Save time cooking dinner as it turns out there is an even easier way to make baked potatoes.
Baked potatoes are known as a simple enough meal, as all you have to do is place them in the oven, but the only downside is that they take an hour or even longer to perfectly cook.
However, it turns out you can reduce the amount of time backed potatoes take in the oven – and all you need is a spoon or metal skewer.
Professional chef and cookbook author Lily Higgins (@lilyhigginsfood) shared that sticking either a spoon or a metal skewer through a baked potato cooks them quickly.
In a TikTok video, Lily said: “This is my top tip for when you’re cooking baked potatoes. I’m going to bake them in the air fryer but you can do them in the oven or barbecue like this.”
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All you need to do is score the potatoes with a knife then stick either a spoon or metal skewer through the potato.
Then simply place the potato in the oven to cook and it will take less time than it usually does.
Lily explained: “Basically, the metal is going to get really hot in the oven and it is going to conduct that heat all the way through to the centre of your potato and cook them from inside out.
“This helps give you beautiful delicious baked potatoes in record time.”
In text in the video, Lily wrote: “This is the best way to speed up baked potato cooking time! Such an easy way to bake potatoes. Just stick a skewer through them to help conduct heat and speed up the cooking time.”
