Boiled Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the potatoes thoroughly.
Peel them carefully to avoid waste.
Boil and serve
Place them in a pot and cover with salted water.
Boil for 30 minutes or until easily pierced with a fork.
Drain the water and shake the pot on the stove for 1-2 minutes.
Serve immediately.
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
- Provide the starch that becomes soft and fluffy as they cook in water.
The step that matters
Boiling until tender. Potatoes should be tested with a fork rather than timed alone, because size and variety change cooking time. Cooking until the starch granules swell and the interior softens gives a fluffy texture, while undercooked potatoes stay firm in the center.
“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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