Cook 'fluffier' jacket potatoes with crispy skin using just three ingredients

Cook 'fluffier' jacket potatoes with crispy skin using just three ingredients (Image: Getty) There are many cooking methods for jacket potatoes , from wrapping the spuds in foil to smothering them in oil before baking them. One cooking expert has crafted a foolproof alternative that promises perfectly crispy skin and fluffy insides within one hour. Sharing the tip on the YouTube channel ' America's Test Kitchen ', test cook Ellie Simone revealed how she uses salt, water and oil to achieve such desirable results - but not in the order you may think.

In keeping with the Test Kitchen's ethos, Ellie's recipe has been tried over and over again to make "the absolute best baked potatoes". function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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