The Best Baked Potatoes

Name: The Best Baked Potatoes
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 2 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 medium russet potatoes; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 tablespoon kosher salt

Submitted by TXOLDHAM

"This method of baking potatoes is truly the best. Found this method in an issue of Cuisine at Home magazine."

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photo by lazyme

Ready In:: 1hr 2mins
Ingredients:: 3
Serves:: 4

ingredients

4 medium russet potatoes
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon kosher salt

directions

Scrub potatoes well as skins are delicious. Dry well and stab to vent.
Coat clean dry potatoes with olive oil and salt. (I do this in a plastic bag).
Place potatoes directly on oven rack and bake at 450F for 1 hour or until done.

Questions & Replies

Re: (SarahLeap Baked potatoes): Recipe calls for; 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees and position racks in top and bottom thirds. 2. Sprinkle with salt and place potato directly on rack in middle of oven. Quite confusing; if the two racks are in top/bottom thirds of oven, then how do we place potatoes in 'middle' of oven??....Is she suggesting using a third (middle) rack?

lplegends4u

Reviews

I love this method (crispy skin). The only difference is I insert a skewer through the potato(s) to ensure quick easy cooking.

Janny S.
Made these for our dinner to go along with beef tenderloin and a green salad...a wonderful and tasty side! This was sooo simple. Made for Zaar Chef Alphabet Soup Tag game.

mama smurf
These were great! I meant to put potatoes in the crockpot this morning before running errands, and forgot, so I searched for a replacement recipe and found this one. Great potatoes! My oven took about 1 hour and 15 minutes, and I put a cookie sheet under them to catch the oil. The skins were nice and crispy. Thanks for sharing!

megs_
Great baked potatoes. So simple and yet so good. Thanks for sharing. Made for Alphabet Chef Soup Tag.

lazyme
I used to bake potatoes wrapped in foil in the oven until I saw something similiar to this on one of Alton Brown's show. I love the crispiness of the skins baked this way. We had them for lunch today and they reminded me of restaurant potatoes, like Red Lobster's which I love. I did prick the potatoes with the fork tines and used sea salt. Also if you'll put a pan underneath the potatoes you wont have to worry about oil dripping on the stove bottom. Great Taters! Thanks for sharing this recipe.

Sassy in da South