Okay, so a friend of mine gave me a great recipe for loaded potato skins, and in the recipe it says to cook the potatoes in the microwave, use a spoon to get all the baked potato out of the skin, mix in yummy ingredients, then put it back in the shell to bake.
So I figured, hey why can’t I do the same thing to make mashed potatoes?! Not only will it save me time… I don’t have to peel the potatoes!
I was worried the potatoes might taste different, in all honesty I didn’t notice a difference at all! This is a great tip to use if you are short on time or just don’t feel like peeling your potatoes!
Step 1:
Step 2:
Poke a few holes in the top of your potatoes with a fork. I usually stab each potato 3-4 times with a fork.
Step 3:
Pop them in the microwave! I have a baked potato setting on mine, but if you don’t have one one yours it takes 15 minutes to bake 4 potatoes. I think this is an overestimate, and it could actually take less time. So check the potatoes after 10 minutes and see how they are looking.
Step 4:
Once your potatoes are cooked, cut them open to release steam and let them sit to cool about 3-4 minutes.
Step 5:
Using a spoon, scoop out all of the potato that you can! My potatoes were still hot, so I also used a clean wash cloth to hold the potato while I scooped out the insides.
Step 6:
Once you have scooped out your potato, place it in your mixing bowl
Step 7:
Add your milk, salt and pepper. I can’t give you exact measurements, I just add to taste and until the potatoes are to the consistency that I like!
Step 8:
Whala! You have just made yummy mashed potatoes:
1. Without peeling the potato
2. In the Microwave!
3. In Less Time!
Enjoy!
- Potatoes
- Milk
- butter
- salt
- pepper
- Clean your potatoes.
- Poke a few holes in the top of your potatoes with a fork. I usually stab each potato 3-4 times with a fork.
- Pop them in the microwave! I have a baked potato setting on mine, but if you don’t have one one yours it takes 15 minutes to bake 4 potatoes. I think this is an overestimate, and it could actually take less time. So check the potatoes after 10 minutes and see how they are looking.
- Once your potatoes are cooked, cut them open to release steam and let them sit to cool about 3-4 minutes.
- Using a spoon, scoop out all of the potato that you can! My potatoes were still hot, so I also used a clean wash cloth to hold the potato while I scooped out the insides.
- Once you have scooped out your potato, place it in your mixing bowl
- Add your milk, salt and pepper. I can’t give you exact measurements, I just add to taste and until the potatoes are to the consistency that I like!
MommaHughes says
awesome!
Julie says
What a neat idea. I bake my potatoes like this all the time never thought to ‘mash’ them. 🙂 I also bake extras when I do and the next night we have Paula Deen’s baked potato soup recipe from http://www.smithfield.com. It is AMAZING!!! IF there are leftovers there is usually a race to get them.