Lee's Famous Potatoes

How we make it.

Lee's Potatoes

1 1/2 pounds Fingerling potatoes
10 cups water
1/4 cup Kosher salt

Fill a large heavy bottom pot with water. Rinse potatoes add them to the pot with kosher salt. Bring to a boil on high heat. Cook for 15-20 minutes once boiling. Stab potatoes with a knife every now and then and once super tender, they're ready. Drain the potatoes into a colander and cover with a towel for 5 minutes to steam. Once potatoes are cooled enough to touch, slice in halves and quarters length wise. Serve warm or room temperature with sage mayonnaise.

Lee’s Special Sauce

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup sour cream

1/4 cup bacon bits

2 tablespoons chives, chopped

Combine all in a bowl and refrigerate. 

My Sage Mayonnaise

1/2 cup Duke's mayonnaise
2 teaspoons fresh sage leaves, chopped
1 garlic clove, grated
1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Combine mayonnaise, garlic, sage, salt and pepper in a small bowl and stir together. Refrigerate while the potatoes cook so that the flavors can combine. 

Why we make it.

I have a pack of very old friends. I-remember-when-you-drank-Bacardi-Razz level old. I-know-everything-you've-ever-been-and-won't-let-you-forget-it level old. Really, we've morphed into something more like sisters over the last 20+ years. Most of us wore the same wedding veil. Our kids think they're cousins. We've done it all together. I am the cook of the group, but over years of bridal and baby showers, book clubs and Christmas parties with our moms, we've all had our trademark contributions to the buffet table. Much to everyone's chagrin the worst cook among us, the gal with the first-grade palate, the Velveeta Queen herself, has the number one stunna' at every party. Hers is the recipe everyone has to have, the conversation piece none of us can get away from: Lee's Famous Potatoes. I have given Lee's salty spuds a holiday glow up in this case and arranged them in a way she never would, but the spirit of simplicity is still there. Just five ingredients: potatoes, salt, sage, mayonnaise and garlic, arranged artfully and guaranteed to please. Just be sure to tell everyone they're Lee's.