Best Way To Boil Potatoes
Boiling potatoes might seem like an easy task, and it really is, if you follow the right instructions. So read to learn exactly how to make them!
Ingredients
- Potatoes
- 4 cups water (or enough to cover the potatoes)
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Start by prepping the potatoes.
- Transfer potatoes to a pot with cold, salted water; ½ teaspoon of salt should be enough.
- Bring the water to a rolling boil and reduce the heat to medium low.
- Now cover the pot with a lid and let them simmer until fork-tender.
Notes
- Overcooking potatoes does not make them more tender. It actually makes them mushy and waterlogged.
- Make sure to add salt to the water before adding the potatoes to the pot.
- You should cut your potatoes into even sizes for them to cook at the same rate.
- To cool down potatoes quickly to use in a recipe that calls for cooled potatoes, you can submerge them in ice.
- Make sure to check doneness with a fork or a knife.