My baked potatoes always end up with a very hard skin I can't eat. Please answer.
2007-11-05 04:51:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Wash with cold water and brush, poke holes with fork all around, rub with olive oil, sprinkle with salt, pepper or whatever you like and bake on oven rack at 350 for about an hour, add 15 min for every spud over 2. Wrapping with foil will trap the moisture and make a mushy potato.
To soften up the skins take out of oven and place in container with a tight lid for about 5 minutes, the steam will soften the skin.
2007-11-05 05:09:19 · answer #1 · answered by Morgan M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pick the right kind of potato.
Some have thinner skin and some are thicker.
Baking potatoes are the best.
I wrap them in aluminum foil before baking in the oven. They always seem to come out moist.
In the microwave, I wrap them in a paper towel.
2007-11-05 05:10:02 · answer #2 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, potato skin is edible. The skin contains most of the vitamins. They make loaded potato skins as snacks. And most potato chips are made with skins on. So, your answer is yes, but that all depends if you like the taste of eating the skin.
2016-04-02 06:26:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try rubbing your potatos with olive oil and then sprinkling with kosher salt. Wrapping them in foil before baking will also soften the skin at eating time. I also like to sprinkle the skin with fresh rosemary. Yum!
2007-11-05 04:55:42 · answer #4 · answered by JennyP 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rub the skin with olive oil, salt and pepper. Wrap in tin foil and bake off. Yum, crispy and tender.
2007-11-05 04:59:41 · answer #5 · answered by Tara C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I like to do is to first pierce my potato and then rub butter all over it and wrap it in foil - then bake!!! Never had tough skin!!!
2007-11-05 04:56:24 · answer #6 · answered by Laura T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rub the skin with Olive oil before baking
2007-11-05 04:54:46 · answer #7 · answered by Dory 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If your in a hurry, wash potatoe very well, with a scrub brush, slice the top diagonally, place on a microwaveable plate and nuke with the button marked "Potatoe" on most micros. It comes out nice and soft and yummy! ♥
2007-11-05 05:08:32 · answer #8 · answered by Angelheart♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use foil, wrap them. I love the "leather" like skin! My hubby likes his skin moist, so I wrap with foil. (That's if using an oven.) For Microwave, wrap with plastic wrap and poke a couple of holes in the plastic.
2007-11-05 05:06:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prick them and wrap them in foil and they come out soft and edibale skin I actually like the skin.
2007-11-05 06:16:51 · answer #10 · answered by momof3 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋