Since ancient times, potatoes have been considered the second bread. A lot of things are made from potatoes delicious dishes, from simple salads to casseroles. And potatoes are not eaten raw. It is boiled, baked or fried in oil.
Young potatoes are very tasty, boiled in their skins with vegetable oil and sprinkled with dill. Or with lightly salted cucumbers. Or with herring or other salted fish.
With salted mushrooms, milk mushrooms, saffron milk caps. With sauerkraut...Eh...!
How to cook peeled potatoes
Peel the potatoes with a knife, rinse clean water. To speed up cooking, potatoes can be cut into two or four parts. Pour boiling water and salt - 1 tsp. salt per 3 liters of water.
On big fire bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 15 -20 minutes, depending on the size of the potatoes (what more potatoes- the longer you cook). Check readiness by piercing with a knife or fork.
How to boil jacket potatoes
Choose potatoes of the same size, wash them thoroughly and put them in a saucepan, pour over the top cold water. Salt - 1 tsp. salt per 3 liters of water.
Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 15-20 minutes, depending on the size of the potatoes (the larger the potatoes, the longer to cook).
Check the readiness of the potatoes with a fork - if you pierce them easily, the potatoes are ready. If you pour cold water over jacket potatoes after boiling, they will clean better.
How to boil potatoes in their jackets so they don't get boiled over
If you add a lot of salt to the water when boiling potatoes in their jackets (1 tablespoon of salt per 1 liter of water), the potatoes will not boil and will not fall apart.
And the peel will not allow excess salt to penetrate into the potatoes.
How to cook jacket potatoes in the microwave
Wash identical medium-sized potato tubers, place them in a deep plate, pour in a little water (2-5 millimeters).
Then cover glass lid, set the oven to maximum power for 8-12 minutes, depending on the size of the potato tubers. Check readiness by piercing with a knife or fork.
How to cook jacket potatoes in a slow cooker
Rinse potatoes of one size under water and place in a multi-cooker bowl. Pour water, turn on the “Turbo” mode (“Baking” or “Steaming”) for 15-20 minutes, as desired. To steam cook, you need to install a basket and place the potatoes in it.
1.Parsley and butter. Add butter, fresh finely chopped parsley and salt to taste to the boiled potatoes.
2.Dill. Boil young potatoes and add fresh finely chopped dill and butter, salt to taste.
3.Pesto. Add a couple of spoons of pesto sauce and a little salt to taste to the young boiled potatoes.
4.Bacon with potatoes. Place some fried bacon cut into small pieces into the boiled potatoes. Salt to taste.
5.Olive oil with boiled jacket potatoes. Plus salt and pepper to taste, garlic and herbs (rosemary or thyme). Good side dish for roast pork.
6. Instead of water, you can cook potatoes in chicken broth or vegetable broth.
7. Sour cream and boiled potatoes. Add butter and salt to taste to the hot boiled potatoes, then serve with a small dollop of sour cream with a couple of crushed cloves of garlic on top.
8. The vinaigrette and hot potatoes. You can make a makeshift potato salad at German style, serving hot boiled potatoes with any vegetable vinaigrette you have on hand.
9. Fried jacket potatoes. Boil small potatoes and mix them with olive oil, salt and herbs. Then transfer it all to a baking sheet. Roast in a very hot oven (or frying pan) until nicely browned, 10 to 20 minutes.
Almost every day we have to prepare various potato dishes. These can be both simple dishes and complex ones. You can prepare hundreds of different dishes from potatoes: cook soup, make casseroles, pancakes, appetizers and even salads.
How to cook potatoes correctly
Note for novice housewives:
- Choose medium-sized tubers.
- Potatoes must be undamaged.
- Next you need to wash the tubers and peel them.
- If you have large tubers, then after you have peeled the potatoes, you need to cut them into several parts.
Tip for housewives: small and medium-sized potatoes will cook faster. But if you cut the potatoes into several parts, then when cooking this vegetable will lose most useful substances.
How to cook potatoes correctly:
- the prepared potatoes must be placed in a saucepan, pour cold water. The water should just cover the potatoes;
- Place the saucepan on the stove and cover with a lid. Turn heat to medium;
- wait until the water boils, reduce the heat and cook until tender. It is necessary to salt the potatoes only after boiling.
How to cook new potatoes correctly
Very simple cooking recipe new potatoes every housewife knows. Young potatoes with butter, seasoned with fresh herbs, are very tasty and healthy.
How to cook:
- young potatoes are not peeled with a knife, but the thin skin is scraped off;
- after such preparation, the potatoes need to be thoroughly washed;
- then put it in a saucepan with already boiling water. After 5 minutes, you can add salt to the dish and wait for it to be ready. Cook potatoes over medium heat;
- Many housewives do it differently: they put peeled new potatoes in cold water and cook as usual. With this method of cooking, the dish turns out no less tasty, only the potatoes will be watery;
- Cooking time for new potatoes is about 20 minutes, until tender. Potatoes should not be boiled!
- How to check the doneness of potatoes: using a toothpick. If it enters the tubers smoothly, then you can remove the saucepan from the stove. You should not check the readiness of the potatoes with a knife, as they may split into several parts;
- After such a check, the water must be drained and a piece of butter and chopped fresh dill. Close the lid to shake the pot with the potatoes several times. The oil and herbs should be evenly distributed;
- After 10 minutes of “rest” under a closed lid, the dish can be served.
How to properly boil potatoes in their skins
Potatoes, boiled in their jackets, are used to prepare cold appetizers. It is important to know how to properly prepare this vegetable.
Tips for housewives:
- small tubers can quickly boil, and large ones do not always fit in the pan;
- Potatoes of different sizes should not be cooked together, as small potatoes will cook quickly, but large ones will still be tough;
- choose medium-sized potatoes without damage.
How to cook:
- Wash the potatoes thoroughly, place them in a saucepan, and add tap water.
- You can immediately add a little salt. It will protect the delicate skin from cracking and improve the taste of the potatoes.
- To avoid cracking of the peel, you need to: cook the tubers until the water boils, then reduce the heat on the stove. Cooking time for medium-sized tubers is within 25 minutes.
- You can preserve the integrity of the peel in this way: before cooking, prick the potatoes in several places using a regular fork. After boiling, drain the hot water and add cold water. After a minute, the water needs to be drained.
- It is undesirable to leave boiled potatoes in water, because they quickly absorb liquid, lose some of their beneficial substances and simply become tasteless.
How to properly cook potatoes in the microwave
The preparation is always the same; you need to sort through the potatoes, select tubers of the same size, wash and peel them.
How to cook potatoes:
- place the potatoes in a deep plate, pour in water;
- the plate must be covered with a lid (a special cap for heating dishes);
- set the maximum power;
- You need to cook potatoes in the microwave for 3 minutes;
- It will take a little longer to cook the potatoes in their skins – about 7-9 minutes. To make the potatoes cook faster, do sharp knife cuts on the skin. You need to cook the potatoes without adding water.
Potatoes are one of the most popular and beloved vegetables in our country and abroad. Since ancient times, it has been considered the main dish. The average resident of an ancient village could boil potatoes in their jackets for as long as possible, and he would not get tired of them. In villages, jacket potatoes were considered a common and permanent dish. And all because to prepare it, it was enough to wash the tubers in water, pour them into a cast iron pot and, adding water to the dishes, cook on the stove. While the stove was heating, the food was being prepared.
Ode to potatoes
This unique vegetable is perhaps the only one that we add to salads only cooked. There are no raw potatoes in salads, or in other dishes. Humanity knows many ways to prepare a huge number of dishes, the main element of which is potatoes. But depending on what dish we are going to prepare or are already preparing, the time it takes to bring the potatoes to the desired condition may vary.
For young housewives
Nowadays, not every housewife knows how long to cook potatoes in mudir. Some will not even understand what kind of “uniform” we are talking about. For such ignorant novice cooks, it should be explained that the jacket is simply the skin of the tuber.
Recipe for boiling in jacket
We calibrate the potato tubers, previously washed with a brush. Then those potatoes that are approximately the same size are placed in a saucepan, filled with cold water and cooked after boiling for twenty minutes to half an hour. The duration of boiling potatoes depends on their size. After cooling and cleaning, you will have a useful and necessary product for salad. Salt can be added during the cooking process, or not added at all - this is a matter of individual taste. Now you won’t have to worry about how long to cook potatoes in their skins.
Peeled potatoes
Some culinary masterpieces require peeled and cooked vegetables. How long to cook peeled potatoes is easy to calculate. If boiled in its jacket it boiled for up to thirty minutes, then peeled in a saucepan should be cooked for almost the same amount of time. Look at the situation in the saucepan with potatoes. Poke a toothpick or fork into the potatoes twenty-five minutes after boiling. If you don’t hear a characteristic crunch and the fork goes in easily, then the vegetable is ready.
Cooking potatoes in a slow cooker
Fans and admirers of the multicooker and potato side dish often have a question about how long to cook peeled potatoes in the multicooker. To prepare tasty and healthy potatoes in this case, you will need about thirty-five minutes in the “Steamer” or “Steam” mode. The choice of mode depends only on the manufacturer and design of your multicooker. Although they have the same principle. Place the peeled potatoes on a tray for steaming. Naturally, pour half the volume of water into the bowl. Place a tray on top, salt the potatoes and close. In half an hour, your multicooker will tell you the good news that the delicious and healthy potatoes are ready. When you have a slow cooker, you no longer have to rack your brains and think about how long to cook the potatoes after boiling. The smart unit will do everything almost independently.
Boil potatoes in soup
Soup is a healthy dietary lunch; it is also very tasty and filling if it contains a good amount of potatoes. You won’t believe it, but sometimes there are even debates about how long to cook potatoes in soup so that it’s tasty, beautiful, and healthy. Some people prefer soup with slightly boiled potatoes, others like to see only perfect and beautiful blocks. However, how long to cook potatoes in soup depends not only on the personal preferences of the eater and the housewife. Different types this dish is supposed to different time cooking potatoes. Sour cabbage soup and rassolnik require a little more time, and if it is a light soup with noodles, then the potatoes will cook faster. It's all about the acid: if the potatoes are placed in acidic water, this prevents them from boiling quickly. You can speed up the process of cooking potatoes in sour soups. To do this we cut required quantity product in the variation that suits you best (sticks, cubes), and cook separately in ordinary water. How long to cook the potatoes after boiling for soup separately depends on how large you cut them. Potato strips are cooked for about thirteen minutes, and sticks and cubes for about twenty. Remembering that there are different varieties of potatoes, you need to check them for readiness during the cooking process. The most common cooking time for potatoes in soup is no more than half an hour. You can cook less, but in no case more, otherwise you will end up with a boiled mess of soup ingredients and potatoes.
How long to cook potatoes in pickle
In this soup, potatoes should be cooked for about twenty minutes. Brine can make it hard. It’s even better to leave room for the brine at the beginning of cooking and add it after all the elements are almost ready. Let the soup simmer for about five minutes, and the pickle is ready.
We cook - we don’t boil
Of course, in some cases, boiled potatoes have their own charm. But when potatoes are being prepared for adding to a salad, you need a vegetable that holds its shape. So how to cook potatoes so they don't get soggy?
- For such potatoes you will need varieties with pinkish and yellowish tints of tubers. They contain less starchy substance. Therefore, such potatoes will better retain their shape.
- We take only potatoes of the same size; if the potatoes are very uneven, then large tubers can be cut in half or into a number of pieces. Then all the vegetables will be ready at the same time.
- If you pour salt into cold water in which potatoes will be boiled, the potatoes will not boil. Salt will prevent this.
- You can pierce the raw nodules with a knife or toothpick before immersing them in water.
- You need to cook this vegetable over medium heat. A moderate boiling process will prevent it from boiling on the outside, leaving it raw on the inside.
- To prevent boiling, you need to add vinegar to the water with the boiling potatoes. For one liter of water there is about a dessert spoon of vinegar. Please do not confuse vinegar and vinegar essence. For this case, you will need about half a teaspoon of vinegar essence.
What to add for a more refined taste?
Appetizing potatoes even nowadays “go away” very well from the table, especially when paired with salted herring and onions, cut into thin rings. Of course, the potatoes themselves are tasty, but sometimes you can add them when boiling them, for example, Bay leaf ick, this will add flavor and piquancy to the dish. And if you have new potatoes, then boil them for about ten minutes in boiling water and then, after draining the water, add milk instead. Cook the potatoes in boiling milk until cooked and, placing them on a dish, season them with fresh butter and juicy young herbs.
Usually in recipes for various dishes they write “cook the potatoes until tender.”
But where is it, that same readiness?
Not every housewife knows how to determine it.
And as a result, it often turns out that the potatoes are overcooked or crunchy on the teeth.
This is especially unpleasant when the dish was prepared not only for yourself, but also for dear guests.
How long and how to cook potatoes in their jackets, peeled, and pieces?
How to cook potatoes - general cooking principles
It would seem that what’s so difficult about boiling potatoes? I threw it into a pan, filled it with water and put it on the stove. But it's not that simple. One housewife's potatoes turn out to be incomparable. And delicious on their own. And for another housewife, even no meat or fish can disguise an unsuccessful potato side dish. Why is this happening?
Subtleties you need to know:
Poorly washed tubers will give the finished potatoes an earthy taste. And if the peel cracks during cooking, then the dish will be completely ruined.
You need to select tubers for cooking same size. Otherwise, you will have to stand at the stove and check the readiness of each potato one by one.
The more starch in potatoes, the faster they cook and the more crumbly they turn out. If varieties with a low starch content are used, the potatoes turn out dense, do not become overcooked, and lend themselves well to cutting even into small slices and plates.
You should always salt potatoes. Even if she is preparing in uniform. But salt is not added at the very beginning of cooking, but in the middle of the process or towards the end.
You also need to remember that the taste and preservation of vitamins in the product directly depend on the cooking time. There is no need to put the potatoes on low heat if there is still time before dinner. It is better to leave the tubers in cold water, and then quickly bring to a boil or immediately add boiling water.
How to cook jacket potatoes on the stove
The simplest and most common option for boiling potatoes in their jackets. This product is used for salads, okroshka, casseroles, or simply eaten.
Ingredients
Potato;
Preparation
1. Wash the tubers with running water. If there are dried dirt on them, then you need to use a brush. We also immediately remove the sprouts, if any, and carefully clean the eyes, they should be clean.
2. Place the potatoes in a saucepan and add water so that it barely covers the tubers. You can use boiling water right away to save time and also reduce the release of nutrients from the tubers into the decoction.
3. Boil the potatoes for 10 minutes, then add salt.
4. So how long to cook jacket potatoes? After 20 minutes, take a fork or knife and pierce the tuber. If the item fits in easily, you're done! If it is difficult to pierce, then we cook further.
How to cook potatoes for mashed potatoes
Mashed potatoes- a popular dish. It is introduced into a person’s diet in the first year of life. And every housewife should know how and how much to cook potatoes for mashed potatoes.
Ingredients
Potato;
Preparation
1. Peel the washed potatoes.
2. Slice. But how? In fact, there is no exact rule here. The smaller the pieces, the faster the dish will cook. But it is believed that mashed potatoes made from large pieces of potatoes are tastier and healthier. We do it at our own discretion.
3. Pour boiling water over the potatoes, or just water.
4. Let it cook. After 10 minutes, add salt.
5. Assess the softness of the pieces after 15-20 minutes. They should not only be easily pierced, but even disintegrate when exposed to a table object.
6. As soon as the pieces are ready, drain the water.
7. Heat the milk and butter in a separate container.
8. Pound the potatoes or beat them with a food processor, gradually add the heated milk and butter. Pour until desired consistency. Some people like liquid puree, others like thick puree.
How to boil potatoes in milk
Potatoes in milk are the most delicate dish that is delicious even without a side dish. Especially if you add a little dill and garlic to it. But it also goes well with a piece of meat!
Ingredients
Potato;
Dill, garlic, spices.
Preparation
1. Peel the potatoes, cut them into pieces and put them in a saucepan.
2. Pour milk so that it just barely covers the slices.
3. Let it cook. When boiling, reduce the heat.
4. After 15-18 minutes, add salt and remove the lid. The milk should evaporate a little.
5. How long to cook potatoes? The pieces should soften a little.
6. At the end, add dill and chopped garlic. You can also add other spices. Ready!
How to steam jacket potatoes
Steaming is ideal for tubers that are used for salads and okroshka. The potatoes do not get soggy, they turn out dense, and the pieces keep their shape remarkably well. Well, there is no need to talk about the safety of vitamins.
Ingredients
potato
Preparation
1. Wash the potatoes, as always, choose tubers of the same size.
2. Take a steamer container, a tray for a pressure cooker or a steamer for a multicooker. In general, whatever is at home and at hand.
3. Place the prepared tubers and send them to prepare.
4. How long does it take to cook jacket potatoes this way? On average, the process takes about 30 minutes. But it all depends on the device used. But after cooking it once, you will already know the exact time.
How long to cook jacket potatoes in the microwave
A microwave oven will help out if you can’t cook potatoes on the stove. Or you have very little time, but you still want to eat. But how and how long to cook jacket potatoes in this way?
Ingredients
Potato;
Preparation
1. In a package. We wash the medium-sized tubers, put them in a bag, sprinkle with oil, and maybe add a little salt. We tie it and make two or three small punctures. Place in the microwave for 10 minutes. Cooking at maximum power.
2. With water. Place the washed tubers in a microwave-safe container. Usually it is glass. Pour water, 7 spoons per 0.5 kg of tubers is enough. Cover with a lid and cook for about 10 minutes.
3. You can also cook peeled potatoes, cut into cubes, slices, with butter and spices. The prepared product is placed in suitable dishes, sprinkle with spices, add water, cover the container and you are ready to cook! We select the time individually, but set the power to maximum.
How and how much to cook potatoes in a slow cooker
You can load the potatoes into the slow cooker, set the timer and forget about them! By the right time there will be a wonderful side dish, hot and fragrant. But how to cook delicious potatoes in a slow cooker?
Ingredients
1 kg of potatoes;
Bay leaf;
Preparation
1. Clean the tubers. Cut into pieces. We're not being petty. If the size of the potatoes is medium, then you can simply cut them into four parts.
2. Place the pieces in the multicooker container.
3. Add enough water so that it barely reaches the pieces.
4. Add salt, pepper and bay leaf. You can immediately stir the spices in the water so that they are distributed evenly, and then pour them into the slow cooker.
5. Set to cooking mode and cook for 30 minutes.
6. Sprinkle boiled potatoes with herbs, pour oil and serve as a side dish.
Potato sprouts are poisonous! Under no circumstances should they get into the pan when cooking tubers in their uniforms. Watch this carefully and break it off.
Potatoes with green barrels are also not suitable for food. Moreover, it will turn out tasteless and will be bitter. Even if you cut off the damaged side. As a result, saving potatoes can ruin the entire dish.
To quickly peel new potatoes, you can immerse them in hot water for a couple of minutes and then in cold water. The skin will easily separate from the tuber. But you can simply soak the potatoes in salt water for an hour.
Boiled potatoes will taste better if you add a piece of butter to the pan. We do this at the very beginning of cooking. The same technique is used to reduce cooking time.
Need to boil thick potatoes for slicing? Just add 2-3 tablespoons of cabbage, cucumber or tomato brine to the pan. You can also pour in a little vinegar or add a little citric acid.
Rosemary is the perfect spice for potatoes, no matter how you cook them. A couple of pinches of this wonderful herb will make the dish taste extraordinary.
One of the most simple dishes, which even an inexperienced cook can prepare, is boiled potatoes.
It is enough to peel the tubers, wash them thoroughly, add water and let them cook - and after a while the tasty, crumbly potatoes will be ready. But how many minutes will it take and how can you tell if the potatoes are cooked?
To ensure that jacket potatoes are tasty and evenly cooked, they are placed in boiling, not cold, water, having previously washed the tubers from dirt and sand. To improve the taste and aroma, the water can be salted and seasoned with a bay leaf or a small bunch of dill.
Depending on the variety, potatoes can be cooked until tender for 20-40 minutes. It’s easy to determine if it’s done by trying to pierce it with a fork: if the tines go in smoothly, it means the potatoes are ready. The water in which it was boiled should be immediately drained, and the tubers should be doused with cold water - this will make the boiled potatoes easier to peel.
Potatoes cooked for salad should turn out not only tasty, but also beautiful, which means that they need to be cooked especially carefully. To ensure that the tubers are cooked evenly, you should choose potatoes of the same size for cooking. Before cooking, each of them must be pricked with a fork so that hot water the peel did not crack. The water should cover all the tubers entirely and be salted: for every half a kilo of potatoes add one teaspoon of salt.
Some varieties of crumbly potatoes are not suitable for salad: no matter how carefully they are cooked, finished form they crumble into puree at the slightest touch. The cooking time may vary, but is slightly less than the usual time for boiling jacket potatoes:
- for young potatoes - about 10-15 minutes;
- for old potatoes - about 20-25 minutes.
Potatoes for mashing must be peeled before cooking by cutting off the skin, removing eyes and black spots. If the tubers have different sizes, large ones need to be cut into several parts. The prepared potatoes are poured with boiling water so that the water covers all the tubers by about a finger, and cook until tender over low heat. To make the puree more tasty and acquire pleasant aroma, you can put a bay leaf, dill and/or a couple of cloves of garlic in the water.
Usually, mashed potatoes are cooked for about half an hour, but in order to speed up the process, at the beginning of cooking you can put a tablespoon of butter in the pan - the mashed potatoes will be ready in 20 minutes.
Potato tubers are usually not placed whole in the soup - they are cut into strips or cubes. When cooking, the shape of the potatoes should be preserved, unless, of course, you are cooking puree soup. Therefore, the time required to cook the potatoes will be no more than 10-15 minutes from the moment you put the pieces into the boiling broth.
Some people like it when the potatoes in the soup are well boiled and the cubes have lost their sharp corners - in this case you need to cook them longer, about 20-25 minutes.
Today, many people have a multicooker in their kitchen - exclusively useful device for quick and convenient preparation of many dishes. Boiled potatoes in a slow cooker turn out incredibly tasty and crumbly thanks to the uniform heating of the pan, which is ensured by “smart” technology.
If you want to boil potatoes in the usual way, pour boiling water over it, then the cooking time will be about 30 minutes when you cook old potatoes and about 20 minutes if you cook young ones. 
Many housewives today prefer to steam potatoes in a slow cooker in order to retain more beneficial substances for the body in the tubers. Steamed potatoes will reach readiness a little faster: 25 minutes will be enough for old potatoes or 15 minutes for young ones.