How do you cook potatoes?

Answer 1

The way I do them is:
First wash them real good. Leave the peel. Then slice them into little circles. Put them in foil. Coat the foil with olive oil so they don't stick. Put butter or margarine on top so they melt over them when cooking. Season as desired. Put in a casserole dish so the oil and butter doesn't spill out of the foil and onto your oven. Bake until soft. (you can also add onion for flavor). (this can also be done on a grill, minus the casserole dish... has to be watched closely so they don't burn and get all charred.)

Answer 2

well, get a big pot fill it up with water and let it boil, and wash then Peel the potatoes then put it in the water until it gets soft then drain it then get a pot and put the potatoes in the pot at use a smasher and smash them and add some milk while you are doing that and add some salt and pepper. i am 12 and i watch my mom and i love to cook so i am really pretty sure that is how you do it. i hope you take my advice. good luck!=)

Answer 3

You can bake them:

Scrub potatoes
Pierce with a fork a few times
pop in a preheated 450 degree oven until soft.

You can mash them

Peel potatoes
cut in chunks
place in boiling water until fork tender
Drain off liquid
Mash with potato masher
add salt to taste
butter about 1/2 stick or more depending on your taste
cream
keep mashing until smooth, (or you can leave slightly chunky)
add a dash of onion powder
add a dash of garlic powder
some chopped parsley or even dried parsley flakes

You can make French Fries

scrub potatoes
peel or you can even leave skin on
cut in half then cut in to strips
place in hot oil
fry until golden brown and crispy

Answer 4

Boil, fry, bake, steam. Any way you want. It depends on what you want to do with them. French Fries? Baked Potato? Riced Potatoes? Duchess Potatoes? Mashed Potatoes? Potato Soup? (I haven't met a potato I didn't like.)

Answer 5

Any number of ways! Here are a few:

Mashed potatoes: Peel them, boil them in water until they are soft. Add butter and milk and mashed them or use your mixer!

Baked potatoes: Leave on the skin. Wrap it in saran wrap. Cook in the microwave for around 7 minutes.

Traditional baked potatoes. Wrap in tin foil and put them in the oven for about 30 minutes. Add sour cream, butter, chives, bacon bits, or whatever you want!

Fried: Peel them, and cut into small peices or grate them. Fry them in a pan with butter until they are soft.

Raw: Peel, cut and add salt! Yum!!!

Answer 6

Boil: Start off in cold water (peeled and chopped evenly), bring to a boil for 10 min, drain, set colandder back in cooking pot and cover w/ clean dishtowel for 15 min.

Baked: Scrub and poke w/ a fork. Nuke 2 for about 10 minutes, 4 for about 12-13.

Answer 7

Potatoes can be cooked in many ways, and it would depend on what tyoe you like. I personally like making them into roasted potatoes and they are good to taste and dont get heavy. They are lightly salted.

The recipe is at http://www.nutridiets.com/26,Quick_Roasted_Potatoes

Answer 8

Erica, potatoes are usually a complimentary side dish to go along with your main course. First, ask yourself, what do I want to make for the particular meal in question.
Say I want a good breakfast with scrambled eggs and sausages- fried mashed potatoes would compliment this nicely. Or, how about mixing in some spinach with the potatoes- sometimes "slangly" referred to as bubble and squeak. Hash browns are another form too. You want to cook them with vegetable oil or butter (my favourite for flavour) at roughly medium in a frying pan for about 10-20 minutes, depending on how powerful your stove element is- cook until golden brown.
What about dinner? You could do a very quick basic potato in the microwave for roughly 8 minutes (6 for smaller up to 10 for larger potatoes) and slice it in half, mash it up a bit and top with bacon bits, chives, sour cream, butter, etc... Or you could bake the same potato in an oven for about an hour at 325 degrees Fahrenheit. I sometimes bake my potatos first and then cut them open at the top and use a spoon to scoop out the inside and put i into a bowl where I mash it up with everything I like to stick on a potatoe (garlic, butter, chives, bacon bits, sour cream, basil, parsley, etc...) and then pour some virgin olive oil on top and shred cheddar cheese over this and then stick it back in to oven for 20-30 more minutes (leaned this from Food Network Canada).
With fish dishes, like salmon, you could make scallop potatoes with onions, mushrooms, seasoning salt and pepper, butter and milk placed into an oven until a light golden brown colour forms on the surface.
Potatoes are such a common dish, I cannot list them all here for you!
How about diced potatoes with peppers, onions, corn, butter, garlic, and seasoning salt and pepper wrapped up in tin foil over a grill or barbecue for 20 minutes to go with a nice steak and lobster dinner!

Answer 9

There are literally HUNDREDS of ways to cook potatoes - you can steam them, boil them (and leave them whole or mashed), bake them, broil them, microwave them, fry them....just about anything. Were you looking for something specific?

Answer 10

Baked Potatos are the best...chili, cheese, and sour cream on top.. A meal all in itself. Yumm!