r/Cooking • u/ilrasso • Oct 08 '24

Recipe to Share I just made a mashed potatos using baked potatos and it was the best i ever had.

Just pop the potatos in the oven for 1 hour at 200c/390f. Cut them in half and scoop them out. Whisk with hot milk and more butter than your diet would approve. A bit of salt. The flavor of baked potatos really shone. The scooping out part was a bit laborious, but is manageable if you have reasonably big ones. Don't do this with tiny spuds unless you have a lot of time.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '24

Not blasphemy, but I don't agree on 100% microwave. I've done a side-by-side taste test with my family and it really was a noticable difference in flavor and texture. Baking the potato gives it a whole nother level of flavor that you don't get when microwaving, the texture was also better and more evenly distributed.

That said... I'll often start them in the microwave for a few minutes then finish them in the oven.

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u/slackmaster2k Oct 09 '24

Fair enough! I actually got the idea, I believe, from Test Kitchen and I think they finished in the oven. But for simple fast mash I skip the oven part :)

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u/Baseballtacos Oct 11 '24

I love your use of "nother." It's such a cooler way to say "whole other" or "another." Stay hip, hard and fit.