You cooked jacket potatoes incorrectly: three common mistakes

Jacketed potatoes taste great as a standalone dish, but they are also a part of many salads, casseroles, and more. It would seem that there is nothing complicated about cooking jacket potatoes. You just need to put them in the oven and bake them for an hour and a half.

However, there are nuances that you definitely need to know when cooking if you really want to get the perfect vegetable. Ben Newman shared on his TikTok the most common mistakes people make when cooking jacket potatoes.

Choose the potatoes

In his video, he said that the type of potatoes you buy is crucial for the subsequent baking. You should buy dry potatoes with a low starch content. These types of potatoes don't look very pretty, but they are ideal for baking in their skins.

Use your hands

You don't need to pierce the potatoes with a fork to tell if they are cooked through enough. After about 70 minutes of baking, take the baked potatoes in your hands, but be very careful not to burn the skin, and squeeze them. Your hands should feel like you can crush the potatoes. That's when it's ready.

No foil

Many people believe that you should wrap jacket potatoes in foil before you start cooking them. But, according to Newman, if you bake jacket potatoes in a regular home oven, not in a professional appliance, you simply don't need foil.