Boiled Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Wash the potatoes without cutting them.
Place them in boiling water, just enough to cover them.
Boil moderately until a fork easily penetrates them, about 25 minutes for young potatoes and 50 minutes for old potatoes.
Pour off the water and let them stand until dry.
Do not leave them in the water after they are done.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Potatoes
- Form the dish itself; their starch softens and becomes fluffy as they cook through.
The step that matters
Pour off the water promptly once the potatoes are done. Potatoes left in hot water keep absorbing moisture and continue cooking, so they turn waterlogged, soft and mushy. Draining and letting them dry lets surface moisture evaporate.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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