Whats the best way to cook roast potato's, i like them crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside?!
Answers: what temp for a fan ovan and how long plus i have to use veg oil because there for a vegi.
Use Maris Piper or King Edwards.
Par boil let dry, fluff up as every one else suggests.
Preheat white Flora or other veg fat & then chuck in spuds
baste well
You could try cooking in olive oil [ not virgin olive oil] with some chopped garlic thrown in.
Before roasting them make the outside rough by scraping them with a fork then you get nice crinkly bits on them after cooking!
beats a boring smooth roastie...
peel cut and boil until cooked then put in a roasting pan with hot oil and cook in oven till brown andcrispy
Get a big potato. I like to give them 20 mins in the micro then another twenty in a very hot oven. Fluffy inside and crispy skin to chew. No oil needed. Yum Yum!!
Sorry - thought you meant Jacket potatoes
The best way to cook roasties is to part boil them first.
Boil them for until you can put the knife through them, drain them in a sieve. Then shake them about in the sieve.
Then place them in the oven on 200c for about 45 minutes.
Par boil the spuds for 10 minutes, drain well, leaving them in the pan for a minute or two to dry. Then place in oil which has been preheated in an oven set at 200-220 degrees centigrade (I use White Flora), turning and spooning the oil over the spuds to coat them. Cook in the hot oven for 30-45 minutes, turning occasionally, until golden brown. Enjoy!
Cut to medium, par boil for about 10 minutes, drain water and shake them about in the saucepan to roughen the edges, I cook mine in pre heated sunflower oil in hot oven (200C about 30 mins until golden and crispy. I hear goose fat produces the best results, but no good for a veggie obviously, happy munching.
Just a note to add to above methods, make sure you have a "floury" not a "soapy" texture potato (Maris Piper or King Edwards for example are floury potatoes).
I've tried many ways and the best so far for me is to use the little red potatoes.
I cut them in halves and sprinkle them with seasonings(any kind you like) then i rub olive oil all over them and bake them at 400 degrees for about 15- 20 minutes they turn out crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside :)
i par boil mine then roast them in the chip pan (lovely)
From the responces there are alot of peopel from the UK answering the Yanks would not know what a few of those spud names are, for me as a former chef I use the ones that in the UK are used for jacket potatos, there more floury and drier for a roasting detail, I even use them peeled for chips not a bad idea.
I do not par boil them, I season them with salt, pepper and garlic seasoning, oil and toss them in bowl like a salad, then heat a pan for 10 minutes at 400 d F or 200 d C Gas mark 4, rolled thm into the hot pan, let them go for 20 minutes, stir them around 20 minutes more the same thing and let them alone for the last 20-30 minute to brown a crisp up, cut them in wedges chunks or slice for this way, it depends on the size of you pan and depth or how many your cooking for.
Lovely, low fat roast potato recipe!
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees C.
2. Cut your potatoes into wedges and partially boil for about 15 minutes.
3. Drain and pat dry. Place on baking tray and spray them with Lo-Cal Sunflower oil. Sprinkle thyme over the top, making sure to coat both sides of the wedges.
4. Roast in oven for about 30 minutes, turning halfway through.
THE best potatoes for roasting are the Roosters variety!
You'll get the outside to crisp up get if you heat the veg/sunflower oil in an oven on around 200-220 degrees in a fan oven. They'll stay nice and fluffy on the inside. Make sure you season them when adding them to the oil.