It happens that even experienced housewives need advice on seemingly simple questions, what can we say about novice cooks! Therefore, today we will talk about how to deliciously boil peeled potatoes for a variety of dishes - mashed, in slices, or cooked and served whole. We will find out how long it will take us for the tubers to maintain their density, not become too crumbly, but at the same time become soft.
For hundreds of years, potato dishes have been a national Slavic treasure. There are so many options that can be invented from it, but today, as it turns out, not everyone can cook it correctly!
There are two methods of cooking: in their jackets - with and without skins, so whether to peel the potatoes before cooking in water is up to us to decide. Another question is that this will change its taste, as well as its consistency.
In the first case, the potatoes will be denser and are well suited for cutting salads or cold appetizers, and in the second, we serve them as a hot side dish for meat or fish. And potatoes themselves with herbs and sour cream or vegetable oil are very good!
You can prepare a huge number of dishes from boiled peeled potatoes; from potato pancakes to mushroom zrazas and casseroles, so mastering the preparation of this simple vegetable is a must!
How and how long to cook jacket potatoes, video from our chef
How to properly cook peeled potatoes
Preparation
To begin with, we wash the tubers thoroughly, you can use a sponge with a hard side for this, and then clean them with a special knife or a regular one. Be sure to put the whole potatoes in a saucepan and fill with cold water so that it completely covers the tubers, otherwise they will darken in the air.
Slicing
To make the potatoes cook faster, cut them into slices. In the old days, this method was called “garlic”, when the tuber was cut first lengthwise in half, then again lengthwise into quarters. In this case, the vegetable not only looks much more appetizing and aesthetically pleasing when served, but also cooks faster due to the uniform distribution of the thickness of the pulp.
Even if we are faced with the task of boiling peeled potatoes for mashing, this cutting method is suitable.
Cooking
Fill the chopped and peeled potatoes with cold water. This way the starch will gradually be washed out, and the potatoes will turn out more beautiful when served.
When we cook root vegetables on puree, it is not necessary to salt them right away, but if we are going to serve them cut up, be sure to add salt and spices. This will make the dish much more flavorful. As an addition, peppercorns are suitable - at the rate of 1 pc. for 1 liter of water, bay leaf in the same proportions.
After boiling, keep the root vegetables on low heat for 15 to 25 minutes. It all depends on the size of the slices, how we cut them, and the variety. Potatoes with a high content of starch boil more strongly and faster, unlike those that have less starch.
Life hack: If you need to boil potatoes for mashed potatoes as quickly as possible, put them in boiling water or pour boiling water from a kettle. This will significantly speed up the cooking process. In addition, the starch will not be washed out of it in boiling water, so the consistency of the finished side dish will be better.
Finish cooking and serving
We check whether the dish is ready with a wooden skewer, since the traditional method of checking with a fork will easily ruin the cooked tubers. Is the pulp easy to serve? This means we drain the broth, open the lid, letting the potatoes breathe, and then put them on portioned plates or put them on a common dish and only then sprinkle with herbs, spices and pour over vegetable oil or melted butter.
Why not do this while the potatoes are in the pan, because it will be easier to stir them there - because there is no need to stir them at all if we want to maintain the original shape of the slices, without breaking them or mashing them.
Well, for the puree, we pour the broth into a cup - we will need it later, dilute it in a 1:1 ratio with warm milk and beat the boiled potato wedges with a mixer. Add butter and salt if desired.
Serve, garnish with a sprig of parsley or a couple of olives cut in half.
How long to cook peeled whole potatoes?
But if we want to make a familiar dish unusual by serving it, we boil the potatoes without cutting them. In this case, we select the smallest root vegetables, a little larger than a chicken egg, peel them and fill them with cold water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook covered over low heat for 25-30 minutes. We also check it with a skewer, and then drain it and prepare it for serving, as described above.
Now you know how to deliciously boil peeled potatoes so that they turn out crumbly but don’t fall apart, how to give them a stunning summer flavor with the help of herbs and butter, and how long the whole process will take.
Peel whole potatoes and cook, depending on their size, covered in salted water. Then drain the water and cool. When cooking, potatoes (both peeled and jacket potatoes) should be completely covered with water. Boil finely chopped potatoes in soup.
Boil jacket potatoes in a double boiler, depending on the size of the tubers.
Boiled potato recipe
1. It is best to select potatoes of the same size so that it does not turn out that one part of the potato is not boiled, the other is overcooked. 
2. Wash and peel the potatoes; just scrape the young ones a little. 
3. Place the potatoes in cold salted water (a teaspoon for half a kilo of potatoes covered to the top with water) to avoid overcooking. 
4. There should be enough water in the pan to cover the potatoes completely - and another 1 centimeter. If there is not enough, add to the desired level and place the pan on high heat. 
5. After boiling, reduce the heat to low; cover the potatoes with a lid while cooking so that the water does not evaporate.
6. Keep potatoes on fire 20-25 minutes, for faster cooking (15 minutes) you can cut the peeled potatoes into 2-3 parts.
7. If you need to check how ready the potatoes are, you can pierce the potatoes with a fork. If the potatoes can easily be completely pierced with a fork, it means the potatoes are ready. 
That's all - the side dish is ready, you can add more potatoes to the salad or mashed potatoes. By the way, during cooking the potatoes practically did not change in weight. :) 
It is better to boil young potatoes in their skins, put them in cold water, cooking time is 15 minutes: after boiling, young tubers do not need to be peeled, as the peel is very useful.
How to boil jacket potatoes
Before cooking, it is worth selecting potatoes of the same size so that they cook at the same time. Young potatoes are most suitable for boiling “in their jackets” - their skin is very healthy.
1. Rinse the potatoes under cold water to remove any dirt and scrape them with a knife. 
Jacket potatoes ready for cooking
2. Place the potatoes in a saucepan.
3. Pour cold salted water over the potatoes - a couple of centimeters above the potatoes. Salt is necessary to prevent the potato skins from cracking during cooking.
4. Place the pan, covered with a lid, over high heat.
5. After the water boils, reduce the heat and cook for 20-25 minutes. 
Potatoes are boiled in their jackets
6. Check the potatoes for readiness by piercing them with a fork. If a fork easily enters the potato and pierces its middle, it means the jacket potato is ready.
7.1. If you need potatoes for a salad, immerse them in cold water and cool, then peel and use in the salad.
7.2. If jacket potatoes are used as a side dish, cool them slightly in a container with a lid.
8. Peel the potatoes from their jackets.
Serve new potatoes unpeeled (potato skins, by the way, are very good for the heart). Serve potatoes with butter, herbs and enjoyment. :)
Potatoes with butter, herbs and pleasure..!
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Jacket potatoes are considered more useful because... Potato skins ("skin") prevent the beneficial substances from being digested.PS: To prevent jacket potatoes from falling apart, you can add more salt (a tablespoon of salt per 2 liters of water).
To save a couple of minutes of cooking potatoes, add 1 cube 30 grams of butter when cooking. Then the potatoes will cook at a temperature slightly higher than the usual 100 degrees, and therefore faster.
The benefits of potatoes
The benefits of potatoes are due to the content of amino acids, vitamin C (especially when fresh), potassium, tuberosine, zinc, and starch. Potatoes have a beneficial effect on the body and a healthy person, preventing diseases, and for the sick they are a real first aid kit.
Potatoes improve heart function; potato decoctions are useful in the treatment of ulcers, trophic diseases, and boils. Raw potatoes are applied to painful areas of the skin for burns, dermatitis and inflammation. Potatoes are also useful in that they prevent many diseases - tubercle bacillus, diseases of the cardiovascular system, and the diuretic system. Potato starch is useful for chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract as an anti-inflammatory agent; potato juice is used in the treatment of arthritis. Breathe over boiled potatoes when you have a cold.
Energy value of boiled potatoes
73 calories per 100 grams of potatoes;
proteins - 2 grams, carbohydrates - 16.7 grams, fats - 0.4 grams.
How to cook potatoes in a slow cooker, pressure cooker, steamer
In a slow cooker, potatoes are cooked for 30 minutes on the “Cooking” mode. Cook the potatoes in a pressure cooker for 5 minutes. Cook the potatoes in a double boiler for 35 minutes.
How long to fry potatoes?
Fry the potatoes depending on the size of the wedges. Fry thin potato slices for about minutes over medium heat. Cubes about 1 cm side - - minutes.
When to salt potatoes?
The water must be salted immediately before adding potatoes to it.
What are potatoes
Potatoes are an edible vegetable, very common in our country, very nutritious and relatively inexpensive.
How to properly store potatoes
1. To prevent the potatoes from darkening during cooking, you can add a little 9% vinegar (1 tablespoon per 2 liters of water) to the water in which the potatoes will be boiled.2. The sweetish taste of frozen potatoes disappears if you keep the raw potatoes for 3-4 days at room temperature.
3. Raw peeled potatoes cannot be kept in water for a long time - maximum 20-30 minutes, otherwise loss of vitamins cannot be avoided.
4. It is better to store potatoes in the dark to preserve vitamin C.
Cook potatoes by variety
For boiling and mashing potatoes, you should choose potato varieties with a high starch content (more than 15%), as they boil better.1. Sineglazka.
Young potatoes of the Sineglazka variety should be peeled and cooked for 20 minutes. The fruits of young potatoes will not crumble. Ripe potato fruits cook well in puree. Cooking time is 15 minutes after boiling, then drain the water and simmer in a small amount of water for 10 minutes.
Potatoes of the Sineglazka variety are not suitable for boiling in their jackets, as the potato skin will burst.
2. Blue.
Blueberry potatoes are suitable for making mashed potatoes; the cooking time is 25 minutes after boiling. The potato flesh is white and does not darken during cooking.
3. Lorch.
Lorch has high friability. To prepare boiled potatoes of this variety, peel them entirely and cook for 10 minutes. Then, without draining the water, let the potatoes stand for 10 minutes, covering the pan with a lid, so the fruits will finish cooking at the internal temperature and will not crumble.
For soups and salads, you should choose varieties with a low starch content (less than 15%), as they do not become soggy when cooked.
1. Leader.
Boil young potatoes of the "Leader" variety in their jackets for salad for 15 minutes, mature ones - 25 minutes, in a multicooker in the "Steam" mode - 15-20 minutes. Boil chopped potatoes in soup for 15 minutes.
2. Red Scarlett.
Boil Red Scarlett in its skin for 20-25 minutes, in a double boiler for 15-20 minutes, the potato flesh is creamy-yellow and does not change color during cooking. Boil the Red Scarlett potatoes in the soup for 15 minutes.
3. Nevsky.
Nevsky potatoes are easy to peel and wash, making them ideal for salads and soups. Boil Nevsky potatoes in their jackets for salads for 20 minutes. Boil the chopped potatoes in the soup for 15-20 minutes.
Boiled potatoes student style
Ingredients:1 kg of potatoes, 5 sausages, 200 grams of Russian cheese. The price is about 120 rubles, the dish is enough for dinner for two very hungry students. Cooking time is 40 minutes.
Cooking potatoes the student way
Peel the potatoes and boil them. Boil the sausages and cut them finely. Three cheeses on a coarse grater. Mix everything together and mash it in a saucepan into a thick puree, add salt. Serve before it cools down. You can add greens.
How to peel potatoes
Place the potatoes in a colander and wash each potato under cold water.Peel new potatoes by scraping with a short, thin knife over the entire surface of the potato, scraping off the skin. After peeling, place each potato in a bowl of cold water to prevent the potatoes from browning.
Peel mature and old potatoes as follows: cut off a thin layer (a couple of millimeters) of the peel from the potatoes, cut out dark spots and eyes, and also place the potatoes in a bowl of cold water.
Since ancient times, many varied and tasty dishes have been prepared from potatoes: casseroles, stews, salads, fried, stewed, boiled, etc. And any housewife needs to know how to properly cook this vegetable, because in this way you can prepare many dishes. Like any other, potato dishes require their own subtleties and nuances, only then will they turn out incredibly tasty and healthy.
How to cook potatoes in a saucepan correctly?
If you want to make mashed potatoes or just boiled potatoes, the following recommendations may be useful.
Select tubers of the same size, which will allow all potatoes to cook at the same time. If they are of different sizes, then small potatoes will boil, and large ones will remain damp. If you can’t find identical tubers, then simply cut the large ones into several parts.
Next, you should wash the vegetables and start peeling them. So, potatoes in a pan. It must be filled with water until completely covered and add salt to taste. With the lid closed, bring the potatoes to a boil and then reduce the heat. Time it for 20-25 minutes. If the tubers are cooked longer than this time, there is a risk that they will boil and turn into a watery puree. Therefore, after 20 minutes, you need to check the readiness of the potatoes with a fork. When the fork can easily enter the largest tuber, the pan can be removed from the stove.
Once the potatoes are done, drain the water immediately. If it is mashed potatoes, then start preparing it according to the recipe, if you just want boiled potatoes, then put them on a dish, pour melted butter on them, sprinkle with herbs and you can start eating.
Selection of new potatoes
If you know how to cook new potatoes, then consider that you have a truly royal recipe. So, before you start cooking new potatoes, you need to choose them correctly.
The best option, of course, would be tubers grown in your summer cottage or garden. But not everyone has such a great opportunity, so we’ll go to the market.
It is preferable to buy young potatoes at the market, since there you can buy a real homemade product.
Choose medium-sized young tubers, since you will need to cook the potatoes whole in the pan. Be sure to inspect the potatoes for green spots. If they are present, this indicates that the growing tubers were poorly covered with soil and unsuitable for eating.
The process of preparing new potatoes
Let's describe in detail how to cook new potatoes. First of all, you need to remove the skin from the tubers. There is no need to cut it with a knife, just scrape it lightly. After all the tubers are cleaned, they need to be washed, placed in a pan and filled with water. At this stage, there are two options: pour cold water or boiling water over the potatoes. Many cooks believe that while the water in the pan heats up, the vegetable will absorb excess liquid and become tasteless.
You need to add a little salt to the water where the new potatoes will be boiled. Place the pan on the fire for about 25 minutes. To prevent the product from overcooking, you can carefully check its readiness using a toothpick. You should not do this with a knife, as this will only spoil the appearance and taste of the new potatoes.
So, the potatoes are ready. Drain the water, add green onions, parsley, dill and butter to the tubers. Mix everything carefully, close the lid and wrap the pan with a warm scarf. Leave the container for a quarter of an hour. This will allow the young potatoes to brew and also absorb the aroma of herbs and oil.
Secrets of young potatoes
You've learned how to cook new potatoes, but there are little secrets that will make this simple dish simply great.
If you serve lightly salted cucumbers or lightly salted red fish with potatoes, then consider that you have created a masterpiece.
If, after boiling, young potatoes are fried on all sides in vegetable oil, they will acquire a golden color and an amazing crust.
If you haven’t had time to cook anything else (except potatoes), then sour cream and garlic will help you out. Just prepare a sauce from them, and the taste of the dish will be unforgettable.
Potatoes in skin
Potatoes boiled in their skins, or as they say differently - in their skins, are considered very healthy, since thanks to the skin, vitamins remain in the tubers and are not digested. In addition, unpeeled boiled potatoes have a special aroma and elasticity. Let's find out how to cook potatoes in their skins correctly.
Select potatoes of the same size, wash them with a brush, put them in a saucepan and fill them with water. Potatoes must be salted. If the volume of the container in which it is cooked is 2-3 liters, then you will need 1 teaspoon of salt. Salt will not only give the potatoes a better taste, but will also prevent them from cracking. Next, bring the potatoes to a boil over maximum heat and immediately reduce the heat. Cook vegetables for 25-30 minutes. Once the tubers are ready, remove the pan from the heat and drain the water.
Cooking potatoes for salad
Many young housewives are wondering how to cook potatoes for salad so that they remain strong. If the potatoes turn out to be soft and crumbly, then they cannot be cut into even and uniform cubes, which is completely unacceptable for a properly prepared salad. Boiled tubers are only suitable for making puree.
So, to cook potatoes for salad, you need to boil them in their skins. And exclusively in its entirety! We already know how to cook potatoes in a saucepan and that the peel helps preserve the elasticity of the tubers, so we will focus on which vegetables to choose for the salad so that they are cooked at their best.
Potatoes will not crack during cooking if the selected tubers are pierced with a fork on all sides and the water in the pan is salted. Boiling time will depend on the type of potato. If you need a product specifically for salad, then buy potatoes that have a low starch content.
Immediately after cooking, pour cold water over the tubers, which will make it easy to peel them. And, of course, an important rule: you cannot leave boiled potatoes in water. As a result, it acquires an unpleasant odor, a bad taste, and will fall apart when cut.
Potatoes, boiled in pieces
If you need to cook something very quickly, then we will tell you how to boil potatoes in pieces. First, determine how you will cut the vegetables: large slices, cubes, quarters or halves. Remember that the smaller the pieces, the faster they will cook. Once the potatoes are cooked, be sure to drain the water. Meat, fish or fresh vegetables are ideal for this dish as a side dish.
Can you cook potatoes in the microwave?
Many people know how to cook potatoes in a saucepan, but not everyone knows that they can be cooked quickly and tasty in the microwave. And this can be done in different ways, which we will now consider.
1. Select medium-sized potato tubers, wash them well and place them in a deep microwave-safe bowl. Add water, but only a little, about 3 mm, cover the dish with a lid, and place in the microwave oven. Make the power maximum and set the time to 10-12 minutes. After 10 minutes, you can check the stage of readiness of the potatoes, and if the vegetables are hard, then just add a few more minutes.
2. Wash the potatoes, make small cuts in each tuber and place them on a plate. In this case, water will not be needed. Place the plate in the microwave, set the maximum power and time for 6-7 minutes. Then check the potatoes for doneness and add a few more minutes if they are not done.
3. Take a baking bag, potatoes and salt. Wash the vegetables, remove the peel and cut the potatoes into pieces. Add salt and fill the bag with them. Place it in the microwave oven, set the time to 15-20 minutes and maximum power. After the cooking signal, take out the bag and, carefully so as not to get burned by the steam, cut it and place the potatoes on a dish.
Bon appetit!
Potatoes can be used to prepare an incredible number of dishes. These can be all kinds of salads, casseroles, potato cutlets, potato pancakes, stews and just traditional mashed potatoes or fried potatoes. But first, it is important to be able to simply cook potatoes correctly, especially since this can be done in different ways: boil them peeled or in their skins, in the microwave or on the stove. As with all recipes, there are also subtleties and nuances that you need to know.
How to cook potatoes correctly?
If you want to boil potatoes to make mashed potatoes, or just eat boiled potatoes, follow these instructions.
First of all, you need to select suitable tubers, it is best if they are almost the same size. This will ensure that all the potatoes in the pan are cooked at the same time. Otherwise, small potatoes may become boiled, but large ones will remain hard. To speed up the cooking process of large potatoes, you can cut them in half. The next step is to peel and rinse the potatoes. After this, the tubers need to be placed in a saucepan and filled with water so that it completely covers all the potatoes, and salt. Now cover the pan with a lid, place it on the stove and bring to a boil. As soon as the water boils, you need to reduce the heat by half and set aside for about 20 minutes. As a rule, during this time the potatoes have time to cook. But in order to be absolutely sure of this, you need to check readiness. Pierce the largest potato with a fork. If the fork goes in easily, then the potatoes are ready, it’s time to drain the water and place on a plate. The product is ready to use! You can add butter to the finished hot potatoes, lightly salt them and sprinkle with herbs. It is best to serve potatoes with meat or fish dishes.
How to boil jacket potatoes?
Potatoes boiled in their skins are considered healthier, because the peel perfectly retains nutrients and prevents them from boiling down. Moreover, such potatoes retain their aroma and taste better and remain more elastic.
Let's move on to cooking. You need to choose potatoes of the same size, rinse them thoroughly, place them in a saucepan and completely cover them with water. At the next stage, it is important to salt it at the rate of 1/2 - 1 tsp. salt for 2 - 3 liters of water. Salt will prevent the potatoes from cracking. Next, cover the pan with a lid, place on maximum heat and bring to a boil. As soon as the water boils, reduce the temperature to a minimum and cook for 20 - 30 minutes. Cooking time will depend on the type of potato and the size of the tubers. After 20 minutes, start checking the potatoes for doneness. As soon as it is cooked, it must be removed from the stove and drained.
How to cook potatoes for salad?
When you boil potatoes for salad, the most important thing is not to overcook them. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to cut, the pieces will stick to the knife, fall apart and become deformed. And we risk seeing mashed potatoes in the salad instead of potato cubes. To prevent this from happening, follow our advice.
It is best to cook potatoes in their jackets. As mentioned above, the skins keep the potatoes firm, making them easier to cut. In addition, the water in which the potatoes are boiled must be salted so that the potatoes do not fall apart. Before heat treatment, it is recommended to pierce the tubers with a fork in several places. Cooking time will range from 20 to 40 minutes depending on the type of potato. For salads, it is recommended to choose varieties with low starch content. As a rule, this is exactly what potatoes brought from Israel look like. After the potatoes are cooked, drain the water and pour cold water over them. Thanks to this technique, the potatoes will be easier to peel. And one more important rule: do not leave potatoes in liquid. This can cause it to acquire an unpleasant odor and become limp.
How to cook potatoes in the microwave?
There are several ways. We found the following three the most interesting. Let's look at them in more detail.
Method number 1. Select medium-sized potatoes, wash them thoroughly and place in a deep plate. Now you need to pour water. Please note that there should be very little water, only 2 - 3 mm at the bottom. Then put the plate in the microwave, cover with a lid, set the maximum power and time for 8 - 12 minutes. After 8 minutes, it’s time to check the potatoes for doneness. If it remains hard, then you need to add a few minutes.
Method No. 2. Wash and place several potatoes on a plate. Make cuts in the skin in several places. No need to add water. Just put a plate of potatoes in the microwave for 5 - 7 minutes at maximum power. After this time, you need to check the readiness of the potatoes. If it is not ready, then you just need to add a few minutes
Method No. 3. You will need potatoes, salt and an ordinary plastic bag or baking bag. So, we clean the tubers, wash them, cut them in half and put them in a bag. Now you need to salt the potatoes and shake the bag so that the salt is evenly distributed. Next, we tie the bag. Some people advise making a small hole in it for steam to escape, while others, on the contrary, say that the steam remains inside, so there is no need to make holes. Choose for yourself which point of view you will adhere to. Now place the bag in the microwave for 15-20 minutes at maximum power. After this, carefully remove the bag and cut it. Be careful, hot steam will come out of the bag.
The dish is ready to eat! Bon appetit!
We were able to offer you so many ways to cook potatoes. We hope you were able to find the answer to the question: how to cook potatoes. Good luck in your culinary endeavors!
Nowadays, it is difficult to imagine a daily menu for the whole family without potatoes. This vegetable is added to soups, pies, casseroles, snacks and salads. Every day we eat some dish with potatoes.
However, before you cook anything from potatoes, you need to learn how to cook them properly.
How to cook potatoes correctly
The simplest and most important thing in the first stages of culinary art is to be able to boil potatoes.
- To do this, select small tubers of the same size;
- Then wash the potatoes and peel the tubers;
- If you took too large potatoes, cut the tubers into several parts.
The smaller the potatoes, the faster they will cook! On the other hand: the smaller the pieces, the less vitamins will remain after cooking. So don't go overboard with the size.
- Place the potato tubers in cold water, which should lightly cover the potatoes and add salt;
- Now you can put the potatoes on the fire and cook until done.
How to cook new potatoes
In the summer, it’s good to treat yourself to young boiled potatoes with butter. Moreover, young tubers contain a maximum of useful substances. So, carefully scrape the thin skin off the tubers, and then place them in a pan of boiling water. Add some salt.
Some people prefer to pour cold water over the potatoes and only then bring them to a boil, but in this case the new potatoes will turn out watery.
Cook the new potatoes for 20-25 minutes over low heat and be careful not to let them boil. You can check the readiness of the potatoes with a toothpick.. If it smoothly enters the largest tubers, then the potatoes are ready.
Do not use a knife for this under any circumstances, as the potatoes may crumble into several pieces during checking. And this will only spoil the appearance and taste of the dish.
If the potatoes are ready, drain the water from the pan, and then add butter and finely chopped dill to the new potatoes. Wait for the butter to melt, then gently stir the potatoes. Cover the pan with a lid and let it sit for another 10 minutes.
How to boil jacket potatoes
You can also cook potatoes in their jackets. These potatoes are mainly used for making salads and snacks.
Try to choose tubers of the same size for cooking:
- if you take too small, the tubers will boil
- if they are large, they may not fit into the pan
- and if you use different tubers, the small tubers will boil, but the larger ones will remain tough. In this case, it will be difficult to find the optimal cooking time for the potatoes. So use only small and neat potatoes for cooking.
To prevent the potato skin from cracking during the heating process, after boiling, you should reduce the heat and cook the potatoes for no longer than 25 minutes.
There is another way to preserve potatoes whole. Before putting the potatoes on the fire, pierce the tubers in several places with a fork. This way they definitely won’t boil over. And after cooking, you can pour water over the potatoes so that the tubers are better cleaned.
It is highly not recommended to leave potatoes in water after they are cooked, otherwise they will lose their appearance and acquire an unpleasant odor.
Once the potatoes are completely cool, remove the skins and use the potatoes to make more complex and interesting dishes.
How to cook potatoes in a saucepan
If you are going to cook potatoes (not young ones) in a saucepan, then throw them into the water immediately, and only then put them on the fire. Round potatoes should be salted only at the end of cooking.
After you boil the potatoes, drain the water and leave the boiled tubers for a few minutes without a lid. The remaining moisture will quickly evaporate, and the potatoes will be crumbly.
How many minutes do you need to cook potatoes?
Boil potatoes for no more than 25-30 minutes. However, if you use too large tubers, the cooking time may increase to 40 minutes.
To help the potatoes cook faster, cover the pan with a lid. Only in this case will you have to watch the potatoes, since starch foam will form during cooking, which can stain the stove.
To help the potatoes cook faster, add a small piece of butter to the pan. The oil film will allow the potatoes to cook faster.
Is it possible to cook potatoes in the microwave?
Delicious potatoes can be cooked not only on the stove, but also in the microwave.
- to do this, select several tubers of the same size;
- wash them in cold water and remove the peel;
- then transfer them to a plate, into which you should pour a little water. Cover the plate with potatoes with a special lid for heating dishes and place in the oven at maximum power for 8-12 minutes;
- When time has passed, check the potatoes are done with a toothpick. If the potatoes are tough, microwave them for another 2-3 minutes.
You can also cook jacket potatoes in the microwave:
- just wash the potato tubers and make small cuts on the peel, in this case there is no need to add water to the plate;
- cover the plate with potatoes with a lid and microwave for 9 minutes;
- then check the potatoes for doneness and add additional time if necessary.
How to cook mashed potatoes
- Select several identical potato tubers. Wash them and peel them.
- Cut the peeled potatoes into large pieces, place them in a saucepan and cover with water.
- Boil the potatoes for 20 minutes, then drain the water and mash the tubers.
- Add hot milk and a small piece of butter. Stir the puree. Add spices and serve.
Sep 28, 2013 LittleToxa