As the good Mitch Hedberg once said of constructing baked potatoes in an oven “Generally I will simply throw one in there even when I do not need one. By the point it is prepared…who is aware of?”
Baked potatoes do take upwards of an hour to prepare dinner via in a traditional oven, however with a microwave and an air fryer, you possibly can have one of the best baked potato of your life in beneath 15.
Baked potatoes make the right sidekick to summer season BBQ favorites, however whereas steak, burgers and dogs are prepared very quickly, baked potatoes require a ton of time and untold quantities of gasoline or electrical energy to prepare dinner.
With this speedy technique for baking potatoes, the microwave’s nuclear rays blast the potato to smooth and toothsome doneness in about 10 minutes, whereas an air fryer can crisp the outer pores and skin in simply two minutes or much less. By my math, that is 12 minutes for a baked potato that is nearly as good or higher than something you may make within the oven.
As a bonus, air fryers and microwaves use far less energy than a large oven and take virtually no time to preheat. This is how one can make one of the best and quickest baked potato of your life in 12 minutes.
What you may want:
Instructions:
- Step 1: Poke air holes within the potato utilizing a fork
- Step 2: Microwave the potato on excessive for 10 minutes or till it is fork-tender and cooked via
- Step 3: Slice the potato midway via and toss with melted butter or olive oil. You can even stuff the potato with cheese or bacon bits.
- Step 4: Air fry on excessive pores and skin aspect up for 1 minute. Flip and prepare dinner one other 1 or two minutes till desired crispiness is achieved. (If stuffing with cheese or bacon bits, prepare dinner pores and skin aspect down solely.)
For extra ideas, see my checklist of the seven foods I’ll only air fry from now and on and be taught one of the best ways to reheat every kind of leftovers.
