Oven Roasted Onion Potato Wedges

"I only like food without color, like potatoes, bread, and pasta."
- Emma Roberts

I wonder if these would qualify as "without color" potatoes?  This is NOT an original recipe, but it is so delicious.  This is one of those foods my mom brings to just about every barbecue themed gathering, and we take along the necessary ingredients when we go on extended vacations as well.  Potatoes are a versatile food - you've got your crispy-on-the-outside tender-on-the-inside french fried potatoes, your thin and crispy potato chips, your velvety smooth whipped potatoes, your chunky mashed-with-the-skin-on potatoes, your too-hot-to-handle smothered-in-butter-and-sour-cream baked potatoes, your crispy crunchy hash browns and nuggets of shredded potatoes called tots or home fries that you aren't sure whether they are actually a breakfast food or a school-lunch side-dish, your creamy and cheesy comfort-food potato soup, and your pan-fried potato pancakes.  Shoot, you can even use potatoes to put a crust on things!  Now that is versatility!  This Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue moment brought to you by the humble, yet mighty, potato.  My mom typically cuts the potatoes into cubes.  I decided to jazz it up a bit by cutting them into wedges.  The process is the same regardless of what shape you want the potatoes to be in, and they taste delicious no matter what.

 Oven Roasted Onion Potato Wedges

Difference in color is due to half cooking in pan with chicken

8 smallish or 4-6 medium potatoes of any variety
1/3 cup cooking oil
1 packet onion soup mix

1.  Cut each potato into 8 wedges - halve potatoes lengthwise, place cut side down and halve lengthwise, carefully halve lengthwise once more.

2.  Mix together oil and soup mix in a glass bowl or measuring cup.  Pour over cut potatoes and stir to coat.

3.  Scatter around the chicken or on a separate greased, foil-lined pan.  Bake at 425° for up to 45 minutes, stirring every 10-15 minutes, checking for doneness at 30-35 minutes. *If you do them on a separate pan, they will get done sooner*