Baby Potatoes

Baby potatoes are called 'chats' in Australia and take a surprisingly long time to cook, even in a microwave. The great thing is to preserve all their goodness by not cooking them in water.

The easiest way to do that is to cook them in a microwave with butter or, if you are not into using animal fats, olive oil.

Here's my basic recipe:

• 500g (about 1lb) baby potatoes
• 60g salted butter
• handful of chopped parsley

Wash the potatoes thoroughly and dry them off with paper towel. Put them in a microwave dish with the butter and parsley. Cover and cook on high for 12 minutes, giving them a shake to coat them with the butter/parsley mix halfway through. At the end of the cooking time let them stand, in the microwave, for a further 5 minutes.

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