Baked potatoes in foil are very useful, because this method of cooking preserves most of the vitamins and microelements it contains. Baked potatoes will be tastier if you add the filling to them.
For baking potatoes, it is best to choose medium-sized young tubers. The tubers must be intact. The most delicious and fragrant is baked potatoes of crumbly varieties. Before baking, the tubers must be well washed with a brush and dried.
Foil Baked Potato Recipe
Make a cruciform cut in each potato. It should be deep enough for the potatoes to cook well. However, the tuber should not fall apart. Pack each potato in cling foil and place on a baking sheet. Before wrapping in foil, potatoes can be greased with vegetable oil - this will make the crust more crispy.
Place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 200 ° C for 50-60 minutes. When the potatoes are baked, bring the baking sheet and unfold the foil. Lay the foil neatly around each tuber. Place a piece of butter and a pinch of salt in the cuts on the potatoes. You can also sprinkle the potatoes with dried herbs, black pepper, grated cheese, and garlic. Place the baking sheet in the oven for another 10 minutes to brown the potatoes.
Sour cream sauce can be served with potatoes baked in foil. To do this, add 1 teaspoon of grated horseradish, finely chopped pickled cucumber and salt to a glass of low-fat sour cream. Instead of sour cream, you can use yogurt without fillers, and instead of horseradish - grated garlic on a fine grater.
Baked potatoes in foil with filling
Potatoes are baked with different fillings: salted and smoked bacon, stewed mushrooms, fried minced meat, cheese and ham. To bake 1 kg of potatoes, you will need 200 g of any chopped filling.
There are several ways to add the selected filling to the potatoes. The easiest way is to cut the potato in half and place the filling between its halves. Then each tuber must be wrapped in foil.
You can also make deep cross cuts on top of the potato. Only in this case it is necessary not to damage the lower skin. Place the filling between the cuts and wrap the potatoes in foil.
Alternatively, you can use a special kitchen appliance to remove the core. Use the appliance to cut a hole in the potato and place the filling in it. Wrap the potatoes in foil.
Filled potatoes are baked as much as ordinary potatoes in foil: 50-60 minutes in an oven preheated to 200 ° C. After the specified time has elapsed, unfold the foil and place the baking sheet in the oven for another 5-10 minutes so that an appetizing crust forms on the potatoes.
