I like simple things, including simple recipes:
1. Baked Potato
CarieD’s suggestion: To keep potatoes from drying out this is how we did them in the restaurants where I’ve worked and the results were good. The secret is to boil the potato first before baking it. Boil the whole potato until it’s easy to poke a fork in it but still somewhat firm, usually about ten minutes. If you were boiling it for mashed potatoes, it wouldn’t quite be done yet. After boiling and poking a few fork holes in the potato, you brush it with olive oil and coarse salt. They’re good like this for a while if you want to prepare them beforehand and pop them in the fridge, though having them cold will increase the time they need in the oven. Bake them at 400 degrees until internal temperature reaches 165. This’ll get the skin nice and crisp, but between the oil, the foil and the boil the insides won’t dry out.
When you take the potatoes out, cut a slit through the foil, fold it back slightly. Grab onto either end of the potato and squeeze them together. Voilà. I was always so proud of how these turned out .
All you need is patience.
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