Baked Potatoes (Without Foil)
Fluffy on the inside with a salty crisp skin- these delicious oven-baked potatoes make the perfect quick and easy side dish.
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Servings: potatoes
Ingredients
- 6 medium-sized russet potatoes (5-6 ounces each/ 160g)
- 3 tablespoon olive oil *or other vegetable oil
- ½ teaspoon salt *optional
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder *optional
- ½ teaspoon Italian herbs *optional
You can find detailed step-by step-photos above the recipe card.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F/ 200°C.
- Give potatoes a good wash and cut out any bruises or spots.
- Pat dry with a towel and put them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Whisk together olive oil, salt, garlic powder and herbs. Coat each potato with the olive oil dressing. Alternatively, you can only use oil and salt.
- Pierce each potato with a fork (4-5 times), see step-by-step photos.
- Bake potatoes for 45 - 60 minutes or until flesh is soft.
- To serve, cut open lenghtwise and drizzle with more olive oil marinade.
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Notes
- Serving size: Usually serves 3 people as a side or 2 people as a main dish.
- Seasoning: I highly recommend not skipping the seasoning because it adds some great additional taste to these baked potatoes. If you don't like garlic powder or Italian herbs you can stick to just oil and salt.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 potato. | Calories: 231kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Sodium: 205mg | Potassium: 893mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 5IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 2mg
All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates.
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