Potatoes are the most popular product for cooking variety of dishes. Potatoes boiled, steamed, fried, with butter, with onions, with fish or sauce - everyone will find a dish to their taste. This delicacy can be eaten by both small and adult people, both healthy and sick, without restrictions. Potatoes are the most common root vegetable in Russia. It is not particularly demanding, can grow in different soils and areas, and is inexpensive. However, before cooking, any housewife wonders how to prepare such a root vegetable. The most common preparation option is gas stove, But modern world provides a lot of new opportunities. If you want to try something new, check out how to boil potatoes in the microwave so that they turn out delicious and don't fall apart. Ideal for salads!
The microwave oven is in a great way cooking potatoes. This method has its advantages:
- Cook very quickly;
- There is no need to constantly monitor the cooking process;
- Low labor costs;
- The potatoes turn out tasty, crumbly, and do not lose their taste and aroma.
The process of preparing this root vegetable in microwave oven It will take an average of 10-15 minutes, but the taste and aroma will delight you.
If you are looking for a way to quickly cook potatoes in the microwave, you can simply set the maximum power by turning on the oven. At the same time, you need to add a little water and salt to the container with potatoes so that the potatoes do not burst from drying out.
You can cook in the microwave:
- Boiled potatoes;
- Jacket potatoes;
- Baked potato;
- Potatoes in a bag.
There are a lot of options for preparing dishes with potatoes in the microwave, but let’s take a closer look at the ones mentioned above.
How to cook jacket potatoes in the microwave
Jacket potatoes are potatoes with unpeeled skin. To prepare this dish, you need to take the root vegetable and wash it well under running water; you can use a sponge or brush to wash it. The washed potatoes must be pierced with a toothpick in several places so that they cook faster and do not burst during the cooking process.
Important! To wash potato peels from contamination, do not use soap, shampoos, or detergents.
Place the already washed and prepared product in deep container and pour a little salted water into this container (so that it slightly covers the base of the potatoes).
Set the oven to maximum power, place a container there and turn it on for about 10-12 minutes. You can pierce already boiled potatoes with a toothpick and check the degree of their readiness; if not ready, leave for another 5 minutes.
Using the same recipe, you can simply prepare peeled potatoes, and then add oil, herbs, and seasonings to taste. Potatoes prepared in this way will be an excellent addition to various sauces, or as an independent ingredient in any salad.
How to cook potatoes in the microwave in a bag
The easiest way to cook potatoes in the microwave is to boil the potatoes in a bag. This recipe suitable even for a minimal budget, because a regular package can be found in any kitchen.
To do this, you first need to decide in what form you want to see this product– peeled or in their skins, and then prepare the potatoes and pierce them with a toothpick.
Take a regular transparent bag, without any inscriptions. Put the prepared product in a bag, add a little salt, you can add a little water (a few spoons), tie the bag, place it in the microwave and pierce the top with a toothpick in several places.
Instead of water, you can simply put a little salt and butter in the bag, then boiled potatoes it will be much tastier.
Set the oven to maximum power and cook for 10-12 minutes. Then open the oven door and check for readiness. You can leave it for another 5 minutes if the dish is not cooked.
This cooking option is very advantageous in that you don’t have to dirty the dishes or look for containers for cooking; you can easily get by with a cheap option at hand.
However, there are special cooking bags that you can also use. There are even packets of pre-made spices, where you add potatoes and get a great dish.
Baked potatoes in the microwave
Initially, you need to prepare the product - peel it, cut it into slices or disks (according to your taste and preferences). Then you need to select the dishes for cooking. You can pour a little salted water on the bottom of the dish, or simply spread the potatoes along the bottom so that the pieces do not touch each other, and place them on top butter.
Next, you can add foods to this semi-finished product to your taste - bacon, cheese, vegetables. Set to maximum power and cook for 10 – 12 minutes. Then check the readiness of the dish, you can turn the product over to the other side and, if necessary, leave for another 10-12 minutes.
Important! Do not add cheese to dishes right away, but when the dish is almost ready, then the cheese will melt and acquire an appetizing crust.
To prepare various potato dishes in the microwave, you can use ordinary dish, however, you also need to add water to the bottom. Try to pour water in reasonable quantities so as not to flood the floor and microwave.
A huge advantage of cooking potatoes in the microwave is speed! Just 6 minutes and you're done!
So, today we looked at how to cook potatoes in the microwave, as well as basic cooking recipes. As you can see, this root vegetable can be prepared very quickly and simply without special effort, and a little imagination will help you make each of the recipes proposed above unique and tasty. Diversify your table with delicious potatoes cooked in the microwave.
In our age high technology Almost every home has a microwave oven. This household appliance is very convenient; you can easily heat up food in it while doing other things. But not every housewife prepares dishes using a microwave. But in vain, because it is not at all difficult and, most importantly, fast.
How to cook potatoes in the microwave in a special container
Even those who are new to cooking can cook potatoes in a microwave oven.
We suggest you verify this by boiling the potatoes and spending only a few minutes on it, while cooking using the classic method will take about an hour. Wherein taste qualities the potatoes will be no worse than when boiled in a saucepan on the stove, or even better. These potatoes turn out tasty, tender and crumbly.
Boiled potatoes in the microwave are perfect as a side dish for meat, mushrooms, fish and vegetables. Or you can puree it, or serve it as an independent dish.
Taste Info Main potato dishes
Ingredients
- potatoes – 450 g;
- water – 150 ml;
- salt - to your taste;
- butter - optional;
- fresh herbs- optional.
How to cook delicious boiled potatoes in the microwave
Wash the potato tubers and peel them.
Cut the potatoes into halves or quarters, depending on the size of the tubers. To speed up the cooking process, you can cut into cubes.
Place the resulting potato slices into a microwave-safe container.
Now salt the potatoes to your liking and shake a couple of times. If desired, you can add ground pepper, other herbs and spices.
Fill the potatoes with water until it barely covers all the slices.
Be sure to cover the container with a special lid. This is necessary to release steam from potato juice, which will significantly speed up the cooking process, and the side dish itself will be more juicy.
Place the dish with potatoes in the microwave. Select full power mode depending on the oven model, and set the time to 12 minutes. Cooking time depends on the age of the potatoes. Young potatoes at full power will cook in 5-8 minutes, old ones - a little longer.
At the end of cooking, use oven mitts to carefully remove the dishes, as they are very hot. Check how well the potatoes are cooked by piercing them with a fork or knife. If it is not ready enough, then add more cooking time - 2-3 minutes. If at the end of cooking there is water left in the container with potatoes, carefully drain it by slightly moving the lid.
Add butter to the potatoes and sprinkle with chopped fresh herbs to make the side dish tastier. Serve the potatoes hot.
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How to cook potatoes in the microwave in a bag
You can also cook potatoes in the microwave in a bag very quickly. Let's prepare it right away as a full-fledged side dish, so that, as they say, it's piping hot and on the table. To do this, add onions with garlic and spices; if you do not respect such “flavors,” then just cook one potato.
To prevent the potatoes from becoming dry, you can add 3-4 tablespoons of plain water to the bag.
In the above recipe, instead of butter, you can put thinly sliced lard with a good quality in a bag of potatoes. meat layer or strips of fatty bacon. It will be very tasty!
Ingredients:
- onion – 1 pc.;
- garlic cloves – 1-2 pcs.;
- butter – 40 g;
- seasonings and spices for potatoes - to your taste;
- salt and ground black pepper - to your taste.
Preparation:
- Peel the potato tubers, wash and dry thoroughly. Make 2-3 punctures in each with a fork, then cut into quarters. If your potatoes are large, then cut them into small cubes, and if they are small, then cut them into halves.
- Peel the onion and garlic cloves and wash. Cut the onion into half rings, chop the garlic using a knife or garlic press.
- Take an ordinary one plastic bag and add potato pieces, onions and garlic into it. Add salt and ground pepper to taste, season with your favorite seasonings and spices.
- Place the butter cut into small pieces into the bag. It should be cut into pieces so that when you crush the contents of the bag, the oil is evenly distributed over all potato slices. If for some reason you do not eat butter or observe church fasting, then pour a little vegetable oil into the bag (20-30 ml will be enough).
- Now tie the very edges of the bag tightly, that is, so that the potatoes are free in it. Shake thoroughly so that the potato slices are well mixed with all the added spices, salt, pepper and oil.
- Make 2-3 punctures in the bag using a fork or small cuts with scissors. This is necessary for steam to escape, otherwise the bag will swell and burst in the microwave.
- Turn on the microwave at maximum power for 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the size of the potato slices.
- When the program end signal sounds, open the microwave door and use oven mitts to carefully remove the bag of potatoes. It will be very hot, don't get burned!
- Transfer the potatoes to a platter and serve.
How to cook potatoes in the microwave in their jackets
If you decide to do something for lunch or dinner vegetable salad, you can quickly cook potatoes in the microwave right in the skins. During this time, prepare the remaining ingredients, and then just cool, peel and cut the potatoes, dress the salad and serve.
For those who are fasting or dieting, jacket potatoes are a good snack. Now many enterprises, offices and other office premises have a microwave oven. Shortly before the break, it is enough to send a couple of potatoes into it and hot lunch ready.
Ingredients:
- medium-sized potatoes – 5-6 pcs.;
- water – 200 ml.
Preparation:
- Rinse the potatoes thoroughly and dry them, make punctures on each tuber with a fork in two or three places.
- Place the potatoes in a microwave-safe bowl. Pour water, it should reach the middle of the tubers. Place the dish in the microwave and turn it on at full power for 5 minutes. In the first stage, the potatoes are cooked without a lid.
- After the specified time has passed, remove the potatoes from the microwave, carefully turn them over so that the other side is now in the water, cover with a lid and send back for another 5 minutes at the same power.
- The potatoes are ready, let them cool, and you can eat them or cut them into a salad.
You can also cook potatoes in their skins with lard, we talked about this in.
- Boil potatoes in the microwave for 10 to 15 minutes. To be more precise, you need to take into account two important parameters - the power of your household appliances and sizes of cut potato slices. If cut into small pieces, 11-12 minutes will be enough for a 650 W oven, 9-10 minutes for an 800 W oven. For potatoes cut into large pieces, the time will increase accordingly: for a 650 W oven - 15-16 minutes, for 800 W - 13-14 minutes.
- Before boiling potatoes in the microwave, generously coat them with herbs and spices. The slices will absorb their aroma, and the side dish will turn out very rich and tasty. For potatoes the best way suitable: all types of peppers, mint and basil, marjoram and oregano, paprika and thyme. And, of course, dill with parsley in any form - fresh or dried.
There are many legends about potatoes. Belarusians are jokingly called “potato eaters” for their love for her. In Alaska during the Gold Rush, it was considered priceless for its nutritional value and high vitamin C content; people were ready to give fortunes for it. Today the culture is grown everywhere, and prepared from it various dishes.
How to cook potatoes in the microwave
Cooking potatoes in the microwave can be a masterpiece. You will always get a delicious spicy dish if you take following ingredients for cooking:
- potatoes – 6-7 medium pieces;
- garlic – 3-5 cloves;
- salt, black pepper - to taste;
- butter;
- water.
Cooking a rustic dish is very simple, you just need to follow the instructions and an ordinary vegetable will become great side dish for dinner:
- Cut the tubers into quarters.
- Place on the bottom glass pan, to fill with water.
- The container is placed inside the microwave for 10 minutes at a power of 500 W.
- Then remove, add spices, chopped garlic and oil, place again inside the oven for 5 minutes.
- A rustic dish served with fresh vegetables.
How to cook whole potatoes in the microwave
Vegetables can be cooked not only in salted water, but also in milk sauce. How else to cook potatoes in the microwave - let's look at next recipe:
- potatoes – 8 whole pieces (medium);
- salt - to taste;
- sour cream – 100 g;
- mayonnaise - a couple of tablespoons;
- parsley, dill - a bunch each.
A detailed description of how to cook potatoes in the microwave under sour cream sauce:
- Place the peeled potatoes on the bottom of a glass container.
- Mix sour cream with mayonnaise and salt.
- The container is sent to prepare for 15-16 minutes.
- The finished boiled treat is sprinkled with chopped herbs before serving.
Jacket potatoes in the microwave
Boil quickly country potatoes for salads you can use a microwave. Cooking will take a few minutes. The recipe is very simple:
- potatoes – 8 pcs.;
- water;
- salt – 1 tsp.
You can quickly cook jacket potatoes in the microwave if you follow step by step instructions:
- Wash the vegetable and make punctures all over the surface with a fork.
- Place the vegetable on the bottom of a glass dish.
- Add salt.
- Send to cook for 15 minutes.
Sliced potatoes in the microwave quickly and easily
Let's look at a recipe for how to cook potatoes in the microwave with salmon. No matter how many dishes with fish there are, this one will not leave any gourmet indifferent. And his low calorie content will please those on a diet:
- potatoes – 6 pcs.;
- spices (salt, pepper, coriander) - to taste;
- mayonnaise – 50 grams;
- lemon – 1 pc.;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- salmon – fillet of one carcass.
Don’t know how to cook potatoes in the microwave quickly and tasty? An ordinary vegetable will become an amazing side dish in just half an hour:
- The washed, sliced product is filled with water, seasoned and salted.
- Marinate the fish a little with mayonnaise sauce and lemon juice(1/2 of it).
- The salmon is placed on top of the potatoes.
- Place onion sliced into rings and the remaining lemon on top.
- The container is covered with a glass lid. A timer is set on the oven for 20-22 minutes.
“Cook it simple and tasty”! Sometimes I have periods when I don’t feel like cooking anything at all, but in the meantime I want to eat. 🙂 Then I make microwave baked jacket potatoes. Fast. It couldn't be simpler. It's probably just simpler. 😉 And most importantly - very tasty and satisfying. Especially if you then add plastic cheese to the still hot potatoes... Mmm... But, I digress! 🙂
Let's take:
- 5-6 pieces of raw potatoes;
- salt and pepper;
- olive oil(preferably with a little flavor).
As I already said, in my opinion, there is nothing simpler than this dish. 🙂 So just wash the potatoes thoroughly using a brush. And put it on a flat plate with small sides.
Using a knife, make a couple of shallow punctures in the skin of each potato, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and pour with olive oil.
On this preparatory stage finished. 😉
Cooking jacket potatoes in the microwave
Next, put the plate (remember that the dishes must meet the requirements for a microwave oven) in the microwave and cover with a plastic microwave lid. Make sure the holes on the lid are open.
Next, we determine the power. My microwave oven produces a maximum heat of 750. Medium potatoes, as in the photo, take 8-9 minutes to cook at this power. If the potatoes are smaller in size, it will take 5-7 minutes. If more - 10-12 minutes.
Use my parameters to find your optimal time-power ratio. If the potatoes do not have time to cook, which is easy to check by piercing them with a knife, you can add a couple more minutes. I’ve now gotten the hang of it and can tell the time accurately by eye. 🙂
Actually, that's all.
When the microwave informs you that the process is complete, take out the jacket potatoes and cut them, dipping them in olive oil. You can, as I already said, put a piece of cheese on top of each half.
By the way, I read that potato peels contain useful material, I don’t know how long they last after cooking. But in general, I have strange taste preferences - I often eat potatoes right with my jacket. But my son, who is not yet very supportive of the idea of the usefulness of products, has to peel off the peel. Although in the case when potatoes are cooked in their skins in the microwave, this is done very easily. The main thing is not to get burned.
There are times when you have absolutely no time and/or no desire to cook. In such situations, dishes cooked in the microwave come to the rescue. Today I will tell you about an express method for preparing whole baked potatoes. We will bake it in the microwave in its jacket with spices and serve with butter. My step-by-step recipe with photos will tell you how to quickly and deliciously bake potatoes in the microwave. I hope it will become a clear instruction for you.
My husband calls this baked jacket potato “Bachelor’s Lunch” and prepares it for himself in “emergency” situations. I am sure that even a beginner will be able to prepare such a dish. Go for it!
What we need:
- potatoes - 4 tubers;
- vegetable oil – 1.5 tablespoons;
- salt - to taste;
- mixture of peppers - to taste;
- dried garlic powder (granulated) - to taste;
- butter - 20 grams;
- green onions.
I took four small tubers. Their size is slightly larger than a matchbox. You can use larger potatoes, but they will take a little longer to cook. Another important point– root vegetables should be approximately the same in size. This ensures that the dish cooks evenly.
My tubers are not fresh (the skin is already wrinkled in places), therefore, there is no need to perform additional manipulations with the potatoes. If the potatoes are young, you will need to pierce them with a knife before cooking. One puncture is enough.
Place the potatoes in a ceramic plate that is suitable for microwave ovens. The dish will be served in the same container.
Fill the potatoes vegetable oil and carefully distribute it over the surface of the root vegetables with a silicone brush.
Top each potato generously with salt, granulated garlic and a mixture of peppers, preferably freshly ground from a mill. There is no need to turn the potatoes over; let them be sprinkled only on top.
We put the plate in the microwave.
Cover the top of the potatoes with a special lid for microwave ovens. The valve on it must be open.
We set the unit to a power of 800 W (in my device this is the maximum value) and set the cooking time to 8 minutes. If your tubers are larger than mine, then initially set the time to 10 minutes.
After the beep, open the door and remove the lid. Be extremely careful not to get burned by the hot steam!
Check readiness with a sharp knife. If the blade goes in without difficulty, then the potatoes are ready; if not, continue baking in the same mode for another 2-3 minutes.
Without turning the finished tubers, cut them in half, and then place each slice with the cut side up.
Place a small piece of butter on the potatoes.
It will instantly melt and be absorbed into the hot pulp. Above ready dish sprinkle with chopped green onions.
I'm sure it's so delicious potato dish from the microwave, will delight you and your loved ones. This kind of quickly baked jacket potato is perfect for, for example, pickled or salted mushrooms. Enjoy your meal!
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