Why Baked Potatoes Dry Out or Burn: 5 Cooking Secrets

You can cook excellent potatoes in the oven. The slices are covered with a golden crust and have a pleasant crunch, unless, of course, they dry out or burn.

Let's find out what mistakes prevent you from cooking delicious and golden-brown potatoes in the oven. There are only five of them, and it's not hard to remember them.

Mistake #1

Potatoes do not need to be chopped. The tubers are cut into large slices. Often these are even quarters or a little smaller.

Mistake #2

Don't skimp on the oil. The vegetable needs to be marinated in vegetable oil with salt and spices before being put in the oven. Otherwise, the potatoes will dry out or burn.

Adding lemon juice or a drop of vinegar will help the slices keep their shape.

Mistake #3

No need for water. If you had to wash the potatoes, then before putting the dish in the oven, you need to dry the tubers on a napkin.

Mistake #4

It is a mistake not to blanch potatoes. To do this, raw potatoes are boiled for 3-5 minutes, then allowed to cool, dried and baked.

Mistake #5

You shouldn't bake salad varieties of potatoes - they have little starch. When baking the vegetable on parchment, you need to grease it with vegetable oil.

And to prevent the potatoes from drying out, you need to put a bowl of water in the oven, the oven needs to be preheated to 180 degrees Celsius.

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• 4 May 2023

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