Baked Potatoes
Recipes
Baking recipes are always a favorite
Cooking
baked potatoes is very easy, and it is also a very healthy way
to eat them. But there are a couple of things you should know that can
make a difference between the tastes of a potato.
They can be baked at
350 degreed F for about 60 minutes, but If you are in a hurry you can cook them using the microwave.
Let's
see what you should do before:
Step 1
- Preheat your oven at 350 degrees F (or choose your
desired temperature from the table below)
Baked potatoes cooking times
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Temperature for a medium - size potato
Conventional or Regular
Oven:
45
minutes - 400 degrees F
60 minutes - 350 degrees F
90 minutes - 325 degrees F
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Using a Potato Oven
Step 2
- Choose
a baking - type potato. Don't worry if you have never baked a potato in
your life;
during your next visit to the grocery store just look for medium - size
potatoes and choose the ones with the "baking" label. The most
recommended baking type? The Russet potato. Make sure that the skin has
an even brown color and avoid the ones with "green" spots.
Step 3
- Rinse the potato (or potatoes) with water and,
gently, scrub it with a vegetable brush. Rinse again thoroughly.
Step 4
- Now, take a sharp knife or a fork (please
be very careful) and
pierce it five or seven times on each side. Why
should you do that? Because this will let the steam inside the potato
to get out. Hey,
cooking is an adventure after all, don't you think?
Step 5
- If desired, rub the potato with olive oil. Now
you can bake the potato (I like to use a cookie sheet) and remember to
turn it over after 30 or 40 minutes.
Step 6
- How do you know when it is done? Well, just
pierce the potato with a knife or fork and it should be soft and
tender. Be careful because the potato will be very hot!!! Remove the potato
from the oven and
serve it with your favorite topping. (Bacon, cream cheese, butter, sour
cream, the options are endless!)
Growing onions for cooking
- If you want to eat your
potato the healthy way, you can add some vegetables like: carrot,
broccoli or
green beans.
VIDEO: How to Bake the Perfect Potato
Baked potatoes recipe in the
microwave
You can learn to "bake" potatoes really fast using
the
microwave. Obviously, a potato baked using the regular or conventional
oven has a better taste, but cooking it using a microwave taste good
too and it can save a lot of time.
- Rinse the potato (or potatoes) with water and,
gently, scrub it with a vegetable brush. Rinse again
thoroughly.
- Take a sharp knife or a fork (please
be
very careful) and pierce the potato five or seven times on
each side.
- If desired, rub the potato with olive
oil.
- Wrap around the potato with a wet towel paper.
Cook
for about 5 or 6 minutes using the microwave. Then, cook for about 5 or
6 more minutes. Pierce
the potato with a knife or fork and it should be soft and tender. Be
careful to not over cook.
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