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For the potato
Potato.
Something well sized like a King Edward Potato.
Olive Oil.
Salt (crushed sea salt is good here).
For the filling
Butter
Cheese
onion
Any topping you'd like to try.
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Preparing your Oven baked Jacket Potato
Wash the potatoes and dry them well with a cloth, the dryer the
better.
Cut a cross in the top with a large knife and nick the skins a few times with a fork.
Put a few
drops
of olive oil over each one and rub it all over the skin.
Its not necessary to put the oil on to thickly.
Finally,
rub in some crushed salt – this will draw out the moisture from the
skin and, together with the oil, provide more crunchiness.
This is how to make jacket potatoes crispy.
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How long to cook the perfect oven baked jacket potato in the oven.
Put the potatoes on to the centre shelf of the oven
200 centigrade and let them bake for 1¾-2 hours, or until the skins are really
crisp.
When you are ready to serve, slit each potato in half lengthways and
top with the butter and seasoning. You could also add a topping here
and put the potato back in the oven to brown it off.
Once your jacket potato is ready it is best to serve immediately.
This is because once out of the potato oven they will lose their
crispness quickly. The best jacket spuds are straight from the oven.
What is a potatoes nutrition value and are jacket potatoes
fattening?
Potatoes are naturally low in fat, containing only 100 calories
per medium potato. It's the fillings and toppings that you need to
watch out for - not the potatoes.
The fibre in potatoes tend to give you that nice "full" feeling
so you're less likely to overeat. There's no reason for anyone to
cut potatoes out of their diet.
What most people don't realise is that they also provide
substantial proportions of a whole range of
important nutrients: Fibre, Vitamin C, potassium, Vitamin B1, B6,
Niacin and Folate.
A large jacket potato gives you more than half of the
daily-recommended child requirement of Vitamin C.
Cooking a baked potato in a microwave.
If you want to cook your jacket potato in a microwave you can set it
to 9 minutes on high and cook the jacket potatoes until tender.
If you want to add cheese or butter to your jacket potatoe you can
cut a slice through them and add a jacket potato topping as
required.
Then you just replace them in the microwave for 30 seconds on high
and your done.
Other potato recipes and potato types used with oven baked potatos.
Fresh Potatoes We love them. So many variations: Potato soup, potato
salad, potatoes and onion, oven roasted potatoes, cheesy potatoes,
early potato, boiled new potatoes, Chips, Christmas potatoes, oven
potatoes, salt potatoes .
They come in many types from the potato baker like a big king Edward
jack potato to a fresh early Christmas Potato.
Not forgetting the desiree potato, or the white potato, oven baked
jacket potatoes can go with all types of meals and all from one big tuba that is the potato.
Experiment and enjoy!
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