How To Bake A Potato


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Potato is very nutritious and a good source of carbohydrates which our body needs that sustains energy for our daily activities. This can be a sumptuous meal for others but for most of us, it can be eaten as a snack depending on how you prefer to cook it. This is perfect treat for a lazy weekend to your family and friends. You can have it cooked as dry or with soup. Dip with ketchup and melted cheese for a better suggestion. You can have it baked as well, so please take a look at some steps and tips below on how to bake a potato.

How To / Instruction

Difficulty: Normal

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    1

    Carefully select potatoes that you would like to bake, look for potatoes that has the same or uniform in sizes for these are best suited for baking.

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    2

    Wash and scrub the chosen potatoes thoroughly under cold running water. A stiff-bristled brush can be used for this process, this washes off dirt and mud for you will be eating the skins as well.

  • Step

    3

    The perfect temperature for baking would be 375 degrees, this is to make sure that the potatoes will not overcook F. So preheat the oven in this temperature.

  • Step

    4

    You have a choice weather to put a coarse, kosher salt or not on the outer skin of the potato to enhance the flavor.

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    5

    Tin foil helps in adjusting temperature for potatoes not be directly exposed to extreme or too much heat. So it would be best to wrap potato in tin foil

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    6

    Bake the potatoes between 20-25 mins.

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    7

    You may unwrap the potato from foil after removing carefully removing from the oven.

Tips and Warnings

  • For best potato tasting experience, you can add some herbs and spices to enhance the flavor.

  • Add some olive oil to get the flavor you want and if you want to just enhance the potato taste, just add salt.

  • To save time, you can cook the potatoes using a microwave.

  • To avoid uncooked inner part of the potato, you may slice each potatoes into 3 pieces.

  • You can also poke the potatoes with a fork or a knife to let the moisture escape, in order to make the potatos more crispy.

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