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Scrub the potato, and pierce the skin several times with a knife or fork. Rub the skin with olive oil, then with salt. Great recipe for Mike's Perfect Baked Potatoes.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mike's perfect baked potatoes using 15 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mike's Perfect Baked Potatoes:

1. Make ready Basic Potatoes
2. Make ready 2 Extra Large Idaho #1 Grade Potatoes [1+ pound a piece - choose fresh/firm potatoes without deep brown spots]
3. Prepare Chilled Bacon Grease
4. Prepare Fresh Cracked Black Pepper
5. Get Garlic Powder
6. Make ready Onion Powder
7. Get Sea Salt
8. Prepare 4 large Sheets Tinfoil
9. Take Potato Toppers
10. Get Salted Butter
11. Prepare Shreadded Cheddar Cheese
12. Make ready Fresh Sour Cream
13. Make ready Fresh Parsley [chopped]
14. Take Fresh Chives [chopped]
15. Get Chopped Crispy Bacon Or Bacon Bits [optional]

Remove the potatoes from the oven and let them cool slightly. Baked potatoes also make a perfect vessel for leftovers—try chili, green bean casserole, creamed spinach, or chicken fajitas. Here are a few of our favorite baked potato toppers to get you started. Mix and match them however you please!

Steps to make Mike's Perfect Baked Potatoes:

1. Preheat your oven to 400°.
2. Clean and chop vegetables of your choosing. Cover and refrigerate.
3. Fully clean and fully dry your Idaho #1 grade potatoes.
4. With a sharp knife - peirce your spuds three times at both ends and once in the middle. Or, you can use a fork to peirce them.
5. Place your spuds on a large piece of tinfoil. Shiney side up.
6. Smear your potatoes generously with cold bacon grease. Place back on tinfoil. You can use olive oil but, bacon grease definitely makes these better!
7. Sprinkle fresh cracked black pepper, sea salt, garlic powder and onion powder to taste on both sides of your bacon greased potatoes. I tend to go heavy on the sea salt! These are big spuds!
8. Wrap your potatoes up tightly.
9. Double wrap your potatoes tightly in another sheet of tinfoil. Again, shiney side up. A double wrap is more steak house style and steams your spuds more evenly.
10. Place potatoes seam side up on the center rack and place a cookie sheet on the rack underneath it to catch any potential drippings.
11. ● Bake for 1 1/2 hours. After that, gently peirce potatoes with a sharp knife in the center where you'll eventually slice your potatoes open. If the knife enters with ease - you'll know they're fully baked. If not, bake a bit longer until soft. ● Know that if you're baking more than 2 large potatoes - you'll need to increase your baking time by approximately 15 minutes.
12. ● Once fully baked - you'll have two options. You can either serve by slitting the tinfoil and potato - then squeezing both ends together to force the moist insides up and out. Fluff with fork. Serve immediately with toppers of your guests choosing. ● Or, you can do the exact same thing but, gently scoop out the insides with a large spoon leaving your shells fully in tact. Place all insides quickly in a bowl, mix in all of your toppers in and, gently place back into your potato shells. You may need to re-heat mixture [not tinfoil] in the microwave before plating. Garnish with fresh chives and parsley. Enjoy!

Cheeses: White cheddar, feta, fontina, Parmesan, Gruyère, raclette; Instructions. If using a baking sheet, line with parchment paper and set aside. While the oven is preheating, scrub and dry the potatoes really well. Follow this recipe and the basic instructions for perfect baked potatoes every time. Top these great baked potatoes with butter and sour cream, or sprinkle with parsley or chives.

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