It is known that cooking is impossible to imagine without such a vegetable as potatoes. For this purpose, semi-solid, hard and mealy varieties are suitable. Salads are made from hard tubers and fried; semi-solid bake in the peel; from mealy prepare mashed potatoes, soups, dumplings and other blulya.
What are the good qualities of jacket potatoes?
With the help of its peel, all vitamins and nutrients are saved. The crushed potato steam, which is cooked in its jacket, is very useful when inhaled for the health of people who suffer from colds. Jacket potatoes are also widely used in cooking for making vinaigrettes and salads. It is known that many dietitians introduce baked potatoes in their uniforms into the diet of people with kidney or heart disease. For these purposes, red varieties are best suited.
In this article we will talk about some dishes of potatoes in their skins. For example, such a recipe.
Jacket potato with tuna
To prepare a dish according to this recipe, you need to prepare four potatoes, 200 grams of canned tuna, 150 grams of cottage cheese with onions (chives), salt, ground black pepper, one tablespoon tablespoon mayonnaise, 60 grams of cheddar cheese (grated).
Rinse the potatoes thoroughly, prick them with a fork in several places. Now wrap each tuber in a napkin and bake in the microwave at full power for about 15 minutes until completely soft, turning over after 7 minutes. Then cut off the tops of the potatoes and set them aside. Next, remove the pulp from them with a spoon and put it in a container, and put the potatoes themselves separately. Now prepare the minced meat from this pulp, cottage cheese and tuna, pepper, salt, add mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.
Fill the potatoes with minced meat, sprinkle with grated cheese on top. Next, cover your potatoes with the tops cut off earlier and put them in a not-so-deep microwave dish. Cook the potatoes in their skins with tuna at full capacity for five minutes (the minced meat should be warm well, but the cheese should not melt).
Jacket baked potato
Take six potato tubers, four tablespoons of mayonnaise, 100 grams of grated hard cheese, ground black pepper, salt, for lubrication - vegetable oil.
Rinse the potatoes thoroughly, dry and boil them in their skins. Next, cut each potato into two parts and remove the pulp from it.
Combine it with grated cheese, mayonnaise, pepper and salt. Mix the entire mass thoroughly. Then fill the potato halves with it and place in a baking dish, greased with vegetable oil. Now send the dish to the preheated oven for twenty minutes (temperature 180-200 degrees).
Serve the finished dish with fresh vegetables.
Jacket Stuffed Baked Potatoes
Take eight medium-sized potatoes, 200 grams of bacon, 100 grams of pre-grated cheese, two yolks raw, 100 grams of butter, one tablespoon of lemon juice, fresh parsley, vegetable oil, salt to taste.
Dry the potatoes after washing thoroughly with a paper towel or napkin. Mix vegetable oil with salt, add garlic for flavor if desired. Now grate each potato with the resulting mixture. Preheat the oven (200 degrees) and bake your potatoes until fully cooked (an hour and a half). Next, take out, cool and carefully cut the potatoes in half, then remove the core with a spoon. Lightly salt.
Mash the potato pulp, add melted butter, whipped egg yolks and season with lemon juice and salt. If desired, you can season with your favorite spices.
Dice the bacon in small cubes, fry it until golden brown and mix with the finished potato mass. Start with such a mass of potatoes, put them on a baking sheet and sprinkle with grated cheese. Bake the dish until the crust is browned.
Wash the fresh parsley, chop it and sprinkle the dish before serving.