These Tricks Will Make Ordinary Potatoes Magical

Any housewife can cook a thousand and one dishes from potatoes. Still, there are some tricks that will make our favorite potatoes even tastier. Share!

Any housewife can cook a thousand and one dishes from potatoes. Still, there are some tricks that will make our favorite potatoes even tastier. Share!

1. To make the potatoes cook faster, you need to add a piece of butter to the pan while cooking. This will significantly reduce the cooking time, and you will get a delicate creamy taste. Margarine can be used instead of butter.

 

2. In the microwave, potatoes can not only be heated, but also quickly cooked. To cook potatoes in their jackets in 10-15 minutes, wash the tubers, pierce with a fork, put in a plastic bag, add a couple of tablespoons of water, set the timer for 10 minutes at full power. All! You can also bake potatoes in the microwave: peel, cut into slices, salt, sprinkle with vegetable oil and - for 5-7 minutes in the microwave at maximum power. Ready! 

 

3. You can save a salted dish with potatoes right during cooking. If you have salted soup or porridge, you need to add 2-3 raw peeled potatoes. After 10 minutes, they will absorb excess salt. Choose!

4. Everyone knows how long and tedious it is to peel new potatoes: the peel is very thin and does not always come off well. There is a way out - with the hard side of a sponge or a brush, peel the potatoes in a bowl of water.

 

5. Mashed potatoes are delicious fresh. But when it's warm, it's not the same. Yesterday's puree can be used to prepare a new dish. You can make cool stuffed potato zrazy, potato pancakes, even waffles if you have an electric waffle iron. A little flour, eggs - and your puree will have a second life.

Recipe for potato zrazy >>>

 

6. Fried potatoes with mushrooms and onions... An incredibly tasty and simple dish for students and presidents. How to fry potatoes perfectly? You need low starch potatoes. It is also important to thoroughly rinse the peeled potatoes and then dry them with a paper towel.

 

7. Fry potatoes only in well-heated oil and salt 5 minutes before the end of cooking. When frying, do not stir the potatoes too often, several times is enough.

8. To make fluffy mashed potatoes, add only warm milk. Beat first with a pusher, and then with a mixer with whisks. You definitely have not tried such a gentle puree!

9. To add an interesting and rich aftertaste to the mashed potatoes, put a clove of garlic and your favorite greens in the pan. Greens can be removed after cooking, and leave the garlic and remember the potatoes with it.

 

10. If you have already peeled the potatoes, and the guests are seriously late, put the potatoes in a pot of cool water and cover with a lid. Peeled tubers can be saved by scalding them with boiling water. If you need to keep the peeled potatoes longer, put them in a plastic bag and put them in the freezer (for a day).