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#Preheat your oven to 400°F./204 C
#Pour a generous handful of Kosher salt into a small bowl and keep it nearby.
#Scrub your potatoes with a brush under running water, then dry them off.
#With a fork, stab each potato in the center once, then flip it over and stab it on the other side.
#Microwave the potatoes on high for five to six minutes.
#You should detect the distinct aroma of potato in your kitchen at this point.
#Note that for up to two potatoes, five to six minutes in the microwave should be enough.
#If you're doing four, you might need more like 10 to 12 minutes.
#For more than four, you're best off microwaving them two at a time.
#Transfer the microwaved potatoes to a sheet pan.
#Drizzle some extra virgin olive oil over them, and smear it around so that the potatoes are evenly coated.
#Now reach for that bowl of salt.
#Sprinkle the salt generously over the potatoes and smear it around so that each potato is evenly coated.
#Be generous with the salt.
#Any excess will fall off.
#Transfer the oiled and salted potatoes to the oven and place them directly on the oven rack.
#You could place a sheet of foil or a baking sheet on the rack below them to catch any drippings.
#Bake for about 30 minutes or until the skins are crispy and a skewer slides easily into the potato.
#Remove the baked potatoes from the oven.
#Split them open and serve topped with butter, sour cream and chopped chives.
===Tips:===
*Crumbled bacon, cooked broccoli or grated cheese make great baked potato toppings.
*A blue cheese like Gorgonzola is terrific on a baked potato.
*Chives and butter are a classic combination on a baked potato.
*You may have noticed that nowhere in these steps is there any mention of baking the potato in foil.
*That's because potatoes baked in foil don't bake, they steam — which produces a totally different texture, and won't give the potato a crispy skin.
*So don't bake potatoes in foil.Especially not in the microwave!

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10.1.1.1: Created page with "#Preheat your oven to 400°F./204 C #Pour a generous handful of Kosher salt into a small bowl and keep it nearby. #Scrub your potatoes with a brush under running water, then dry …"