Richard Sax

A Perfect Baked Potato

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Get in There and Cook: A Master Class for the Starter Chef
Get in There and Cook

By Richard Sax

Published 1997

  • About

So simple and so sublime—good anytime.

Ingredients

  • Baking (russet or Idaho) potatoes, any number

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F. Scrub any number of potatoes with a vegetable brush. Pat dry with paper towels and place on a pie plate or other shallow baking dish (I keep an old metal pie plate just for baking potatoes). Prick the skin in a few places with a fork t