Martin Lewis explains cheapest way to cook jacket potato
The humble jacket potato breaks the mould when it comes to comfort food. Cheap, substantial and versatile, it’s a lunchtime dish that’ll keep you full for hours, as well as a tasty side for dinners.
Despite its simple nature, there is a certain way to cook them, according to a Michelin-trained chef.
Poppy O’Toole, also known as @poppycooks on TikTok has shared a jacket potato recipe which has been watched by thousands of people.
The chef captioned the video: “The only way to make jacket potatoes in your air fryer.” She claimed that it’s the “perfect” recipe.
Poppy said: “I’ve been listening to you guys and I know you want quicker, cheaper and more energy-efficient recipes and I know a lot of you are using air fryers, so here’s my how-to for the perfect air fryer jacket potatoes.”
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The first step is to get some big potatoes, Poppy was using two large Maris Piper potatoes in the video.
Once you’ve chosen your potatoes pierce them all over with a fork and massage them with vegetable oil.
Poppy then proceeded to place the potatoes in the air fryer and sprinkled a generous amount of sea salt over them.
Cook the potatoes at 170 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes, then put them back in for a further 15 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.
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Showing viewers the final results, Poppy said: “It takes 35 minutes altogether to get this beautiful, cheap, easy, delicious, crispy, golden and fluffy jacket potato.
“It’s a really good way to make them. It’s easier than using an oven.”
The chef finished off the recipe by adding a good chunk of butter to a steaming hot jacket potato.
TikTok users in the comments section were divided – some said they “loved” the recipe, while others claimed to have better results when using the microwave first.
@dbendall said: “Love it! I’ve just started doing mine like this. Finally mastered them.”
@KatehKateh wrote: “I’ve tried jacket potatoes plenty of times but this method right here has worked the best! Thank you!!”
@Michelleb commented: “10 minutes in the microwave then 10 minutes in the air fryer. Perfect jacket potatoes every time.” @Sam Hickton replied: Microwave first Poppy, then into the air fryer.”
@Bella: “This didn’t work for me, used two smaller potatoes and they were rock hard in the middle. After looking at the comments I should’ve microwaved first.”
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