Potatoes are the second bread. That's what the people say. This vegetable is useful, inexpensive, is part of many dishes. Boiled potatoes in their skins are an excellent preparation or ready-to-eat product. But not every housewife is aware of how much you need to boil potatoes with a peel so that they do not crack, do not crumble directly in boiling water, do not remain raw and tasteless.

Which potato to choose

For this, potatoes of the same size are suitable. Then it will evenly boil, and there will be no semi-finished tubers in the final cooking. If there are disproportionate potatoes, then it is better to cut a large fruit in half. You should never eat potatoes with green spots - this indicates that part of the potato was not in the ground, but under the influence of direct sunlight. And this contributes to the formation of toxic substances in it - solanine, which is a poison for humans, causing diseases.

When choosing a potato, it is important to pay attention to its peel - if it is flabby, then the fruit was frozen, and if eyes were cut on it, then it was stored improperly and the process of destruction of vitamin C began in it, as well as the conversion of starch into sugar.

Better for jacket potatoes to take:

new potatoes;
moderately dirty tubers, of the same size and variety;
potatoes with an average starch content - it is oval, yellowish in color;
potatoes with a low level of starch in it are potatoes with a red thin skin, round or oval in shape, the flesh is waxy.

If you choose potatoes with a rough skin of an oblong type (white or brown), then the tubers can boil soft, since such potatoes have a lot of starch.

How to cook jacket potatoes

After the correct potato is selected, it should be washed in warm running water, carefully cleaning the places of the eyes. After that, you can do the following:

put a pot of water on the stove;
before throwing a potato into the water, you can slightly pierce its peel;
you can immediately fill a pot with potatoes with water so that the water completely covers the tubers, and only then put on fire;
you can wait for the water to boil and throw potatoes into the bubbling salted water (for 2 liters of water 1 tablespoon of salt - ordinary or sea), the salt will not allow the potatoes to burst;
boil the potatoes after boiling for 20-30 minutes, if the tubers are too old - extend the cooking to 50 minutes;
take a knife or fork and pierce the potatoes (preferably several pieces) to make sure the root vegetables are ready. The fork should enter gently to the very middle;
before the potatoes are completely cooked, you can throw a couple of leaves of parsley and rosemary into the water.

Other options for cooking potatoes in uniforms

If you cook young potatoes, then this process will take (from the moment the water boils) about 20 minutes, and if the potatoes have already lain for 2 seasons, then the cooking process will take 50-60 minutes. It is advisable to keep an eye on the potatoes. You need to cook it on high heat, while opening the lid. There is one more nuance: you can add 1 tbsp. l. vinegar so that the potatoes are evenly boiled, soft and do not break into pieces.

When serving potatoes in uniforms as a full-fledged dish, it is important to know that it is better to eat such potatoes with a peel: it contains a lot of vitamins, and when peeling, 15% of the usefulness of the vegetable is lost. You can cook potatoes in uniform like this:

boil water with salt - take 400 g of salt for 1 liter of water (a large concentration of salt is created to prevent vitamins, starch, and minerals from leaving the potato);
after adding salt to boiling water, bring it to a boil and immerse the potatoes;
cook the dish for 15-40 minutes (depending on the size of the tubers, the longer the better);
remove the potatoes from the water on a plate (on its surface you can see the formed thin crust of salt);
put butter, chopped greens in a dish, and potatoes on top. Mix everything and serve hot.

If it is supposed to peel potatoes in uniforms (for frying, baking or salads), then immediately after readiness it is better to fill it with cold water - then the peel comes off easier. Another important rule is that you should not leave ready-made potatoes in water so that they are not saturated with it and spoil their qualities.

Ways to cook potatoes in uniforms

In addition to the traditional way of cooking potatoes over a fire in a saucepan, you can resort to alternative modern methods:

in a microwave oven: a microwave cooks potatoes faster than usual, but for this you need to wash them, wipe them dry, make punctures to release steam and add a little salt. Put the plate in the oven, cook at maximum power for about 12 minutes;
in a double boiler or slow cooker, potatoes in their uniforms are boiled for 15 to 20 minutes, which is also faster than usual.

When cooking potatoes in uniforms, the main thing is to choose the right vegetable itself so that it contains a minimum of starch. The product must be of the same variety, size, and the water must completely cover the potatoes during cooking.

How long do you need to boil potatoes so that they do not boil soft is a question that worries many young housewives. It is important not only to bring it to readiness, but also to preserve the taste and composition. Cooking time depends on the variety. Therefore, even when buying, you need to clarify this information with the seller. Some types are suitable for purees, while others are best added only to soups.

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How to choose and prepare

So, first you need to decide on the variety. Several of them are suitable for cooking:

Riviera;
Bellarosa;
Tiras;
Red Scarlett;
French truffle;
Annushka.

The method and time of preparation is affected by the density of the pulp. There is even a classification system for it:

A - fruits practically do not contain starch, therefore they will not boil soft.
B - weakly boiled.
C - boils heavily.
D - the pulp contains a lot of starch.

Understanding what type of potato is is quite simple. It is enough to cut the tuber into two parts and rub them one against the other. If water appears, it is type A or B. If the halves start sticking together, this is type C or D.

To choose and cook potatoes correctly, listen to a few recommendations:

Tubers should have a smooth surface that is free of damage and pest marks.
There should be no sprouts on the skin. In such a tuber, starch becomes sugar, giving the tubers a sweet taste.
Do not buy vegetables that have been stored in the refrigerator. If this is not possible, they should be kept at room temperature for a couple of days and only then used. The same rule applies to frozen potatoes. To improve the taste, it must be kept at a temperature of about 18 ° C for 7 days.
Green tubers are unsuitable for food. They contain a substance that causes poisoning. In extreme cases, all green areas must be thoroughly cleaned.
To make the finished potato crumbly, it must be peeled, and then sent under cold water.
But in order to preserve useful substances, after cleaning, you can not keep the cooked vegetable for a long time in water.
You need to clean and cut the tubers with a stainless steel knife.
In the cooking process, it is not recommended to use aluminum or copper utensils. A great option is enameled pans or those made of stainless steel.

The pretreatment of potatoes differs depending on how you intend to cook them:

For cooking in uniform, you should take tubers of medium size or larger. Wash them well using a stiff dish brush.
If you want to cook potatoes in slices, you need to remove the skin first. Cut the peeled fruit into pieces and rinse with cold water. This will help remove excess starch and, as a result, reduce foaming.
To prepare a whole and peeled potato, it must be washed and peeled. It is desirable that the tubers are the same size. Thanks to this, they will weld at the same time.
Young potatoes are prepared with and without skin.

You can cook a vegetable in a double boiler, slow cooker and microwave oven.

From a simple product you can cook many dishes

Cooking methods

Potatoes are boiled in different ways:

in uniform;
entirely;
pieces;
until half cooked (after boiling water, it takes only a few minutes to cook).

It all depends on what you plan to cook.

How much to cook potatoes without a uniform

Without the peel, you can cook in two ways:

cut into small pieces;
entirely.

This is done in a saucepan, in a pressure cooker, double boiler or slow cooker. They also bake potatoes in foil in the oven. The effect remains the same despite the different heat treatment. How to cook it correctly so that it does not boil? There are several basic rules:

Peel tubers and wash well.
Transfer to a saucepan, pour water so that it covers the vegetables by 1 finger. To preserve as many vitamins as possible, you can lower the tubers into already boiled water. Cover with a lid and cook over low heat. This contributes to the gradual dissolution of starch.
Put salt. You can do this both at the beginning and at the end. The ideal option is about 10 minutes. until ready.

Cooking takes about 25 minutes. The time depends on the type of vegetable, the hardness of the water and the dishes used.

Roasting in the oven is a pretty good cooking method. It turns out crumbly and fragrant. Grate the whole potato with seasonings and garlic, and then wrap it in foil. Send to the oven, preheated to 180 ° C, for 20-30 minutes.

To make the finished dish tastier, it is important to follow simple tips:

20 g of butter will help speed up the process.
To prevent the potatoes from overcooking, you can add 1 tbsp to the water. vinegar (per 1 liter of water), cucumber or cabbage pickle. However, these substances will increase the cooking time.
To enhance the taste, it is recommended to add a little garlic or dill.

This cooking method is considered universal.

How to boil potatoes in their skins

The cooking time of potatoes in their skins, as in the previous case, depends on many indicators: variety, material from which the dishes are made, water, etc. Tubers prepared in this way can be used as a separate dish or for Olivier salad, herring under a fur coat, vinaigrette. Consider how and how long to cook potatoes in their skins:

Select several equally small tubers.
Rinse well.
Drop directly into the pan with the skin on. Completely fill with water. To retain more nutrients, you can put potatoes in hot water.
If the tubers are filled with cold water, the container should be closed with a lid. Let it boil over medium heat. You need to cook after boiling for about 20 minutes.
Drain hot water and pour cold water for 30 seconds. Remove the skin by pulling it to the sides.

You can cook potatoes in their uniform for salad in a slow cooker for a couple:

Rinse the dirt off the skin.
Put the unpeeled tubers in a special basket designed for steaming. Set it in a bowl.
Close the lid tightly.
Set the desired program.
Cook for 20 to 40 minutes - it depends on the size of the tubers.

So, cooking potatoes in their skins in a saucepan or slow cooker is not difficult at all and not for long. On average, the process takes from 20 to 40 minutes.

How to boil new potatoes

The preparation of young tubers has its own characteristics:

Young potatoes must be peeled. But the skin is not cut off, but scraped off.
Small fruits can be boiled whole, and large ones can be cut into quarters.
Salt is recommended to be added at the end.
To enhance the taste in the finished dish, you can add a piece of butter and herbs.

The cooking process takes place in several stages:

Add water to the saucepan. Put on medium heat and wait until it boils.
Dip the pre-peeled tubers into the water. The water should cover them by a couple of centimeters.
Boil potatoes in a saucepan for a third of an hour. Readiness can be checked with a toothpick. If it comes in easily, the cooking is over.
Drain hot water. Return the pot to the heat to evaporate excess moisture.
Season the dish to your liking.

You can cook potatoes in their skins in a slow cooker or in the oven. Another option is in the microwave in the bag:

Put the washed tubers in a regular plastic bag. Tie it tightly in a knot. Using a needle, make several holes.
Put in the microwave and set the highest power.
It will take approximately 10 minutes to prepare.

After this time, check readiness. If necessary, turn on the oven for a while longer.

How long to cook mashed potatoes

Mashed potatoes are considered a popular dish. It is prepared as part of the festive menu, for feeding a child, for baby food and as a regular side dish.

Mashed potatoes need boiled peeled potatoes. You can, of course, use steamed or microwaved potatoes for cooking. Some are boiled with mashed potatoes in the skin, but the finished dish has a slightly different taste.

The preparation is extremely simple:

Clean the right amount of product.
Pour cold water into a saucepan and add salt. Let it boil.
Dip the prepared vegetables into the water.
Bring to a boil and cook potatoes until tender. This usually takes about 25 minutes. If you cook longer, the tubers will simply fall apart.
Pour out the water (leave some of the water), and crush the finished tubers with a crush. A blender or mixer is not recommended as mashed potatoes (regardless of potato variety) will become viscous and sticky. If it turns out very thick, add the water in which the potatoes were boiled, or hot milk.

To improve the taste of the dish, you can add an egg, butter, as well as a little bit of garlic, parsley or dill.

How long do potatoes boil in soup

The cooking time of potatoes in soup depends, as in all other cases, on its variety, the quality of the water and the material of the pan. An important role is played by the size of the pieces into which it was cut. For example, small cubes will cook faster. On average, the cooking time for potatoes for soups is 20-25 minutes.

Many housewives add pieces of different sizes. The smaller ones break up and add richness to the broth.

For first courses, you can cook potatoes in a slow cooker. After that, the rest of the vegetables cooked for borscht or soup are added there.

Mandatory vegetable component of soups

How much to boil potatoes for other dishes

Each of the dishes, which include potatoes, has its own characteristics of preparation. There are several examples.

The cooking time for dumplings with potatoes depends on many factors. This is the readiness of potatoes (boiled or raw), the state of the dumplings themselves (only stuck or frozen), the presence of additional ingredients (for example, mushrooms), etc. The cooking method also plays an important role - it will be cooking in a regular pan, steamed, in a slow cooker.

So, how long to cook dumplings with potatoes? Usually it takes 4-5 minutes. Cook frozen dumplings with potatoes twice as long: 4-5 minutes. before boiling water and the same amount after. Then they can be taken out and served on the table. By the way, you need to cook potato dumplings the same amount. And if these are dumplings with mushrooms and potatoes:

When the mushrooms are fried or boiled, the time does not change (4-5 minutes).
If the mushrooms are raw, dumplings are cooked for 7 minutes.

The cooking time of the dish does not depend on whether the dumplings are homemade or not.

It takes longer to steam the dumplings. After the water boils, they are cooked for at least 8 minutes.

Appetizing stuffing for dumplings

it takes half an hour to cook potatoes in a double boiler;
potato kurze are cooked for 7-10 minutes;
manti with potatoes must be steamed for 30 minutes;
lazy dumplings with potatoes after surfacing, cook for 2 minutes.

Potatoes can be used to make a wide variety of dishes. The main thing is to cook the main ingredient correctly. Its cooking time depends on the variety, on the dish and on the method of preparation.

Boiling potatoes is easy. It would seem that there is something: wash, if necessary - clean, pour water and let it boil until tender. However, so that your potatoes do not come out too crumbly or undercooked after cooking; so that potatoes cooked in their skins do not burst and boil, are easily peeled and do not stick together when cut, it is important to remember that even in such a simple matter there are subtleties. I offer you a detailed recipe with a photo of how to boil potatoes in a saucepan. First, let's prepare the peeled potatoes. Then boil the potatoes in their salad uniforms.

Ingredients:

potatoes - in the required amount,
water - 1-1.5 cm above the level of tubers,
salt.

How to cook peeled potatoes

For cooking potatoes, tubers of any size are suitable for garnish. We select the right amount of potatoes and wash them well. Then we dry the tubers a little (this is not at all necessary, but, for me, dry potatoes are much more convenient to peel) and cut off the skin, remove the “eyes” and all damage.

Next, you need to give the tubers approximately the same size, so that during cooking it doesn’t turn out that one potato is already boiled, the other is completely raw. Cut large (or all) tubers into smaller pieces. Adjust the size of the parts to your liking, but the smaller the potatoes, the faster they will reach readiness.

We put the prepared potatoes in a saucepan, pour boiling water over it and immediately put it on the stove for maximum heat so that the water in the saucepan boils again as quickly as possible. Water should be poured so much that its level is 1-1.5 cm higher than the most protruding tuber. We close the lid. As soon as the water boils again, we reduce the heating of the stove by 1-2 divisions (I turn the heating knob to 4 positions out of 6) so that the contents of the saucepan begin to gurgle less actively.

Why do we pour boiling water over potatoes, and not dip them in cold salted water, as many are accustomed to? The longer the potato is in the water, the more it absorbs it, which makes it more likely to boil. Plus, with cold water, the potatoes will take longer to cook.

Cook potatoes covered for about 15-25 minutes. - it all depends on the size of the tubers. For 5-10 min. until cooked, add salt to the potatoes: for 1 kg of peeled potatoes, about 1 tbsp is taken. l. salt.

We check the readiness of the potatoes with a fork: if the device enters easily, the potatoes are ready! Drain the water and the potatoes are ready to serve. You can simply flavor it with a piece of butter or sour cream, or, as an option, prepare a fragrant dressing for it: burn vegetable oil in a pan (I try to take olive oil), add a couple of cloves of chopped garlic, lemon juice, spices to taste and chopped herbs . Warm everything together for 2-3 minutes. - and you can pour boiled potatoes with fragrant oil.

How to cook potatoes in their skins

Now about how to cook potatoes in their salad uniforms. In this case, it is very desirable to select tubers of approximately the same size so that they do not have to be cut into pieces to equalize. Well, better using a brush, wash it.

Next, put the potatoes in a saucepan, pour boiling water over them. The water level is calculated in the same way as when boiling peeled potatoes: 1-1.5 cm above the most protruding tuber. We put the pan on maximum heat and immediately add some salt - this is necessary so that the potato peel does not burst during cooking. For 1 kg of potatoes, 0.5 tsp is enough. salt.

Close the pot with a lid, bring the potatoes to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium and cook until tender. Time, again, depends on the size of the tubers. On average, it takes 25-35 minutes to boil potatoes in their skins. Readiness is checked with a fork or a toothpick.

To quickly and easily peel potatoes, immediately after cooking, drain the boiling water and pour cold water over the potatoes for just a minute. Then drain the water, let the potatoes cool completely and peel. Potatoes cooked in this way are not boiled, are easy to peel and do not stick together when cut.

Anyone and everyone who knows how to cook even a little knows how to boil potatoes in their skins. But in the end, for many, it turns out to be cracked, grayish and not very beautiful. Also, it doesn't clean well. How to avoid these troubles and get ready-made even tubers, we'll talk below.

You will need:

Potato;
Water;
Salt, vegetable oil to taste.

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For salads, we most often cook potatoes in their skins, that is, without cutting off the dark skin from it. So it is more convenient then to cut it into cubes or straws, depending on which recipe is used.

To make it even, clean and not burst, the potatoes must be thoroughly washed under running cold water. If necessary, rub it with a brush, removing dirt. Cut out the eyes and dark spots after cooking.

Cooking on the stove

Cooking in the microwave

Cooking time can be significantly reduced by using a microwave oven. Potatoes in the microwave cook faster, from 6 to 12 minutes, depending on the power of the appliance. In this case, there is no need to ensure that water does not splash onto the stove from under the lid and so on.

You just need to wash the tubers, dry them with a paper towel.
Then add a little salt to each and prick with a fork so that steam comes out of them.
Put the prepared potatoes in a microwave-safe dish and cook covered for 6-8 minutes. Check the readiness with a fork, if necessary, turn the tubers over and turn on the oven for another minute or two.

Jacket potatoes can be used as a side dish for fish or meat. With this method of preparation, according to nutritionists, more useful substances are stored in it. You need to say “thank you” for this skin, which prevents the leaching of vitamins and trace elements into the water.

She herself, too, turns out to be very useful, so she, too, can and even needs to be eaten. Boiled it is not very tasty, but baked in the oven is beyond praise. This is the longest cooking method, but it's worth it.

Cooking in the oven

Jacket potatoes in the oven are perhaps the most delicious. It resembles the one that we baked in the fire as children. So you can easily eat it without meat or fish accompaniment - and it comes out pretty well!

Bon appetit!

When choosing potatoes for cooking, you must definitely pay attention to the size of the root crops. They should be about the same size. Otherwise, part of the potato may not be cooked, and the second part, overcooked and cracked. It is also desirable to select potatoes of the same variety for cooking. These conditions directly affect the uniformity of the readiness of vegetables.

Rinse the selected root crops thoroughly under a warm stream of water. In particularly dirty places, you can walk with a brush. If sprouts appeared on the potatoes in the spring, they must be removed before cooking.

Place the washed potatoes in a bowl.

To minimize the possibility of cracking the peel, add 1 tablespoon of ordinary table salt to the bowl.

Pour potatoes with cold water so that it covers vegetables 1 centimeter above the top layer.

Put the saucepan on the highest heat and bring to a boil. After the water boils, the heating power is reduced to an average value. We need to ensure that the water boils, but does not run out of the pan. The lid should be almost completely closed.

How long to cook potatoes in their skins

After boiling the liquid, note the time. It will take 20-25 minutes to boil medium-sized potatoes, like mine.

You can check the readiness of the product with an ordinary small kitchen knife. It should freely enter the pulp of the root crop. It is not recommended to do this with a fork, because if the potato is not cooked, then the outer layer of the vegetable will be damaged by the thick prongs of the fork, and this, during further cooking, will lead to the root crop falling apart.

As soon as the root crops are cooked, we completely drain the water, holding the boiled potatoes in their skins with a lid.

Leave the boiled potatoes in the pan until completely cooled. When hot, it dries out almost instantly.

Delicious boiled potatoes in their skins are ready!

To quickly cool boiled potatoes, it can be poured with cold water. After such a cold bath, it is much easier to clean the tubers.

But, it is recommended not to rush and, if in the future you plan to cook from potatoes boiled in uniform, for example, ... or use for, then the cooled and unpeeled root crops should be placed in a clean plastic bag and sent for 10-20 hours in the refrigerator. After such a procedure, they can be cleaned easily and quickly, and cut beautifully, so that the pieces do not stick together.

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