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1 Wash and dry potatoes. Be sure to remove any stubborn dirt. Wash potatoes with a brush.
Poke a hole in the potato with a fork and let out steam. The goal is to poke three or four times in each area: top, bottom and side. or ...
Wrap the potatoes with a wet tissue and put them on a plate. Helps to keep moisture and prevent shrinkage.
Put the plate in the microwave oven and choose the cooking time. 3 minutes is 4.5 minutes for a small potato and a medium-sized potato; Six minutes, a big potato or seven minutes? Eight minutes, a big potato. (For example, two large potatoes are usually 10 minutes. )
5 choose cooking firepower. For medium-sized and large microwave ovens, reduce the power supply of a single small potato or a single large potato by half to one third. Like other methods, microwave cooking can't raise the temperature above the boiling point of water-based materials. After the target point is exceeded, the extra energy will turn off the boiling water outside more quickly. If the potatoes outside are dry and the ones in the middle are cooked before, you are using too much electricity. It's a good idea to put potatoes over half the cooking time.
Know when to stop cooking potatoes. It's soft outside, but it's still a little hard inside.
Let the potatoes stand for five minutes.
After waiting for passive cooking, you can eat baked potatoes now.
9 Cut potatoes and side dishes (optional). Use your choice of oil, coriander, onion or chives, yogurt, cheese or crispy bacon. A complete meal, top, potatoes, peppers or scrambled eggs.