What is your favorite way to cook potatoes?!


Question: What is your favorite way to cook potatoes!?
can you share your very own favorite recipe for any kind of delicious tasting potato dish that is the cat's MEOW!!!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
This would have to be my favourite, and the one Imake the least!.
Potatoes:- Hasselback
24 (about 6kg) Desiree potatoes, peeled, halved
2 tbs olive oil
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tbs coarsely chopped fresh rosemary
Salt & freshly ground black pepper
Method
Preheat oven to 200°C!. Place 1 potato, cut-side down, on a board and make thin, evenly spaced cuts at 5mm intervals, about two-thirds of the way through!. Place in a bowl!. Repeat with remaining potatoes!. Add oil, garlic and rosemary to potatoes!. Season with salt and pepper and toss to combine!. Place in a roasting pan!. Bake in oven, turning occasionally, for 1 hour or until golden brown and crisp!. Transfer to a serving bowl to serve!.
Notes & tips
You can make this recipe up to 1 1/2 hours before serving the main!.

This would be second and used more often!.
ROAST POTATOES: CRUNCHY
potatoes
butter
salt and pepper
Boil peeled potatoes in large pot of salted boiling water for 5-10 mins until they are just soft on the outside!.
Drain well and return to pot!.
Add a knob of butter to the pot and generously sprinkle with salt (preferably sea salt)!. Place the lid on the pot and shake vigorously!.
The butter and salt should combine with the potato to create a light "mash" around each potato!.
Place in pre-heated oven 180C for 20-35 minutes!.
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ONION ROASTED POTATOES

1 envelope Lipton Onion Soup Mix (or any brand)
4 medium all-purpose potatoes, cut into large chunks (about 2 lbs!.)
1/3 cup olive or vegetable oil (I always use olive oil)

Preheat oven to 450 degrees!. In 13 x 9-inch baking or roasting pan combine soup mix and oil!. Add potatoes and mix until evenly coated!. Bake uncovered, stirring about every 10-15 minutes, for approx!. 40 minutes, or until potatoes are tender and golden brown!.

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SHREDDED BAKED POTATOES

6 medium potatoes
1 can cream chicken soup
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup cheddar cheese
1/2 cup Monterey jack cheese
1/4-1/2 cup onion (chopped)

Bake potatoes and chill (easiest to bake night before)!. Once chilled, mix soup, sour cream, onion, and cheeses!. Skin and grate potatoes, and then mix with creamed mixture!. Place in casserole, covered, and bake at 350 degrees for 1 to 1-1/2 hours!. You can also top with extra cheese and brown during last 5-10 minutes of baking time!.

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Brown about half a slab of bacon and 1/2 an onion and half a green pepper chopped in a heavy cast iron skillet with 1/4 cup or so of olive oil!. Peel and slice about 5 medium potatoes!. Add them to the skillet and then fresh cracked black pepper and salt and chopped garlic ( on top so the garlic doesn't burn) have it on low-medium flame!. After the bottom browns, flip it over and mix it up a bit!. wait about 15 minutes, stir it up again!. Slice 2 polish sausages at an angle and put that on top!. Wait about 10 minutes and stir it up again ( gently you don't wanna break the potatoes) and cook until the sausages browns through!.
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Twice Baked Potatoes!

INGREDIENTS:
4 large baking potatoes
1/2 pound bacon
4 tablespoons butter
1 large onion, chopped
1/2 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon chopped fresh chives
1 teaspoon salt
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon dry bread crumbs

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C)!. Use a fork to pierce the potato skins!.
Bake the potatoes unwrapped for about 1 hour, or until soft, in the preheated oven!.
Place bacon in a large, deep skillet!. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown!. Drain, crumble and set aside!.
Over medium-low heat melt the butter in a large saucepan!. Combine onion, mushrooms, red pepper, garlic powder, pepper, chives and salt!. Cook slowly, stirring occasionally until the onions are soft!.
Slice open the baked potatoes and, keeping the skins intact, scoop the insides into a medium bowl!. Transfer the onion mixture to the bowl!. Mix in the sour cream!. Pour in 1/2 of the cheese and continue mixing until all ingredients are well blended!.
Using a large spoon, fill the potato skins with the mixture!. Top with bread crumbs, the remaining cheese and bacon!.
Return the potatoes to the preheated oven and continue baking for about 15 minutes, until the cheese is melted and the filling is slightly brown
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CHEESY TATO SOUP

4 scrubbed baking potatoes
2 Tbs butter
1 medium onion, sliced
2 Tbs all purpose flour
1 tsp beef bouilion granules
2 cups cold water
12 ounces evaporated milk
4 ounces shredded cheese
1 tsp parsley
3/4 tsp worcester sauce
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp black pepper*

pierce te potoatoes, several times with fork!. Microwaev on paper twoel on high for 10 to 12 minutes; cool!. Place onion and butter in a alrge bowl!. Microwave on high for 2 minutes!. Scooop out the potato pulp, leaving chunks!. Add the pulp, the milk, chees, parsley, salt and pepper to onion mixture!. Microqave on hgih for 2 1/ to 4 minutes!. Makes 6 servings!. (but feel free to double or triple the recipe!. You might need more than 6 servings or to have have some more!. )


*Don't have black pepper ground or not!? Use white or blue, or green pepper!. Maybe even purple pepper!.
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Whipped Mashed Potatoes

INGREDIENTS:
5 potatoes, peeled and quartered
3 tablespoons butter
1/8 cup milk

DIRECTIONS:
Fill a medium size saucepan half full of water, and add a pinch of salt!. Bring to a boil!. Add potatoes to pot; the water should cover the potatoes!. Simmer for 10 minutes, or until potatoes are easily pierced by a fork!. Drain!.

Transfer potatoes to a large mixing bowl!. Add butter or margarine and milk, and mash with a potato masher!. When well mashed, whip for a minute or two with an electric mixer set on medium speed!.
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Cheesy Potato Salad

INGREDIENTS:
2 1/2 pounds red potatoes, cubed
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 bunch green onions, chopped
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1 tablespoon real bacon bits

DIRECTIONS:
Place the potatoes into a pot, and fill with enough water to cover!. Bring to a boil, and cook for about 10 minutes, or until easily pierced with a fork!. Drain, and set aside to cool!.

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mashed potatoes, baked potatoes with rosemary and garlic (YUM!), french fries! I just love potatoes!

Those are really basic potato recipes, so I don't think any recipe is needed, but if you want them, just e-mail me, and I'll send ya!.

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wash and peel white potatoes!. Cut into small chunks!. Boil in pot until almost done!. Melt a stick of butter in large skillet!.Add potatoes, seasoned salt, pepper and a little garlic powder!. Cook until nice and brown, turning to brown evenly!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

my mom makes scalloped potatoes they are really good, basically she cuts up the potatoes and lines them up on a tray, or dish, and she adds seasoning and lots of cream!. sorry thats all i know about how to make it, but it is really good!Www@FoodAQ@Com

I love to make mashed potatoes and add a little ranch dressing to them!. OR baked potatoes with ALL the trimmings, sour cream, butter, minced green onion, bacon bits and grated cheddar cheese!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

stuffed baked potatoes are my favorite, sprinkled with broccli, cheese, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, and a little sout cream!. second french fries with a side of ketchup!.!.!.ummmm!Www@FoodAQ@Com

I love potatoes any way you cook them, but my Favorite way is sliced and fried/w onion slices!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

my sister in law smokes un-peeled [but washed] bakers in her smoker for 4-8 hours!. rubs them with olive oil and rosemary!. These are to die for!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

In Chips! Because my favourite food is chips and gravy! :)Www@FoodAQ@Com





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