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The Perfect Baked Potato

After making so many baked potatoes over the years, I finally came up with my newest and best version on How To Make The Perfect Baked Potato. You’ll need to follow these few steps and you too can have that perfect fluffy baked potato.

We all love the baked potatoes that are served at a steak restaurants. Well, these are pretty close.

Try this out, it works for me every time. See our two interesting facts about potatoes right here…All Things Potatoes 

How To Make The Perfect Baked Potato

Yields: 1 baked potato

What you’ll need to make the perfect baked potato…

Ingredients:

  • 1 large russet potato
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil or you can use avocado oil
  • coarse sea or kosher salt to taste. About 1/2 teaspoon or so
  • pat of butter, this is optional. See photos below for some suggestions

 

Here’s how to make a perfect baked potato…

 

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Have a rimmed cookie sheet or sheet pan ready and optional, line with foil. I don’t usually use parchment paper for this because the oven is quite hot.
  2. Wash potato(s) with cold water, if needed use a potato brush and scrub. Dry with paper towels.
  3.  Using a fork, poke about 7  holes all over each spud. This lets moisture escape during cooking.
  4. Place in a bowl and coat lightly with oil using your hands or brush with a pastry brush. Sprinkle with coarse salt and place potato on the rimmed baking pan on the middle rack in the oven.
  5. Bake about 50 minutes to about 1 hour or until skin feels lightly crisp. The potato should be slightly squishy. It should be fork tender when pierced in the middle of the the potato. An instant read thermometer should read 205 to 210 degrees.
  6. Using oven mitts, remove the pan, then, remove spud from the sheet pan and place on serving plate. Let sit for about 3 minutes. It’s hot! Using a clean kitchen cloth or mitts to hold, make a slit or crisscross down the center lengthwise, be sure not to cut to the bottom of the potato. Then, squeeze gently to make it pop in the middle.
  7. Serve anyway you like with a pat of butter, sour cream, plain Greek yogurt, melted cheese. Or, just plain. It’s delicious!

Here’s a few more delicious potato recipes to enjoy..

Baked Potato Latkes/Pancakes

Twice Baked Potatoes

Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

 

Print and copy the recipe below in the recipe box..

The Perfect Baked Potato

After making so many baked potatoes over the years, I finally came up with my newest and best version on How To Make The Perfect Baked Potato. You’ll need to follow these few steps and you too can have that perfect fluffy baked potato.

Course Appetizer, Dinner, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword baked potato, potato, potatoes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Servings 1 large baked potato
Author Pam

Ingredients

  • large russet potato
  • 1 to 2 tsp olive oil
  • coarse sea salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Have a rimmed cookie sheet or sheet pan ready and optional, line with foil. I don’t usually use parchment paper for this because the oven is quite hot. Wash potato(s) with cold water, if needed use a potato brush and scrub. Dry with paper towels. Using a fork, poke about 7  holes all over each spud. This lets moisture escape during cooking. Place in a bowl and coat lightly with oil using your hands or brush with a pastry brush. Sprinkle with coarse salt and place potato on the rimmed baking pan on the middle rack in the oven. Bake about 50 minutes to about 1 hour or until skin feels lightly crisp. The potato should be slightly squishy. It should be fork tender when pierced in the middle of the the potato. An instant read thermometer should read 205 to 210 degrees. Using oven mitts, remove the pan, then, remove spud from the sheet pan and place on serving plate. Let sit for about 3 minutes. It’s hot! Using a clean kitchen cloth or mitts to hold, make a slit or crisscross down the center lengthwise, be sure not to cut to the bottom of the potato. Then, squeeze gently to make it pop in the middle. Serve anyway you like with a pat of butter, sour cream, plain Greek yogurt, melted cheese. Or, just plain. It’s delicious!

 

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