Perfect baked potatoes

softpad

http://www.wikihow.com/Bake-a-Potato-in-the-Microwave

Prothet_of_Doom

Wrap in foil, put in on full, ignore for 30 mins. It'll be fine.

or not.

Hobsons_Choice

Prothet_of_Doom wrote: »

Wrap in foil, put in on full, ignore for 30 mins. It'll be fine.

or not.

Foil? Microwave? I think not!

meg72

Prothet_of_Doom wrote: »

Wrap in foil, put in on full, ignore for 30 mins. It'll be fine.

or not.

I am hoping that you have misunderstood, as this is very bad advice, please delete it as some newbies may believe it and blow their microwave up.

meg72

It does depend on the size of your potato, I tend to use smaller ones as I wont pay the price for baking potatoes I buy a 2.15kg bag and pick out the biggest for baking.

As a rule I microwave on high for 5mins, then get the oven gloves and give a quick squeeze to see if soft, if not pop back in for another 5 mins and try again, keep going til its soft enough.

IrishRose12

DON'T wrap it in foil and put in a microwave, that is just STUPID advice.

You don't have to wrap it up at all, just pierce it a couple times all over, and put on a microwavable plate in the microwave for 10-12 mins, depending on size of potato.

I would wrap mine up in kitchen paper though, but that's not a rule.

The rule is NEVER put tin foil or anything like it in a microwave!

newthrift

I tend to make a couple of holes in (using a fork usually) and then pop in on full for 5mins, test like meg72 and then do an extra 5mins and if still not done I drop to 2mins each time.

If you like them a little crispier I have also done them til almost done in the microwave and then popped in the over for 10-15minutes on 180DC!!

poorly_scammo

Stab the potato all over with a fork so it doesn't go BOOM! (chances are it won't anyway but still...)

Put in microwave and cook on full power for about 5 mins. Check it. If it's cooked, it'll be soft when squeezed, if it still feels firm then wang back in for another 5 mins (I turn mine over). It should then be ready unless it's a whopper; then it'll need another few mins.

It won't have a crispy skin and it'll be slightly hotter than the surface of the sun if you eat it straight away so leave it for a few mins before trying it.

Oh and don't wrap it in foil.

baconandcabbage

!!!!! with a fork then in for 10 minutes

peachyprice

I fork mine several times, microwave for 5 mins, turn over, 5 mins on the other side, then I cheat and put it in a hot oven for 20 mins because I love a crispy skin