What could be tastier than boiled potatoes? Hot with herring or lard... mmmm... Or cut off a piece of bread and spread a good layer on it and eat it as a bite with hot crumbly potatoes...

Everyone knows many options for cooking potatoes, for example, I have already cooked fried potatoes and mashed potatoes. Today I will do it differently, I will just boil the potatoes and add dill and fresh garlic to it, this dish is not a shame to put on the holiday table and for a regular family dinner.

Since it’s summer now and there is an opportunity to get freshly harvested potatoes, I will cook new potatoes. New potatoes are a real delicacy! And dill will give the potatoes a great taste and aroma.

To prepare boiled potatoes you will need:

Potatoes - 1 kg;

Dill - 1p;

Garlic - 1 clove;

Sour cream - 2 tbsp;

Potatoes come in different varieties

Recipe for boiled potatoes:

1. Peel the potatoes. Since the potatoes are young and their skins are still thin, I simply “scraped” them. This can be done with a knife or brush. Carefully remove all the eyes - this will make the finished dish look more aesthetically pleasing. I took medium-sized potatoes, cut large potatoes in half.

2. Boil in salted water until tender. I think everyone knows how to boil potatoes, but I’ll write it anyway: bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until tender. Don't forget to remove any foam that forms. It is important that the potatoes are not overcooked, otherwise they will all fall apart!

3. Drain the water.

4. Add finely chopped dill and garlic, passed through a garlic press. We don’t regret the dill; if you don’t have fresh dill, you can use frozen.

5. Add 2 tbsp. sour cream. You can add butter instead of sour cream.

6. Cover the pan with a lid and stir thoroughly. Do this directly in the pan, just shake it well.

For most people, potatoes are their second bread. It is prepared in various ways as a side dish. It is also included in many dishes. And now we will tell you how to deliciously cook potatoes in a saucepan.

How to cook delicious potatoes?

Ingredients:

• potatoes – 1.5 kg;
• salt;
• cow's milk – 180 ml;
• garlic – 1 clove;
• natural butter – 30 g.

Preparation

We clean the potato tubers and wash them well. Cut it into pieces, fill it with water and let it stand for 10 minutes. Then we drain this water, place the potatoes in a saucepan and pour water on top. Add some salt and add a peeled clove of garlic. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce it, cover the pan with a lid and bring to readiness. Drain the liquid, pour in the milk brought to a boil and mash the potatoes until pureed. Then add the oil and stir thoroughly. If you want to get a fluffy mass, you can additionally beat the puree with a mixer.

How to cook whole potatoes deliciously?

Ingredients:

• potato;
• salt.

Preparation

Wash the potatoes, peel them, place them in a saucepan, fill them with water and place them on the stove. After boiling, add some salt. For flavor, you can add a bay leaf or a peeled clove of garlic to the water. When the potatoes are cooked, drain the water, place the potatoes on a dish, pour over melted butter and crush with chopped herbs.

If you are interested in how to boil potatoes in pieces, you can safely use this recipe. The cooking technology is exactly the same.

How to cook new potatoes deliciously?

Ingredients:

• young potatoes – 1 kg;
• dill – 30 g;
• salt;
• – 70 g.

Preparation

Peel the young potatoes. You can do this with a knife, but this is a rather long process. It is much easier to do this with a metal brush for dishes. If the potatoes are small, then leave them whole, but if they are large, then cut them into several parts. We put it in boiling water, which should cover the potatoes by about 2 cm. If you want to get more boiled potatoes, then you need to add salt closer to the end of cooking. The lid of the saucepan should be slightly open during the process. When the potatoes are ready, drain the water, add butter and chopped herbs. Cover the pan with a lid and shake vigorously a couple of times.

Since ancient times, many varied and tasty dishes have been prepared from potatoes: casseroles, stews, salads, fried, stewed, boiled, etc. And any housewife needs to know how to properly cook this vegetable, because in this way you can prepare many dishes. Like any other, potato dishes require their own subtleties and nuances, only then will they turn out incredibly tasty and healthy.

How to cook potatoes in a saucepan correctly?

If you want to make mashed potatoes or just boiled potatoes, the following recommendations may be useful.

Select tubers of the same size, which will allow all potatoes to cook at the same time. If they are of different sizes, then small potatoes will boil, and large ones will remain damp. If you can’t find identical tubers, then simply cut the large ones into several parts.

Next, you should wash the vegetables and start peeling them. So, potatoes in a pan. It must be filled with water until completely covered and add salt to taste. With the lid closed, bring the potatoes to a boil and then reduce the heat. Time it for 20-25 minutes. If the tubers are cooked longer than this time, there is a risk that they will boil and turn into a watery puree. Therefore, after 20 minutes, you need to check the readiness of the potatoes with a fork. When the fork can easily enter the largest tuber, the pan can be removed from the stove.

Once the potatoes are done, drain the water immediately. If it is mashed potatoes, then start preparing it according to the recipe, if you just want boiled potatoes, then put them on a dish, pour melted butter on them, sprinkle with herbs and you can start eating.

Selection of new potatoes

If you know how to cook new potatoes, then consider that you have a truly royal recipe. So, before you start cooking new potatoes, you need to choose them correctly.

The best option, of course, would be tubers grown in your summer cottage or garden. But not everyone has such a great opportunity, so we’ll go to the market.

It is preferable to buy young potatoes at the market, since there you can buy a real homemade product.

Choose medium-sized young tubers, since you will need to cook the potatoes whole in the pan. Be sure to inspect the potatoes for green spots. If they are present, this indicates that the growing tubers were poorly covered with soil and unsuitable for eating.

The process of preparing new potatoes

Let's describe in detail how to cook new potatoes. First of all, you need to remove the skin from the tubers. There is no need to cut it with a knife, just scrape it lightly. After all the tubers are cleaned, they need to be washed, placed in a pan and filled with water. At this stage, there may be two options: pour cold water or boiling water over the potatoes. Many cooks believe that while the water in the pan heats up, the vegetable will absorb excess liquid and become tasteless.

You need to add a little salt to the water where the new potatoes will be boiled. Place the pan on the fire for about 25 minutes. To prevent the product from overcooking, you can carefully check its readiness using a toothpick. You should not do this with a knife, as this will only spoil the appearance and taste of the new potatoes.

So, the potatoes are ready. Drain the water, add green onions, parsley, dill and butter to the tubers. Mix everything carefully, close the lid and wrap the pan with a warm scarf. Leave the container for a quarter of an hour. This will allow the young potatoes to brew and also absorb the aroma of herbs and oil.

Secrets of young potatoes

You've learned how to cook new potatoes, but there are little secrets that will make this simple dish simply great.

If you serve lightly salted cucumbers or lightly salted red fish with potatoes, then consider that you have created a masterpiece.

If, after boiling, young potatoes are fried on all sides in vegetable oil, they will acquire a golden color and an amazing crust.

If you haven’t had time to cook anything else (except potatoes), then sour cream and garlic will help you out. Just prepare a sauce from them, and the taste of the dish will be unforgettable.

Potatoes in skin

Potatoes boiled in their skins, or as they say differently - in their skins, are considered very healthy, since thanks to the skin, vitamins remain in the tubers and are not digested. In addition, unpeeled boiled potatoes have a special aroma and elasticity. Let's find out how to cook potatoes in their skins correctly.

Select potatoes of the same size, wash them with a brush, put them in a saucepan and fill them with water. Potatoes must be salted. If the volume of the container in which it is cooked is 2-3 liters, then you will need 1 teaspoon of salt. Salt will not only give the potatoes a better taste, but will also prevent them from cracking. Next, bring the potatoes to a boil over maximum heat and immediately reduce the heat. Cook vegetables for 25-30 minutes. Once the tubers are ready, remove the pan from the heat and drain the water.

Cooking potatoes for salad

Many young housewives are wondering how to cook potatoes for salad so that they remain strong. If the potatoes turn out to be soft and crumbly, then they cannot be cut into even and uniform cubes, which is completely unacceptable for a properly prepared salad. Boiled tubers are only suitable for making puree.

So, to cook potatoes for salad, you need to boil them in their skins. And exclusively in its entirety! We already know how to cook potatoes in a saucepan and that the peel helps preserve the elasticity of the tubers, so we will focus on which vegetables to choose for the salad so that they are cooked at their best.

Potatoes will not crack during cooking if the selected tubers are pierced with a fork on all sides and the water in the pan is salted. Boiling time will depend on the type of potato. If you need a product specifically for salad, then buy potatoes that have a low starch content.

Immediately after cooking, pour cold water over the tubers, which will make it easy to peel them. And, of course, an important rule: you cannot leave boiled potatoes in water. As a result, it acquires an unpleasant odor, a bad taste, and will fall apart when cut.

Potatoes, boiled in pieces

If you need to cook something very quickly, then we will tell you how to boil potatoes in pieces. First, determine how you will cut the vegetables: large slices, cubes, quarters or halves. Remember that the smaller the pieces, the faster they will cook. Once the potatoes are cooked, be sure to drain the water. Meat, fish or fresh vegetables are ideal for this dish as a side dish.

Can you cook potatoes in the microwave?

Many people know how to cook potatoes in a saucepan, but not everyone knows that they can be cooked quickly and tasty in the microwave. And this can be done in different ways, which we will now consider.

1. Select medium-sized potato tubers, wash them well and place them in a deep microwave-safe bowl. Add water, but only a little, about 3 mm, cover the dish with a lid, and place in the microwave oven. Make the power maximum and set the time to 10-12 minutes. After 10 minutes, you can check the stage of readiness of the potatoes, and if the vegetables are hard, then just add a few more minutes.

2. Wash the potatoes, make small cuts in each tuber and place them on a plate. In this case, water will not be needed. Place the plate in the microwave, set the maximum power and time for 6-7 minutes. Then check the potatoes for doneness and add a few more minutes if they are not done.

3. Take a baking bag, potatoes and salt. Wash the vegetables, remove the peel and cut the potatoes into pieces. Add salt and fill the bag with them. Place it in the microwave oven, set the time to 15-20 minutes and maximum power. After the cooking signal, take out the bag and, being careful not to get burned by the steam, cut it and place the potatoes on a dish.

Bon appetit!

We all love fried potatoes, and if they have a golden and crispy crust, then you won’t be disappointed with such a dish, although we know that this is not a very healthy food. But nevertheless, occasionally you can treat yourself to this tasty and, I must say, high-calorie dish. Today we will cook boiled potatoes fried in a frying pan.

Boiled potatoes fried in a frying pan

Housewives know that boiled fried potatoes turn out especially tasty and attractive. These potatoes have a golden brown and crispy crust. Therefore, despite the fact that you will have to tinker with the preparation of this dish a little more than with ordinary fried potatoes, this dish is very popular.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 800 gr
• Salt to taste
• Butter - 2 tbsp
• Ground black pepper to taste

First we need to boil the potatoes. To do this, rinse it under running water and place it in a pan. Fill with water so that it completely covers the potatoes. We cook it in its jacket, without removing the skin! You can salt the water during cooking.

When the potatoes are cooked, drain the water and set the pan with the vegetables to cool. After cooling, carefully remove the peel. Chop the boiled potatoes into large pieces; you can simply cut each potato in half. If the tubers are large, then you can cut them into 4 parts.

Place butter on a heated frying pan. Season boiled and chopped potatoes with a little salt and pepper, then place in a frying pan. Fry over medium heat, turning occasionally.

You need to fry until a beautiful golden crust forms. When the dish is ready, place the hot potatoes on plates. You can decorate with finely chopped herbs. This dish can be served with meat, chops, cutlets, or stewed or fresh vegetables.

That's all, as you can see, there is nothing complicated in preparing boiled fried potatoes. We wish you bon appetit!

Potatoes are one of the most common food products; they are quite nutritious and easy to prepare under normal conditions. How to cook potatoes is written in our article.

Ingredients and utensils:

• potato
• pot
• fork

Process:

1. Select potatoes of approximately the same size and wash them with clean water.
2. The most useful part of a potato is under its skin, so it is not necessary to peel the potatoes; it is better to boil them together with the skin, unpeeled.
3. If you want, peel the potatoes. Place the peeled potatoes in a saucepan and pour clean water in until it completely covers the potatoes. Salt the water to taste.
4. Potatoes should not be kept peeled in water for a long time before cooking, because this leads to leaching of starch, thereby reducing its nutritional properties.
5. Place the pot of potatoes on the stove to cook. After the potatoes boil, you need to reduce the burner power and cook them for 25 minutes.
6. Check the readiness of the potatoes as follows: take a fork and try to pierce the potatoes with it, if it is easily pierced, then the potatoes are ready, if not, then you need to cook them a little more.
7. Next, drain the water and leave the potatoes in the pan, covered, until serving. This way the potatoes will retain their heat longer and taste better.
8. Potatoes should be served hot, otherwise they will harden and become less tasty.
9. Before eating, add butter or vegetable oil to the potatoes and sprinkle fresh herbs on top. Salted herring and onions go well with boiled potatoes.

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