Jacket potatoes - 6 recipes for baking and boiling

Jacket potatoes are one of the most common ways to make this vegetable. A method that allows you to preserve its shape and all useful substances. There are many ways to bring potatoes to readiness.

Jacket potato - cooking in a pan

For cooking, it is best to take not too large tubers, then the process will not take a lot of time, and they will boil well.

Required Products:

• the right amount of potatoes;
• 1 teaspoon of salt for every liter of water.

Cooking process:

1. Rinse the tubers well so that there is no dirt left on them, put them in a pan and completely cover with water.
2. Add salt in the specified proportion. It is needed not only to make potatoes more tasty, but also so that it does not crack during the cooking process.
3. As soon as the contents begin to boil, make a small level of heating, close the container with a lid and bring the dish to readiness for 35 minutes.

How to cook potatoes in their skins?

It is very important to correctly calculate the cooking time in order to get the vegetable in the condition you need. Indeed, for a salad, potatoes need a denser, not boiled and should be well peeled.

• When cooking in a pan, in order to get a baked vegetable for a side dish, you need about 30 minutes after boiling water. Perhaps enough and 20 minutes - it all depends on the power of the stove. For potatoes a salad will be enough 18 minutes.
• Cooking in a slow cooker will be slightly faster than on the stove - only 20 minutes. And you can not be afraid that the potato will lose shape.
• And the fastest option is in the microwave. If your oven supports this mode, then after 10 minutes the potato will be ready.
• But in the oven, the process will take at least an hour, or even almost two.

Jacket baked potato in jacket

Jacketed potatoes in the oven turn out even better than on the stove, while it slightly resembles the one made in the fire. But, of course, without that special aroma.

Required Products:

• the right amount of tubers;
• seasoning to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Baked potatoes are prepared very simply. Be sure to rinse it well. Optionally, you can treat the tubers with various seasonings, for example, salt, pepper, herbs, and even lightly spread them with vegetable oil.
2. Make a few punctures with a fork on each tuber.
3. Send to the oven grate and cook for about an hour at 200 degrees or 90 minutes at 180.

In a slow cooker

Jacketed potatoes in a slow cooker require much less time to cook than the option in the oven.

Required Products:

• about 0.5 kg of potatoes;
• salt and other spices as desired.

Cooking process:

1. As always, first rinse the potatoes well and peel off the adhering dirt.
2. We put it in the bowl, fill the container with water so that its level is approximately on a par with the tubers.
3. Add salt and other seasonings to taste and turn on the device in the "Steam cooking" mode. Of course, not forgetting to close the lid. Set the time to 20 or 30 minutes, depending on the power of the model of your multicooker.

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Charcoal recipe

The most delicious, rich and aromatic potato is obtained in the coals. If you have the opportunity to cook it in this way, then do not miss this chance!

For cooking you will need:

• the right amount of potatoes;
• foil.

Cooking process:

1. First you need to make a fire. It can be both in nature, on earth, and in the grill. But in the second case, it is advisable to use not ready-made purchased coals, but a tree.
2. We wait until everything burns out to the coals.
3. In the meantime, we are preparing the potatoes. We wash it well, clean it, and wrap each tuber with foil.
4. Slightly rake the coals at the very bottom and carefully spread the potatoes there. It will take about 40 minutes to prepare. To check readiness, it is enough to pull out one potato, let it cool slightly and try.

Baked in foil

Potatoes in foil come out more juicy. In addition, it is possible to add other ingredients to it, for example, a slice of cheese, tomato or sausage.

Required Products:

• several potato tubers;
• spices and herbs to taste;
• 50 milliliters of vegetable oil.

Cooking process:

1. Turn on the oven to warm up to 200 degrees and proceed to the preparation of potatoes.
2. Be sure to rinse it well, remove all dirt. It is advisable to use a brush, then the cleaning process will be more thorough.
3. Mix the indicated amount of vegetable oil with spices; it is good if you use aromatic herbs, such as rosemary.
4. With this mixture you need to grate each tuber, and then lay them individually in foil and completely wrap it.
5. Put all the blanks on the wire rack and hold for about 60 minutes. Of course, potatoes will be ready in 40 minutes, but longer baking will make its skin beautiful and golden.

How to cook in the microwave?

Cooking jacket-style potatoes with the microwave is the fastest process. But it is suitable only for those devices in which there are programs that imply not only heating food, but also bringing dishes to readiness.

Take the tubers not too large - these will be baked faster and will not take up much space, which is important, because the microwave oven has small dimensions.

Required Products:

• seasonings to your liking;
• the amount of potato you need.

Cooking process:

1. Do not neglect the preparation of tubers. They must be thoroughly washed and cleaned so that there is no dirt left.Wait for it to dry completely. You can use paper towels to speed up this process.
2. Take the container that you can use in the microwave and put the potatoes in it. Tubers must be pierced with a fork and sprinkled with salt or other spices.
3. Send everything to the oven, setting the time to 10 minutes, and the power should be approximately 600 W or slightly more (but up to 800 W).
4. After the set time, take out the potatoes, let it stand for a while so that the moisture that has formed has left, and you can serve the dish at home.