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Best way to do Jacket Potato
Which is best - microwave / oven cook / both?
And if you oven cook do you put foil on or not? What else can I do to make the best jacket spuds? |
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I use the jacket potato setting on the combination/microwave oven. Gets them nice and crispy on the outside and well cooked in the middle. Some people I know put oil and salt on them personally I just wash them and prick the skin.
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I use the jacket potato setting on the combination/microwave oven. Gets them nice and crispy on the outside and well cooked in the middle. Some people I know put oil and salt on them personally I just wash them and prick the skin.
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prickle the skin and in the oven for an hour and a half.
bit of butter and some cheesey coleslaw. mmmmm.
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Microwave, and put in oven uncovered with goose fat, turning once.
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microwave for a good few minutes, then into a hot oven, no foil, sometimes covered in olive oil and coarse sea saly. Then you get fluffy insides and crisp skins.
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Microwave then lashings of butter and melted cheese. Tasty and healthy too.
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Wrapped in foil in the oven for two hours - mmm tasty
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I par cook for 5 minutes in the microwave then oven bake for 30 minutes at 200c or do a combination bake/microwave for 15-20 minutes (not entirely sure exact timings, got a new oven and still working it out!) but the principle should work
.I have bbq'd them too after a par cook and it is good too. Straight microwaving is too soggy and it takes forever to do in the oven from raw without a par cook. |
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comprimise between speed and quality for me, so both.
10/15 mins in microwave, finished off in oven to crisp up outside.
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i love mine with crispy skins so i cook mine in the microwave for a few minutes and then put them in the oven for 30 minutes or how ever long it takes for it to go nice and crispy
Having baked spuds with cheese and chicken at some point this week and i'm already looking forward to them
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I have bbq'd them too after a par cook and it is good too.
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For perfect jack pots, I wash, scrub, prick all over with a fork, then brush with olive oil, sprinkle garlic salt and chilli powder over them, then bung them in the oven for at least an hour. When they're cooked, slice in half, then mix in grated cheese and chopped onion. Bung under the grill for five minutes.... and now I'm dying to go and eat one!
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Cover in olive oil then rub black pepper and salt on the skin put in foil shiny side in and bake for at least one hour at 200 then take the foil off for ten minutes. Bloody lovely!
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When they are done, cut them open and use extra virgin olive oil, black pepper, and chopped parsley (or coriander) to garnish them. I prefer that to butter, which I find too greasy.
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Which is best - microwave / oven cook / both?
And if you oven cook do you put foil on or not? What else can I do to make the best jacket spuds? the idea of cooking a jacket spud in the microwave doesn't sound "nice" to me (I rarely use the microwave though - will even stick baked beans on the hob as I am not keen on the old Microwave!!)I will wash my spuds, prick them, coat them in olive oil and rub with sea salt - haven't bothered with foil. I then cook for 1hr 15 / 1hr 30 depending on size. I'll turn them occasionally too. Delish but not the best idea in terms of time
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Microwave then lashings of butter and melted cheese. Tasty and healthy too.
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You could always try wrapping in foil and cooking on an open fire.
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I like it when they're done completely in the microwave, and you get the hard bits where the've been sitting on the glass plate!! Yum!! Do like a crispy skin though...
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Wash, score round the middle, place on a metal tray and bake at 200 deg for about 2 hours. Lovely crispy skins and light fluffy middles.
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sussed it now ![]() Quote:
I never microwave them
the idea of cooking a jacket spud in the microwave doesn't sound "nice" to me (I rarely use the microwave though - will even stick baked beans on the hob as I am not keen on the old Microwave!!) |
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15 mins or until squeezy soft in microwave, drizzle and coat in olive oil, ground black pepper and salt on top, into the oven top shelf gas mark 9 until skins are crispy
Lush! Just had them tonight, in fact.
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Wash, score round the middle, place on a metal tray and bake at 200 deg for about 2 hours. Lovely crispy skins and light fluffy middles.
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Washed, pricked and scored across the top and done in micro (on special jacket potato microwave thingy so you dont get the hard bits) turning every 3 and a half minutes. Normally 2 turns on each side but I like BIG jacket potatoes
Best filling = beans and corned beef YUM |
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I always rub mine in sea salt and oil beforehand but is it best to microwave them first before the oven? I like mine nice and crispy
![]() I did one at 200 deg. for about an hour the other day in the oven, seemed doen too much on top
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the idea of cooking a jacket spud in the microwave doesn't sound "nice" to me (I rarely use the microwave though - will even stick baked beans on the hob as I am not keen on the old Microwave!!)