It is probably difficult to find a more popular product used by our compatriots for any category of dishes and in different life situations than potatoes. Moreover, along with the excellent taste of this vegetable, it is worth noting the benefits for the body brought by the use of potatoes.
The main thing is that after cooking the potatoes do not harm the digestive system of the body, you should choose a cooking technique based on baking in the oven. Baked potatoes in foil are not only a tasty dish on their own, but also healthy, because potassium is contained in the peel of the vegetable, as well as in the pulp. In addition, potatoes are rich in vitamin C and many other valuable substances. Just remember that you need to eat potatoes for up to 20 hours, you should not load the body with late meals, moreover, potatoes are quite difficult to digest.
As practice shows, the taste of cooked potatoes in foil in the oven is not worse than that which can be obtained by baking the product in ash. Baked potatoes can also be prepared without using foil, previously peeled, and it is also acceptable to supplement the taste with filling. Consider the basic recipes for baked potatoes.
The main method of preparation is to use baked potatoes in foil not peeled, but only washed dry. If you have large tubers, you can dip them in boiling water for several minutes before baking. Then the potatoes are cut along either crosswise, butter or a piece of bacon is put into the slot. On top of the tubers are greased with vegetable oil and salt. Cooking time in the oven is approximately 60 minutes.
In the event that you want to cook baked potatoes, diversifying the taste of the filling dish, try the following recipes:
- cut each tuber into two halves, salt and, having made a groove in the pulp, put a piece of bacon or brisket into each potato. After this, close the halves, coat the top with garlic, butter and wrap in foil. Baked potatoes in foil, prepared according to this recipe, will be ready for the table in an hour;
- you can use any other filling to prepare a gourmet dish, because in this case everything will depend only on your taste and imagination. Stuffed baked potatoes can decorate the festive table if you use ingredients such as sweet bell pepper, meat products cooked in advance, seafood or cheese. The cooking technology is approximately the same for any type of filling. Raw or slightly boiled potatoes are cut, the filling is inserted into the longitudinal slot, the tuber itself is greased from above with vegetable oil and the vegetables are wrapped in foil;
- lovers of unusual exotic dishes, you can offer the following recipe for baked potatoes: boil the potatoes for 10 minutes, then fry the orange zest, garlic and sage for several seconds. The resulting mixture must be laid on a baking sheet, and on top of it peeled tubers;
- Many have also recently been fond of recipes based on the fact that after cooking, baked potatoes in foil are cut into two halves, kneading with a fork, then pouring melted butter on top, and a salad dressed with mayonnaise is laid out on the resulting mashed potatoes. Moreover, there are no restrictions in the choice, you can add both meat and vegetable salad.
There can be plenty of filling options, be guided by your taste preferences, and, benefiting from the use of potatoes, you can fantasize and come up with new dishes, delighting your family, friends and guests!