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Greek Potatoes with Feta

By Snejana Andreeva

on Oct 26, 2021, Updated Oct 23, 2025

These sensational Greek Potatoes with Feta will transport you to a seaside 🌊 taverna on the Greek coast. Lemon juice and olive oil keep everything juicy while the potatoes bake, covered, in the oven, and roasted garlic, salty feta, and Greek seasoning bring home the flavors of the Mediterranean . The seasoning is so simple but delivers big on taste. Using a Greek seasoning blend gives these potatoes a wonderful combination of oregano, basil, thyme and rosemary 🌿 flavors. For me, feta is life but it is totally optional in this recipe.

Key Takeaways

• Greek Potatoes with Feta is a simple preparation with notable flavors that impress everyone at the table.
• Roasting whole garlic cloves enhances the sweetness; avoid burning by keeping them in their peels.
• This dish pairs well with chicken, or any protein, and is delicious with tzatziki for dipping.

• Key Takeaways
• Why You’ll Love Greek Potatoes with Feta
• Ingredients
• Nonna’s Tip 🧄
• Variations and Substitutions for Greek Potatoes with Feta
• Similar Recipes
• Best Served With
• Common Questions
• Greek Potatoes with Feta Recipe

Why You’ll Love Greek Potatoes with Feta

These Greek Potatoes with Feta are one of my favorite side dishes. It’s simple to prepare, the flavors are out of this world, and they’re always a hit with everyone at the table. The Greek seasoning blend is perfection, and I love the tang that comes from the lemon juice 🍋. The roasted garlic is a simple but huge addition to this dish: sweet and caramelized with a deep garlic flavor that’s not at all pungent on the potatoes 🥔. You’ll return to this baked potato recipe again and again.

So glad I made this recipe, absolutely delicious and the entire family was impressed and now obsessed with these delicious potatoes, thank you Sneji. – Sofia

Ingredients

🥔 Yellow Potatoes: Waxy yellow potatoes are best in this recipe, but you can use any kind you like. I like to peel them, but that is optional.

🌶️ Greek Seasoning: Use your favorite Greek seasoning blend. Most include oregano, basil, thyme, and rosemary. If the blend includes salt, then be very limited in adding additional salt.

🧂 Salt: Measure with your heart!

🫒 Olive Oil: Greek cuisine begs to be cooked in the best quality olive oil you can find. I love this one .

🧄 Garlic: It’s important to bake the garlic cloves with the peel on to prevent them from burning. Once the dish cools down, you can squeeze the cooked garlic from the peels.

🍋 Lemon: Fresh lemon juice keeps the potatoes juicy while they bake and brightens the flavors of the dish.

🧀 Feta: Repeat after me: “I will not buy pre-crumbled feta.” Please buy feta sold in brine. It is so much more delicious and fresh than pre-crumbled.

🌿 Parsley: Some fresh parsley garnished on top adds lovely color. You could also use fresh oregano or chives.

Nonna’s Tip 🧄

Leave the garlic cloves whole while baking so that they don’t burn. At the end, you can toss the garlic with the potatoes or simply spread it onto fresh bread.

Variations and Substitutions for Greek Potatoes with Feta

1. Make your own Greek seasoning blend by combining oregano, paprika, pepper, onion powder, garlic and 🧂 salt to taste to achieve similar results.
2. For even more lemon flavor, add some 🍋 lemon zest as well.
3. If you want a stronger , more pungent 🧄 garlic flavor, use freshly minced garlic instead of roasted.

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Best Served With

• This recipe is perfect with chicken 🍗, on its own as a side dish, or alongside any protein of choice, such as my Roasted Leg of Lamb or my yogurt chicken recipe.
• These Greek Potatoes with Feta are perfect dipped into my homemade tzatziki 🥒 .

Common Questions

Yes, you can use any type of potato you like, but I find yellow potatoes are amazingly creamy in texture. Peeling the potatoes is optional.

You certainly can. However, keep in mind that if you use minced garlic you will get a stronger garlic flavor in these Greek potatoes. Roasting whole garlic cloves will give you a sweeter, more mellow garlic flavor. But both will work!

The potatoes should not touch in the baking dish. Otherwise, they’ll just steam. For extra crispiness, you can bake them uncovered for a few extra minutes

You can peel and cut the potatoes in advance and then store them in water in the refrigerator. However, it’s best to bake them just before serving so they stay crispy.

Make sure to coat the potatoes well with olive oil, and you can also line the baking dish with parchment paper.

Instead of a Greek seasoning blend, you can use any combination of the following, fresh or dry: oregano, basil, thyme, and rosemary. Seasoning should be to taste. (Measure with your heart!)

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Equipment

• ▢ Nakiri Knife
• ▢ Cutting Board
• ▢ Measuring Cups + Spoons
• ▢ Baking Dish
• ▢ Mixing Bowls

Ingredients

• ▢ 5 medium yellow potatoes
• ▢ 3 tablespoons olive oil
• ▢ Greek seasoning , to taste
• ▢ salt , if needed, to taste
• ▢ ½ lemon , juiced
• ▢ 5 cloves garlic , whole and unpeeled
• ▢ fresh parsley , roughly chopped, for garnish
• ▢ feta , crumbled, for garnish

Instructions

• ▢ Peel and cut the potatoes into wedges. To achieve wedges, cut the potato in half and then lengthwise. Place them in a baking dish.
• ▢ Drizzle the potatoes with olive oil, sprinkle generously with Greek seasoning, add extra salt if needed, along with the lemon juice, and throw in the whole unpeeled garlic cloves. Use your hands to gently massage the potatoes. Distribute the potatoes in the baking dish, making sure there’s enough space in between each piece, so they don’t overlap.
• ▢ Cover with foil and bake at 425°F (220°C) for 45 minutes, then uncover and bake for an additional 15-20 minutes. Once the garlic has cooled, you can squeeze it out into the potatoes. Garnish with parsley and feta, if desired. Enjoy!

Nonna’s Notes

• Foil: Covering the baking dish with foil helps trap moisture in the dish so the potatoes cook evenly. Remove the foil for the last few minutes of cooking so the potato wedges brown around the edges.
• Baking Dish: Any oven-safe baking dish with high sides will work, including a cast-iron pan .
• Cheese: Instead of feta, you can use any crumbly, salty cheese. Greek mizithra cheese (the hardened, aged variety) is delicious here.

My Notes

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Greek Potatoes with Feta

Equipment

• Nakiri Knife
• Cutting Board
• Measuring Cups + Spoons
• Baking Dish
• Mixing Bowls

Ingredients

• 5 medium yellow potatoes
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• Greek seasoning to taste
• salt if needed, to taste
• ½ lemon juiced
• 5 cloves garlic whole and unpeeled
• fresh parsley roughly chopped, for garnish
• feta crumbled, for garnish

Instructions

• Peel and cut the potatoes into wedges. To achieve wedges, cut the potato in half and then lengthwise. Place them in a baking dish.
• Drizzle the potatoes with olive oil, sprinkle generously with Greek seasoning, add extra salt if needed, along with the lemon juice, and throw in the whole unpeeled garlic cloves. Use your hands to gently massage the potatoes. Distribute the potatoes in the baking dish, making sure there’s enough space in between each piece, so they don’t overlap.
• Cover with foil and bake at 425°F (220°C) for 45 minutes, then uncover and bake for an additional 15-20 minutes. Once the garlic has cooled, you can squeeze it out into the potatoes. Garnish with parsley and feta, if desired. Enjoy!

Video

Notes

• Foil: Covering the baking dish with foil helps trap moisture in the dish so the potatoes cook evenly. Remove the foil for the last few minutes of cooking so the potato wedges brown around the edges.
• Baking Dish: Any oven-safe baking dish with high sides will work, including a cast-iron pan .
• Cheese: Instead of feta, you can use any crumbly, salty cheese. Greek mizithra cheese (the hardened, aged variety) is delicious here.

Nutrition

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