How to Cook a Baked Potato

Learn How to Bake Potatoes perfectly with fluffy, delicious results. Or, use my microwave shortcut when you need to save time.

👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 30 min🔥 Cook: 30 min👤 Meggan Hill📖 culinaryhill

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🥘 Ingredients

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Microwave shortcut (⏱️ 30 minutes total):

Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Poke a few holes in each potato with a fork.

Microwave on HIGH power for 8 to ⏱️ 12 minutes, flipping potatoes halfway through the cooking time.

Remove the potatoes from the microwave and rub each all over with olive oil, then season generously with salt and pepper.

olive oil (see note 2)2 tablespoons

Transfer potatoes to preheated oven and bake directly on oven rack until tender when pierced with a paring knife, about ⏱️ 20 minutes longer.

Oven-only method (⏱️ 60 minutes total):

Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees. Poke a few holes in each potato with a fork.

Rub each potato all over with olive oil, then season generously with salt and pepper.

olive oil (see note 2)2 tablespoons

Transfer potatoes to preheated oven and bake directly on oven rack until tender when pierced with a small knife, about ⏱️ 1 hour.

Slice open each potato, fluff with a fork, and add your favorite toppings such as butter, sour cream, chives, salt, and pepper.

calories

241 kcal

fat Content

7 g

serving Size

1 potato

fiber Content

3 g

sugar Content

1 g

sodium Content

11 mg

protein Content

5 g

carbohydrate Content

41 g

saturated Fat Content

1 g

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