Oven Baked Potatoes
There is something truly amazing about American Baked Potatoes. That crunchy, salted skin with that tender and fluffy potato flesh.
Ingredients
- 1 Large Potato (per person) – I prefer the restaurant style baking potatoes myself
- Olive Oil
- Sea Salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 and place the rack in the middle. Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil. – this is optional. You can cook eat potato directly on the rack but I highly recommend placing a lined cookie sheet on the rack below to catch the drippings. Scrub each potato with cool water, not hot!
- Dry the potatoes thoroughly with a paper towel. *Optional: Using a fork, pierce each potato a good 4-5 times ensuring you go deep. Slather each tater with oil ensuring it’s coated evenly. Sprinkle with Sea Salt. Either lay on the lined cookie sheet or the rack.
- Cook for roughly 45 minutes to an hour depending on the size of the potato. The skin should be crispy and the potato easily pierced with the tip of a knife.
Notes
*Note: if you bake it on the sheet, flip them about every 20 minutes. Baking on the rack directly, you don’t have to flip.
Insert a fork or wooden skewer into the potato. It should go all the way in. The skin should be crisp and the flesh soft.