Easiest Crispy Jacket Baked Potato For Lazy Busy People Recipes

EASIEST CRISPY JACKET BAKED POTATO FOR LAZY BUSY PEOPLE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven at 400 F (200 C).Scrub the potatoes well but keep them whole: don't peel or slice them. Place them onto a chopping board and stab each of them with a vegetable knife 4 or 5 times in various places.
• Put them onto the middle rack of the oven and cook for about 40 minutes or until they are soft and cooked though when tested with a knife.
• Place the cooked potato on the chopping board and cut an X shape in the top, but not all the way though, then using a clean towel or oven gloves (these babies are HOT) push the bits between the X to make it pop up nice and decratively and to have a place to put some butter or the topping of your choice. Enjoy!

KIDS JACKET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Sprinkle a layer of salt onto a small baking tray (the salt on the tray makes the potato skins crispy).
• Rub the potatoes with olive oil and place on prepared tray.
• Bake for 1 hour or until skin is crispy and potato is cooked.
• Allow to cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, fry or microwave bacon until crisp.
• Remove the flesh from the potatoes.
• Place in a bowl along with the bacon, broccoli and sour cream.
• Season.
• Return the filling to 2 of the potato shells, piling it high.
• Sprinkle with cheese and return to the oven.
• Cook for a further 5-10 minutes or until cheese has melted.

JACKET POTATOES FILLED WITH GARLIC AND HERBS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to gas mark 5/375F/190°C.
• Wash the potatoes and dry them very thoroughly with a cloth, then leave them aside to dry as much as possible.
• Next, prick the skins a few times all over with a fork, then put a few drops of olive oil over each one and rub it all over the skin followed by some crushed salt.
• Place the potatoes on to the centre shelf of the oven and let them bake for 1¾-2 hours, or until the skins are really crisp.
• Meanwhile, pre-heat the grill.
• Once the potatoes are cooked, remove from the oven, protect your hands with a cloth, slice them in half then scoop out the cooked potatoes into a bowl (careful not to tear the skin).
• Then combine the potato with the cottage cheese or cream cheese, butter, garlic and herbs and season with salt and pepper.
• Pile the mixture back into the potato shells, sprinkle each half with the grated cheddar and pop them under the grill until they are brown and bubbling.

QUICK & EASY TASTY JACKET POTATOES

Steps:

• start by washing & then pricking your potato with a fork or knife.
• pat the potato dry with a piece of kitchen towell & then microwave on high heat for 4-5 minutes approx' - depending on the size of the potato & wattage of your microwave.
• in the meantime, take a sheet of kitchen foil & place a large knob of butter in the middle.
• finely chop the garlic & onion & sprinkle half of each on top of the butter in the middle of the foil.
• place the potato on top of the butter, onion & garlic, then repeat on top of the potato - butter, garlic & onion. season if desired then wrap up tightly.
• place in a pre-heated oven for 1 hour approx' or until the potato is thoroughly cooked.
• when done, slice open, mash more butter into the potato, add the onions onto the potato & grate a generous amount of cheese over the top. season to taste if desired.
• serve with whatever takes your fancy at the time -- delicious! -- .

BAKED JACKET POTATO WITH BAKED BEANS AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F or 180°C.
• Bake the potatoes as per your personal preference- I bake them in the oven for about an hour, until the skins are firm and the centres are soft. You may like to smear with butter, sprinkle with salt and wrap in foil.
• Towards the end of the potatoes' cooking time, heat the baked beans in a pan on the stove, until hot.
• Remove the potatoes from the oven, cut into quarters without cutting the whole way through. Squeeze the outside of each quarter to "pucker up" the flesh.
• Pour the desired amount of baked beans over the potato and sprinkle with grated cheddar.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and serve!