Boiled Whole Potatoes Recipe
Learn how to boil potatoes with skin on the stove! Easy to follow recipe with common ingredients!
Servings 2 servings
Calories 79kcal
Ingredients
- 4 whole potatoes unskinned
- salt to taste
- water for boiling
Instructions
- Thoroughly clean potatoes. Rinse them under running water, scrub them until clean. You do not want to skip this step.
- Put cleaned whole potatoes into a pot or a large saucepan and pour cold water to cover the whole potatoes. Add salt (1 teaspoon for 1 liter of water): stir the salt in the water until it dissolves.
- Set the pot over high heat and wait until the water boils. Then lower the heat down so that the water starts to simmer. If you want your potatoes cooked mushy, then cover the pot with a lid. If not, then cook potatoes without covering.
- As I have mentioned earlier, small potatoes will be ready earlier than larger potatoes. You can start checking whole potatoes after 15 minutes of cooking.
- Take a fork, knife, or skewer and poke potatoes. If you can pierce right through, then boiled potatoes are ready.
- When potatoes cook, take them out of the pot with tongs or just a spoon, and let them cool down. Do not leave potatoes in a hot pot after you have drained the water. You can also leave boiled potatoes in an iced water bath to quicken the process or simply run them under cold water.