Restaurant Style Baked Potatoes
Really, just too easy.
This is my lazy-man entry. I pursue baked potatoes at restaurants like a starving carnivore pursues fillet mignon. I think I've found the most energy efficient and quickest way to get them from potato sack to table.
My dad always microwaved hole poked potatoes. But I love that crunchy & salty exterior.
1 potato (can be red, russett, etc)
1 sharp knife
Smedium (yes smedium: like small medium) piece of foil
1/4 cup olive oil or melted butter
Salt (kosher, pink, sea, or any kind)
microwave
toast oven
1 cup water
Wash the potato thoroughly. Then stab the knife thru the potato many times, like a voodoo doll. Turn on toaster oven to 350 degrees. Put the potato in a bowl with the water. Microwave for 2.5 mins then flip over in the bowl and microwave for another 2.5 mins.Remove from water & bowl carefully. Roll potato in melted butter/olive oil. Lift potato and sprinkle salt on all sides of it. Then put into foil and wrap it up. Place in toaster oven. Bake for 7-10 mins. Or longer if desired. Then remove from toaster oven, unwrap, slice open top of potato and insert pat of butter. Then demolish it with your mouth :)
