many calories are in these Rustic Potato Wedges?

There are 164 calories per portion in these Rustic Potato Wedges, which means they fall into our Everyday Light category.

These Rustic Potato Wedges are perfect if you’re following a calorie controlled diet, and fit well with any one of the major diet plans such as Weight Watchers.

As a guide, an average man needs around 2,500kcal (10,500kJ) a day to maintain a healthy body weight. For an average woman, that figure is around 2,000kcal (8,400kJ) a day. Obviously, if your goal is to lose weight then you might want to adjust these slightly! You can read more about these recommendations on the NHS website.

On the stove

Step 1

Cut each potato into 4-6 wedges depending on size. The wedges should be quite chunky

Step 2

Add the wedges to a pan of salted water and bring to the boil.

Step 3

Cook for 10 minutes, then drain the water, return them to the pan and shake to rough up the wedges slightly.

Step 4

Spread the wedges evenly, skin side down, on a baking tray and spray with low calorie cooking spray. Sprinkle with a generous amount of coarse sea salt, paprika and a pinch of mixed herbs.

Step 5

Cook at 200°C for 30 minutes, or until the wedges are brown and crispy.

In the microwave

Step 1

Cut each potato into 4-6 wedges depending on size. The wedges should be quite chunky.

Step 2

Place the potato wedges in a microwavable bowl, cover with cling film then microwave on full power for 5 or 6 minutes until they start to soften.

Step 3

Spread the wedges evenly, skin side down, on a baking tray and spray with low calorie cooking spray. Sprinkle with a generous amount of coarse sea salt, paprika and a pinch of mixed herbs.

Step 4

Cook at 200°C for 30 minutes, or until the wedges are brown and crispy.

What could I serve with these Rustic Potato Wedges?

These Rustic Potato Wedges work really well with pretty much any dish, but we think they’re especially great with the following:

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How do you know when Rustic Potato Wedges is cooked?

You should cook your Rustic Potato Wedges for about 30 minutes or until they’re brown and crispy.

Standard advice here in the UK is to cook food until it has reached 70°C and stayed at that temperature for 2 minutes. This is to keep your family safe.

Can you cook these Rustic Potato Wedges any other way?

You can cook these wedges in a pan on the stove or in the microwave before putting them in the oven for around 30 minutes.

You could also cook them in an airfryer instead of the oven if you have one! Just remember the airfryer is usually a little quicker, so check them after 20 minutes.

How long can you keep Rustic Potato Wedges in the fridge?

If you allow any leftovers to cool, make sure to refrigerate in a container with a lid and chill. You can keep leftovers of Rustic Potato Wedges in the fridge for approximately 3 days or so.

Can I freeze these Rustic Potato Wedges?

Yes you can! This recipe can be frozen and we advise doing it before the wedges have been cooked in the oven.
If you do freeze this recipe then please remember to do the following;

  • Freeze it as soon as it is cold enough.
  • Use a container or bag that is suitable for freezing.

Don’t forget to add a label with what it is, and on what date you put it in the freezer!

How do I reheat these Rustic Potato Wedges?

From chilled: Place in a microwave proof container with loosely fitting lid and heat for 4-7 minutes until piping hot. Or you can place them on an oven tray with foil loosely placed on top. Place in a preheated oven (200°C) for around 10 minutes, until piping hot.

From frozen (part cooked): Defrost and then cook at 200°C for 30 minutes, or until the wedges are brown and crispy.

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Rustic Potato Wedges

These Rustic Potato Wedges are a fab slimming friendly side dish, and really, really tasty! Great for calorie counting or diet plans like Weight Watchers.
  • Prep Time
    5 MINS
  • Cook Time
    40 MINS
  • KCals 164
  • Carbs 34G

Ingredients

  • 800 g large potatoes washed, skin on (we used 3 baking size potatoes)
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika
  • a good pinch of sea salt, to taste
  • 1 tbsp mixed herbs
  • low calorie cooking spray

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Instructions

On the stove
  1. Cut each potato into 4-6 wedges depending on size. The wedges should be quite chunky
  2. Add the wedges to a pan of salted water and bring to the boil
  3. Cook for 10 minutes, then drain the water, return them to the pan and shake to rough up the wedges slightly
  4. Spread the wedges evenly, skin side down, on a baking tray and spray with low calorie cooking spray. Sprinkle with a generous amount of coarse sea salt, paprika and a pinch of mixed herbs
  5. Cook at 200°C for 30 minutes, or until the wedges are brown and crispy
In the microwave
  1. Cut each potato into 4-6 wedges depending on size. The wedges should be quite chunky
  2. Place the potato wedges in a microwavable bowl, cover with cling film them microwave on full power for 5 or 6 minutes until they start to soften
  3. Spread the wedges evenly, skin side down, on a baking tray and spray with low calorie cooking spray. Sprinkle with a generous amount of coarse sea salt, paprika and a pinch of mixed herbs
  4. Cook at 200°C for 30 minutes, or until the wedges are brown and crispy

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rosalindThursday 25th February 2021

Hi, you say there are 239 calories per serving, but it doesn’t say anywhere how many this recipe serves – surely not 3 large potatoes for one serving? Lots of info on here but nonetheless a very confusing page!

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    HollyFriday 26th February 2021

    Hey Rosalind, if you scroll down to the recipe card at the bottom of the page it lists serving size in this case the recipe serves 4. if you are cooking for more or less people use the little arrows by the serving size to reduce up or down, hope that helps!

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Zoe ProsserThursday 10th January 2019

Hiya, i think you may have made a small mistake when updating these with the new SW changes maybe?
The microwave instructions are exactly the same as the oven ones 🙂

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Catherine HopkinsSunday 25th November 2018

Made these tonight and wow they are a million times nicer than frozen wedges from the supermarket amazing recipe highly recommend to try it xxx

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Chris HMonday 13th August 2018

Great stuff – simplicity at its best, really enjoyed these wedges. Thanks!

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AnnaTuesday 5th June 2018

What kind of potatoes are best for this please?

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Ashley-JaneFriday 4th May 2018

Can you please add some other spice combos as I love these wedges and want to try some different flavours. Thanks for all the fab recipes!

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TeresaThursday 4th January 2018

Hi. Can I use normal paprika as I don’t have any sweet?

Thanks

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JasonTuesday 7th November 2017

Wow! I love wedges and these are amazing!

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