How to Boil Potatoes in 5 Minutes: A Clever Method

06.02.2024 06:20

Cooking boiled potatoes is easy. But there is a problem. We are talking about the considerable duration of the process.

Making the side dish can take 30 minutes or more.

But what should a cook do if he simply doesn’t have that much time to create a dish?

The expert of the online publication Belnovosti in the field of cooking, chef, fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova gives a simple answer to this question: you need to use a microwave oven.

A quick way to cook potatoes

You can bring the vegetable to readiness in 5 minutes. To do this, you need to put the tubers in the microwave, not in boiling water.

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First, you need to wash the potatoes. There is no need to peel them.

The vegetables should be placed in a bag. The bag should be tied well. Several small holes should be made in the bag.

In this form, the potatoes need to be placed in the microwave oven. Then the device needs to be turned on. The device should work at maximum power.

In five minutes, delicious jacket potatoes will be ready.

Yes, cooking vegetables in a microwave can be called "boiling" only conditionally. And yet the vegetable will be brought to full readiness. And this will happen very quickly.

The result is a dish that is in no way inferior in taste to boiled or baked potatoes.

Earlier, gourmets were told how to make thin and incredibly tasty Swiss potato pancakes.

Kurchev Anton Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Julia Arkhipova Expert: Julia ArkhipovaExpert / Belnovosti