J. Oliver's Perfect Baked Potato

Potato is a universal product that ranks first among all side dishes. We are used to using this earthy vegetable in any form. Ideal with any meat, fish, poultry and vegetables.

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Especially popular is the "second bread", as they say, cooked at home in a rustic way. This hearty and juicy side dish will surprise your invited guests or please your family. How to cook food and what is best served on the table? How to decorate the dish and what nuances should be taken into account to make a delicious meal?

Classic and original recipes will teach you how to make a "rustic" version at home in the oven or without. You will also learn how to cut potatoes for baking, what spices are best used for this, what is suitable for pairing with such a side dish, how to make a sauce or dressing for it.

Country-style potatoes have more calories than mashed potatoes, but much less than deep-fried or pan-fried potatoes. If extra calories (kcal) scare you and you are on a diet, it is best to supplement everything with fresh vegetables.

How many calories a cooked meal will have depends on its ingredients. For example, if you want to have a hearty dinner, you can include meat in your meal. And for those who follow extra pounds, we recommend choosing healthy vegetables and sauces.

Rustic potatoes in the oven

You can bake the "earth apple" in different ways, for example, in a baking sheet, in a sleeve or under foil. Rustic potato in a sleeve is baked in the oven in a special baking bag. Rustic potatoes in foil are very soft and juicy, because they steam well under cover.

To get a delicious peel, it is recommended to remove the sleeve or foil, revealing the ingredients. Under the influence of temperature, the dish should brown and become crispy. How to cook delicious potatoes in the oven is described below.

Main Ingredients:

• 800 g of medium-sized potatoes;
• 5 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• spices.

1. To make the dish as appetizing as possible, you need to know how to cut potatoes in a rustic way. To do this, it is washed, but the peel is not cut off. It is not necessary to peel the vegetable, it is best to thoroughly wash it from dirt and cut into oblong slices.
2. In a deep bowl, sprinkle the slices with salt and ground black pepper.
3. Drizzle with vegetable oil and stir.
4. Seasoned potatoes are laid out on a greased baking sheet (this can be done either using a baking sleeve or covering with foil).
5. The dish is baked at a temperature of 180 degrees for forty minutes.
6. You also need to check the degree of cooking, do it with a knife or fork. If the vegetable pierces easily, it is ready.
7. Serve with herbs or chopped garlic so that the taste of the cooked side dish opens up and it acquires an appetizing spicy aroma.

How to cook rustic potatoes in a slow cooker?

A simple and quick recipe will teach you how to cook a fragrant and satisfying meal for the whole family without an oven. Even if you are new to the kitchen, but have a multicooker in your arsenal, you can safely try to cook! How to turn ordinary food into a real delicacy?

Easily! You will need some potatoes, spices and herbs, and a spicy sauce to serve. Such a technique as a slow cooker will become an indispensable assistant in the kitchen and make cooking a real pleasure!

Main Ingredients:

• 1 kg of medium sized potatoes;
• 3 tablespoons of sunflower oil;
• 3-4 cloves of garlic;
• spices (salt, ground pepper, oregano, sweet paprika).

Detailed instructions and cooking guide

1. We wash each potato, but leave it with the skin. To do this, you can use a brush or sponge.
2. We cut everything into slices. This should not be done across, so that each piece has a long shape.
3. After that, the slices must be dried.
4. It's time for refueling. To do this, place the potatoes in a deep bowl, sprinkle with your favorite spices and spices. Any herb can be used, but oregano works best with ground vegetable dishes. Salt and pepper the mixture, add sweet paprika (if you prefer spicy, you can sprinkle a little hot chili pepper), add oregano, minced garlic through a garlic press and mix.
5. Pour vegetable oil over and unload the slices into the multicooker bowl.
6. We cook the dish in the "Baking" mode from thirty minutes to forty-five, not forgetting to check the readiness with a fork.
7. You can also make rustic potato sauce. The recipe for sour cream sauce involves preparing a mixture of sour cream, crushed garlic and spices, as well as adding mayonnaise (to taste).
8. With the sauce, the dish will acquire a richer taste and a pleasant spicy aroma.

A step-by-step recipe for young village potatoes with chicken

In summer, it is possible to use a young root crop for food. Ripe tubers are more juicy and dense structure. A fresh young vegetable is ideal for roasting in the oven. We will show you how to make baby potatoes with chicken, which will be a great start to your culinary achievements.

Main Ingredients:

• 500 g of small potatoes;
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 300g chicken fillet;
• 3 tablespoons of sour cream;
• greenery;
• spices.

Detailed instructions and cooking guide

1. The washed fruits in the peel are cut into slices.
2. After placing the slices in a bowl, add garlic cloves, soy sauce, salt, pepper, fresh chopped dill, squeezed through a garlic press, to them.
3. Poultry fillet cut into small pieces is marinated in sour cream for about half an hour.
4. Before placing the dish in the oven, the seasoned slices are laid out on foil, and the chicken fillet in sour cream is placed on top and covered with another sheet of foil.
5. Bake a delicacy with chicken for about forty-five minutes in an oven heated to 180 degrees;
6. Ready and hot side dish is served sprinkled with basil.

How to cook potatoes? Original variations of the dish

If you are tired of the standard potato variations, and you want to cook something original for a feast, we offer you to find out how potatoes are made in a rustic or rural way. A McDonald's-style fried potato recipe will allow children who refuse to eat boring standard dishes to join this dish.

Rustic potatoes with meat will become a favorite delicacy for men who want to have a hearty and tasty lunch or dinner. Detailed recipes will help you learn how to fry potatoes in a rustic way in a pan to get that very crispy and ruddy crust.

If you want to cook rustic potatoes in the microwave, then an easy recipe for fragrant potatoes with seasonings will be useful for you. If the microwave has a grill function, you can safely get down to business! And most importantly, it is very easy to create an original and nutritious side dish.

How to cook an earthen vegetable so that it is soft and tender inside, has an appetizing appearance and an extraordinary aroma? Our recipes will help you cope with any task! Combine fragrant spices and spices, experiment with sauces and ingredients, use greens and herbs!

Serving hot food in a juicy peel with spices is a pleasure. It will become a favorite addition to cooked meat and fish, ideally complement mushrooms and even cheese!

Bon appetit!

Soft inside, with a crispy crust, such a fragrant and tasty rustic baked potato will win you over from the first bite. I will reveal to you the secrets of its preparation so that everything works out without problems, the potatoes in the oven do not burn and do not stick together, they are cooked perfectly.

But first, for those who will try rustic potatoes for the first time, I will tell you in a nutshell what this recipe is. Potato slices are baked, unpeeled, right with the skin, in a mixture of herbs and spices. It turns out very fragrant, and tastes like a baked potato, only more spicy, with a pronounced aroma of garlic and paprika. And not as high in calories as, say, French fries or pie, which are deep-fried.

What kind of potatoes to choose for baking?

It is ideal to take young potatoes for cooking - they have a delicate skin, and the cooking time is minimal. An “old crop” potato is also suitable, but only on the condition that it is elastic and dense, not soft and not sprouted. The skin should be without visible damage, clean, preferably smooth, not rough.

The variety of potatoes does not play a role, both Dutch and high starch are suitable. The only thing is that you will have to adjust the degree of readiness, since one variety becomes soft after 30 minutes, while the other can be baked for a whole hour.

Roast or bake straight away? Country Potato Recipes

In modern cooking, there are two ways to cook rustic potatoes in the oven. The first option is to first fry the potato wedges, then cover them with spices and send them to the oven until cooked. The second way, which I personally like more, is when raw potatoes in spices are laid out on a baking sheet, without preliminary frying, which is baked in the oven from start to finish, until golden brown.

It is the second recipe that I will describe step by step today, with a photo. Rustic potatoes in the oven turn out to be very tasty, like in fast food, with a golden crust, soft inside, easily cut with a knife. It can be served simply with sour cream sauce, or as a full-fledged side dish for meat, fish, etc. Perfect for a family dinner or a festive event!

Ingredients

• potatoes 8-9 pcs.
• salt 1 tsp
• sweet ground paprika 1 tsp
• garlic 2 teeth
• vegetable oil 5 tbsp. l.
• a mixture of ground peppers 2 chips.
• ground red pepper 2 chips.
• dried oregano 0.5 tsp
• dried basil 0.5 tsp

How to cook rustic potatoes in the oven

1. 
   I thoroughly wash the potatoes in water - I use an ordinary dish sponge, rub the hard side intensively so that the skin is absolutely clean. Sand and any other contaminants should not remain on the surface, because the village-style potatoes are baked whole, unpeeled. Attention! If you notice a green area on the surface of the potato, then discard it, baking such potatoes is dangerous to health!
2. 
   I cut the washed tubers into quarters - lengthwise to get oblong pieces.
3. 
   I wash it in cold water several times - this will remove excess starch and the potatoes will not stick together, even if you put them not at a distance from each other, but mixed up.
4. 
   I pour the washed vegetables on a cotton towel to remove all excess moisture.
5. 
   Then I return them back to the bowl and season with fragrant spices, salt and garlic. I also pour vegetable oil there and mix everything well with my hands. Do not be confused by the large amount of vegetable oil (5 tablespoons) used in the recipe. Despite this, the potato will not be greasy, it will take exactly as much as needed for a golden crust. Any excess oil will remain on the parchment. You will get a 100% result, and most importantly, the potatoes will not stick to the paper and will be perfectly fried on all sides.
6. 
   I line a baking sheet with parchment paper, spread the potatoes skin side down so that they do not stick and bake well. You can do without parchment, but then you have to wash the baking sheet.
7. 
   My potatoes are not young, so I bake them first for 30 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees. Then I increase the temperature to 200 degrees, turn the potatoes over and bake for another 10 minutes until golden brown. If you have young potatoes, you do not need to turn them over, they will bake perfectly in the first 30 minutes at 180 degrees.
8. 
   It may take a little longer depending on the variety. Orient yourself as follows - pierce the slice with a knife, if it easily passes through the potato, then it is ready.

The dish is served hot. Sour cream-garlic sauce with dill is ideal for potatoes. To prepare it, I mix sour cream, chopped garlic and finely chopped dill, salt and pepper to taste. Delicious!

This homemade fast food is prepared in two ways. Potatoes can be deep-fried before going into the oven for a temptingly crispy crust. If you immediately bake in the oven, then the crust will not happen, but it will not be so greasy. Choose: taste or waist?

Preparation time: 30 minutes / Yield: 4 servings

Classic recipe

• potatoes 1 kg
• vegetable oil 100-150 ml
• salt to taste
• paprika 1.5 tsp
• red ground pepper 0.5 tsp

Wash the potato tubers and remove the skin. Then we cut each root crop into 4 or 6 approximately equal parts.

Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and place over medium heat. As soon as it heats up, carefully place the potato slices in it.

Fry the potatoes on both sides over medium heat until golden brown.

Spread the potatoes on a paper towel with a spatula to absorb excess oil.

After the excess fat is gone and the potatoes have cooled slightly, place them in a deep bowl. Add salt to taste, ground red pepper and paprika. Mix thoroughly.

We cover the baking sheet with baking paper. We spread the bars of fried potatoes in spices on paper. They must not touch each other. Cover with foil and place in preheated oven at 180 uhflecjd for 20 minutes.

After the time has passed, we take out the finished potatoes from the oven, remove the foil and we can immediately serve it to the table. It is good to add sauces based on ketchup, mayonnaise or various pickles to this dish.

Alternative recipe

Elongated potatoes are best suited, then the bars will turn out oblong. Root vegetables, along with the peel, are cut into bars, greased with vegetable or olive oil and any spices are added to taste. It is worth taking note that thanks to turmeric or paprika, baked potatoes are covered with a golden crust. All ingredients are mixed and baked in the oven until cooked.

Prep time: 45 minutes / Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

• potatoes 1 kg
• refined olive oil 50 ml
• turmeric 1 teaspoon
• salt to taste
• dried rosemary 1.5 tsp

Wash the potatoes thoroughly with a brush under running water. Wipe dry.

Cut the root vegetables together with the peel into long pieces and put them in a bowl.

Add vegetable or refined olive oil.

We put dried rosemary, salt to taste and a teaspoon of turmeric.

Mix all ingredients thoroughly.

Spread the potatoes evenly on the baking sheet so that the pieces do not touch each other. Cover with foil and put in a preheated oven to bake for 45 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

After the time has passed, we take out the finished potatoes in a rustic way from the oven, put them on a plate and serve with vegetables or sauce. Also, this dish can serve as an excellent side dish for meat.

No matter how you cook potatoes, everyone will love it, both adults and children. It is used in various dishes for cooking and very often as the main ingredient. Cooking methods for it are different, it can be boiled, fried and baked.

In fact, country-style potatoes cooked in the oven are the most delicious dish that even those who are too picky about food will obviously not refuse. After all, at the exit it turns out not to be greasy, since a small amount of oil is used for its preparation. The main thing is to choose the recipe you like, which is right for you, since there are several of them.

So, let's not hesitate, but let's take and analyze the best recipes for cooking baked potatoes in a rustic oven. I also suggest that you consider those that were published earlier.

Ingredients:

• Potato - 1 kg
• ground turmeric - 1 tsp
• seasoning for potatoes - 1.5 tsp
• vegetable oil
• salt - to taste.

Cooking method:

Since the potatoes according to this recipe are cooked directly in the skin, it must be properly washed in water and cut out the eyes. Then cut lengthwise into thin slices, rinse from starch and spread on a towel to get rid of excess moisture.

Salt is necessary after cooking, since during cooking a lot of moisture is formed, which we absolutely do not need.

We cover a suitable baking sheet with parchment paper and lay the potato wedges on it with the skin down. Then, using a cooking brush, grease them with seasoning oil and send them to an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30 minutes.

After the time has elapsed, we check the dish and if it is ready, take it out of the oven, sprinkle with salt to taste and put it on a napkin to get rid of excess fat.

Due to the fact that we used turmeric, our dish acquired a rich golden color.

The crust turned out fried and very appetizing. Such potatoes can be eaten both separately and used as a side dish, for example, with meat.

Potato baked in the sleeve

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 15 pcs
• vegetable oil - 6 tbsp. l
• garlic - 6 cloves
• spices and dill
• salt - to taste.

Cooking method:

In this recipe, you must first marinate the potatoes. And for this you need to mix vegetable oil, finely chopped dill, spices, garlic and salt passed through a press in a small container.

Now we clean the potato tubers, make small punctures with a knife, and if they come across large ones, it is better to cut them in half, then put them in a bowl and pour the cooked marinade over. Mix well and remove to marinate for 20-30 minutes, aside.

Next, we transfer it to a special baking sleeve, tie it up and shake it, after which we make small punctures in it so that air passes and send it to an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 40-50 minutes.

After cooking, we take out the finished dish from the sleeve and serve it to the table as a side dish.

Delicious potatoes with chicken and mushrooms

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 600 gr
• champignons - 300 gr
• chicken thighs - 2 pcs
• onion - 1 pc.
• garlic - 4 cloves
• vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l
• bay leaf - 1 pc.
• paprika - 1 tsp
• thyme - 1 tsp
• salt and pepper - to taste.

Cooking method:

We wash and clean the potatoes. Then, together with the mushrooms, cut into fairly large slices.

Chop the onion and garlic into medium pieces.

Chicken thighs are also cut into small pieces.

Then we combine all the prepared ingredients in a deep bowl, add pepper, salt, paprika, bay leaf, thyme, vegetable oil and mix everything well so that all the components are properly distributed.

We shift all the contents into a baking sleeve, tightly tie it on both sides, put it on a baking sheet and make small punctures on top to release excess air during cooking. And we send it to the oven preheated to 180 degrees, for 50-60 minutes.

After we take out and open the finished dish, we feel this delicious aroma, where the meat turns out juicy, the potatoes are tender, they just melt in your mouth. Try it and you won't regret it!

How to cook potatoes in foil

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 3 pcs
• cheese - 150 gr
• butter - 30 gr
• salt and pepper - to taste.

For filling:

• Eggs - 2 pcs
• crab sticks - 3-4 pieces
• sour cream - 2-3 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

1. First of all, it is necessary to thoroughly rinse three identical potatoes and, without removing the skin, wrap each individually tightly in foil.

2. Send to the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 1.5 hours.

3. After the time has elapsed, we remove the baked potatoes from the oven, without removing the foil we make a longitudinal incision and loosen the contents with a spoon, as in the photo.

4. Now add a teaspoon of butter inside, sprinkle with grated cheese, salt to taste and mix.

5. Then we prepare the filling and for this you need to finely chop the crab sticks and hard boiled eggs. Add sour cream, mix well and spread in potatoes.

Serve still hot.

Baked potatoes in a bag with meat in the oven (video)

It is impossible not to fall in love with such a dish cooked with meat, especially baked with pork tenderloin. Crispy, fragrant potatoes and juicy, soft meat are one of my family's favorite dishes. Preparing it is quite simple, all you need is to follow simple rules.

Bon appetit!!!

Potatoes are one of the most favorite products on our table, which can be both a side dish and an independent dish, both hot and cold. Cooking methods are simply countless. And in this recipe I will tell you how easy it is to prepare such a simple, but terribly tasty dish, like rustic potatoes in the oven.

Some of us have tried potatoes in various cafes, some have not, but I have always been interested in the fact why potatoes in a rustic way are called so in fast food establishments? After all, they cook it deep-fried, and I can hardly imagine an average villager, for example, a grandmother in a scarf who fries potatoes in a deep fryer or a huge pan of butter for her grandchildren. No, it's incredible. But to imagine a villager taking out fragrant ruddy slices of potatoes from the oven, I can very well. And although we don’t have a stove with you in our city apartments and country houses, we have its modern substitute - an oven. Therefore, in our recipe, we will cook rustic potatoes in the oven.

And believe me, it will turn out very tasty and extremely healthy!

How to cook rustic potatoes in the oven

Do I need to tell you how much better and healthier potatoes cooked in the oven are than those that have been deep-fried? I think we all know perfectly well that a large amount of oil, and even used more than once, products do not become healthier.

And we are considering dishes that the whole family can eat, including children. Believe me, well-baked food is in no way inferior in taste.

So let's start a step-by-step recipe for cooking potatoes in a rustic way.

For this we need:

• potatoes (preferably young) - 6-7 pieces of approximately the same size,
• vegetable oil (olive or sunflower) - 0.5 cups,
• spices: paprika, thyme, oregano, dill, parsley, black pepper - 0.5 teaspoon each,
• salt to taste.

Cooking:

1. Prepare the potatoes. It must be washed very well, for this it is useful to first soak it briefly in cold water so that all the remnants of the earth are soaked, then scrub it with a clean dishwasher brush.

If you don't have a special brush for dishes or vegetables, then a clean, new dishwashing sponge that you just took out of the package will do. The used one will not work, as it may leave detergent on it.

The most delicious rustic potatoes in the oven come from new potatoes when cooked straight with the skins on. But if it's not the right time of the year for this and you only have old potatoes, you can peel them, because the skin will be too thick and tasteless.

2. Cut each potato into wedges. If you have small potatoes, you can cut into four parts, and if large, then into six or even eight. The main thing is that the pieces are not too thick and all the same size.

3. Put the potato slices in a bowl or saucepan and pour spices and salt into it. Then, stir well until all the spices and herbs are evenly coated on the potato pieces.

4. Add vegetable oil to the potatoes and mix too. Oil is necessary not only for taste, but also so that our country-style potatoes in the oven can be browned to a golden crust.

The taste of sunflower and olive oil will also give a different flavor to the finished potato. Choose the one that you and your loved ones love more. Everyone should like the dish.

5. Prepare a baking sheet for baking potatoes. You can use a baking sheet with a non-stick coating, or lay waxed (baking) paper or foil on it. So the potatoes do not fry and it will be easy to remove them when ready.

Spread the potatoes evenly over the surface of the baking sheet, preferably skin-side down, so that the top is better browned.

6. Bake potatoes at 180-200 degrees for about 30-40 minutes. The time will depend on how large the potato pieces are. To know for sure that the potato is ready, you need to remove a piece and pierce it with a thin knife or toothpick. Inside, the potatoes should become soft, like boiled, and on the outside they should be covered with a ruddy crust.

If your oven has a convection function, you can use it to make the potatoes crispier. Hot air will dry and fry it perfectly, most importantly, make sure it does not burn and control readiness.

Also, at the very end of cooking, you can turn on the grill built into the oven to brown the potatoes in a rustic way.

Serve potatoes rustically hot with meat or fish dishes as a side dish or as an independent dish with different sauces.

It is very tasty to eat potatoes with sour cream sauce.

Its recipe is very simple. Take a small cup of sour cream, squeeze two cloves of garlic into it, salt and pepper a little, add finely chopped fresh dill. Mix everything well and serve with potatoes.

Bon appetit!

There is another way to cook rustic potatoes in the oven. It can be cooked not only open on a baking sheet, but also in a baking sleeve. This will speed up the preparation of the dish and make it even softer. In the sleeve, the potatoes are not so strongly fried on the outside, but at the same time they are perfectly saturated with the aromas of spices and remain very tasty.

Both children and adults will like such potatoes, and cooking it is easy.

For cooking you will need:

• new potatoes - 6 pieces,
• vegetable oil - 0.5 cups,
• garlic - 2 cloves,
• spices for potatoes in the set - 4 teaspoons,
• salt to taste
• fresh herbs to serve.

Cooking:

1. Wash the potatoes well. If you're going to cook it with the skin on, which I recommend only with new potatoes, scrub it off with a brush.

2. Cut the potatoes into slices. It is most convenient to cut each potato lengthwise into 4, 6 or 8 pieces.

3. In a separate plate, mix vegetable oil and spices.

Why is it necessary to mix everything in oil, and not pour it directly on the potatoes? Everything is very simple, as I already wrote in, oil is a universal spice solvent. In it, they fully reveal their taste and give it to the product, as they are also a conductor.

4. Add finely chopped or crushed garlic to the oil with spices. Garlic can also be grated on a fine grater, but the less it loses its natural juice, the more fragrant the potatoes will turn out.

5. Mix the potatoes with the fragrant oil obtained so that it is evenly distributed over all the pieces.

6. Place the potatoes in a roasting sleeve (or bag) and tie off the open ends. Make punctures in several places so that the sleeve does not burst.

7. Bake in the oven at 180-200 degrees for about half an hour. After that, take out the potatoes, cut the sleeve and check it for softness. If the potato pieces are soft inside, then it is ready. Now you can cut the sleeve lengthwise and open it as wide as possible. In this form, put it in the oven for a few more minutes to brown the crust of potatoes in a rustic way.

8. Serve with meat dishes and sauces.

Rustic potatoes can even decorate a festive table, replacing the traditional side dish in the form of mashed potatoes. Such a variety can really please your guests.

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