No family in Ukraine can live without potato dishes. Vegetarians and meat-eaters, adults and young people - everyone loves to eat potatoes. The choice of cooking methods affects the taste and properties of our wonderful potatoes. One of the healthiest ways to cook potatoes is baked potatoes.
After all, potatoes baked in the oven retain nutrients and vitamins in sufficient quantities for effective, healthy human nutrition.
Approximately, 20-25% of the weight of potato tubers are carbohydrates (starch), about 2% are proteins and 0.3% are fat. Potato protein is rich in various amino acids and belongs to complete proteins.
Baked potatoes are good for everyone!
Each potato contains a lot of potassium (568 mg per 100 g of wet weight), phosphorus (50 mg), a significant amount of magnesium, calcium and iron.
Potato tubers contain vitamins C, B, B2, B6, B PP, D, K, E, folic acid, carotene and organic acids: malic, oxalic, citric, coffee, chlorogenic, etc.
The basic principles that will allow baked potatoes to remain healthy:
- Cook without excess fats and carcinogens - mayonnaise, ketchup and butter;
- You can cook baked potatoes with kefir;
- The oven is not the only place where you can bake potatoes;
Other ways to make baked potatoes
Do not forget about the romance of a fire and potatoes baked in a fire. For example, the simplest thing when preparing barbecue for the holidays is to put raw potato tubers into the cooling coals. These baked potatoes make a great side dish for barbecue.
A more serious option is baked potatoes in foil on a grill or also in coals, you can first cut and put a piece of bacon, smoked meats, and cheese inside the tuber. Fast, healthy, cheap and favorite side dish of Ukrainians is baked potatoes!
Use your imagination when cooking and arm yourself with willpower so as not to eat too many cooked baked potatoes and the benefits of this recipe alone are guaranteed to you.
Recipe of potatoes baked in oven
Peel raw potatoes. Baked potatoes according to this recipe are best obtained from medium-sized, approximately identical tubers. We cut small potatoes into two parts. We do this so that all the potatoes are baked in the oven simultaneously.
Pour a little of olive or sunflower oil into the baking sheet, put chopped potatoes on top. Sprinkle with generous amount of salt on top. It has been noticed that baked potatoes are tastier with unrefined sea or regular salt. In addition, unrefined salt is another ingredient that makes baked potatoes a healthy dish.
We also crush the potatoes with seasoning of mild red pepper (paprika). This will add a special taste to the baked potatoes, as well as a particularly attractive ruddy, appetizing appearance.
Toss the potatoes on a baking sheet so that the oil, salt and seasoning are evenly distributed throughout the potatoes.
Baked potatoes are cooked in the oven for 25-30 minutes at the temperature of 200-250 C. Of course, the cooking time may vary slightly depending on the variety and size of the potato. New potatoes bake faster. During baking in the oven, the potatoes need to be stirred a couple of times for even browning.
Ingredients for 4-6 servings of baked potatoes:
- 1 kg. of potatoes;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- seasoning of mild red pepper;
- olive or sunflower oil;
- salt;
When our fragrant and tasty baked potatoes become soft, we take them out of the oven. Put on a dish, sprinkle with finely chopped garlic and decorate with herbs. You can also use dried dill.
Potatoes baked in the oven can be served as a separate dish. Then it will be quite useful to serve light spicy sauces. In addition, baked potatoes are ideal as a side dish for meat or fish.
Adelaide FE recommends varieties for baking potatoes
From the products of Adelaide FE especially good baked potatoes will be obtained from the following varieties: Karatop, Bonus, Molly, Gala, Agave.
These varieties of potatoes have a high starch content as well as a slight tendency to change color after cooking. And, most importantly, the pleasant taste of these varieties of potatoes is noted by everyone who has tried dishes prepared from them.
