Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, perfect baked potato. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Slice the potato down the center, and serve with butter and black pepper. The best potato for baking, hands down, is a Russet potato. Also called an Idaho potato, this high-starch, low-moisture spud is also ideal for mashing or deep-frying. Prick potatoes all over with a fork and rub with oil; season generously with salt and pepper.
Perfect baked potato is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Perfect baked potato is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook perfect baked potato using 3 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Perfect baked potato:
- Take Potatoes (however many)
- Take Olive oil
- Make ready Salt & pepper
Wash potato (or potatoes) thoroughly with a stiff brush and cold running water. Russet potatoes are generally considered king when you're making baked potatoes. Those baked potatoes whose skins are irresistibly golden and crispy, with a satisfying hint of crunchy salt in each bite. Those baked potatoes whose insides are perfectly light and fluffy and steamy, ready to enjoy with a dash of fresh chives or maybe loaded up with all of your favorite toppings.
Steps to make Perfect baked potato:
- Rinse potatoes and pierce the skin several times with a fork.
- Place all the potatoes in a large (gallon) zip lock bag. Pour olive oil in, close bag and move potatoes around until all are coated with oil.
- Place potatoes on a cookie sheet, and sprinkle each with salt and pepper. Flip potatoes and sprinkle other side with salt & pepper. Bake in preheated oven as directed in next step.
- Baking times: 45 mins at 400 degrees. 60 mins at 350 degrees. Or 90 mins at 325 degrees.
- When finished baking, slice down middle and top with butter and sour cream or any of your favorite toppings!
Those baked potatoes whose skins are irresistibly golden and crispy, with a satisfying hint of crunchy salt in each bite. Those baked potatoes whose insides are perfectly light and fluffy and steamy, ready to enjoy with a dash of fresh chives or maybe loaded up with all of your favorite toppings. Any potato can be baked, but for the perfect baked potato with the desired flaky texture, it is recommended that mature, baking-type potatoes such as the Russet potatoes be used. Russets are known as a starchy potato, a baking potato, or a mealy potato. If you're short on time and making one to four potatoes, starting baked potatoes in the microwave is a useful hack.
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