Jump to Recipe These baked potato toppings are the most delicious and creative ways to dress up your baked potato for lunch or dinner! This list features classic toppings that everyone knows and loves and some unique options if you like to switch things up. There are a million ways to enjoy a baked potato! Best Baked Potato Toppings I love, I mean love, baked potatoes. They are so versatile and comforting. You can make them a side dish or enjoy a loaded baked potato as a meal in itself! Not to mention, there are so many different ways to load them. You could eat a different baked potato every day of the month (maybe every day of the year)!
Jump to:Best Baked Potato Toppings The Best Topping Combinations For Potatoes
- Classic Toppings
- Pico De Gallo
- Ranch
- Salsa
- Chicken Alfredo
- Pot Roast
- Roasted Vegetables
- Chili
- Bell Peppers and Onions
- Taco Meat
- Pulled Pork
- Tzatziki Sauce
- Broccoli and Cheese
- Cooked Ham
- Blue Cheese Dressing 🥔 Best Potato Recipes 📋 Recipe
The Best Topping Combinations For Potatoes Everything tastes better when it’s on a potato! Below are some of the best topping combinations for when you’re craving a satisfying spud for lunch or dinner. If you plan on serving baked potatoes at your next get-together, take a look at my potato bar post! It has ideas for setting up your spread as well as what toppings you should offer.
- Classic Toppings Of course, we will start with the classics. After all, they are classics for a reason! There’s something simple and satisfying about a buttery potato loaded with cheese, sour cream, bacon, and chives. It’s great with a steak, soup, salad, you name it! It even makes a tasty lunch by itself. Try making extra crispy bacon in your air fryer (it’s so easy to chop or crumble)!
Air Fryer Bacon
Air fryer bacon is about to be your new favorite way to make crispy, perfectly cooked bacon with no fuss and no mess! No more dodging splattering grease, let the air fryer do all the work for you!
Check out this recipe
- Pico De Gallo If you are watching your calories or fat, pico de gallo is a nice choice for topping your potato. You can always combine it with other toppings (like salsa). It’s also delicious and refreshing on its own with a bit of salt & pepper!
Pico De Gallo
This pico de gallo recipe is a family favorite - just enough heat from the jalapeno without overwhelming the delicious, fresh ingredients! It is made with the freshest ingredients and combines onion, tomatoes, jalapeno, lime, and cilantro in the perfect proportions for the most amazing homemade salsa! Let the flavors combine overnight for the best and easiest ever homemade salsa to serve with your favorite Mexican food meals and chips!
Check out this recipe
- Ranch Ranch is particularly popular in the South (they call it Texas ketchup)! It may be a salad dressing, but it’s used on everything from pizza to french fries and baked potatoes! Think about it, it is not too far off from sour cream. It just has some extra herbs and spices!
Homemade Ranch Dressing
This homemade ranch dressing recipe is deliciously creamy and full of flavor that you won’t believe how easy it is to make at home! Use fresh herbs if you have them on hand, or dried herbs that are likely in your pantry! This is an extremely versatile dressing for dips, salad dressing, adding stir-ins to, or for seasoning tasty meals!
Check out this recipe
- Salsa Salsa and potatoes go together wonderfully! I like mild to medium salsa but you can go as hot as you’d like! Add some pico and sour cream or enjoy it as-is. Building the perfect potato is the best part!
Roasted Salsa Roja
This salsa roja is an incredibly delicious homemade treat that only takes a few minutes to roast the vegetables and prepare! Leave it coarse or blend it to a smooth consistency, whichever way you like it! I like to finish my salsa in a cast iron skillet for an amazing flavor boost to this better than restaurant quality salsa!
Check out this recipe
- Chicken Alfredo Chicken alfredo turns a potato into the ultimate comfort food. Pile on the pasta, chicken, and alfredo sauce and you’ll be in heaven! You can also opt for alfredo sauce with veggies, or even by itself.
Grilled Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
An amazingly rich, creamy Grilled Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo dinner combines fettuccine pasta, ridiculously delicious alfredo sauce, and just-grilled chicken breast! This homemade alfredo sauce takes your dinner to a better-than-restaurant quality meal for all of your pasta lovers in the family!
Check out this recipe
- Pot Roast Loading your baked potato with pot roast turns it into a main course pretty quickly! It’s savory and satisfying. You can add the tender carrots and onions if you’d like the true pot roast experience, or leave them out if you prefer.
Dutch Oven Pot Roast
This hearty Dutch oven pot roast packs carrots, celery, potatoes, and onion in with a tender roast as it cooks to perfection! It’s a classic beef roast dinner that has everyone coming back for seconds!
Check out this recipe
- Roasted Vegetables A vegetarian potato is another great option! An assortment of roasted veggies on top of a starchy potato will fill me up any day. Add cheese or your favorite sauces to top it off!
Roasted Vegetable Medley
This flavorful and easy to make Roasted Vegetable Medley is the perfect vegetable side dish for your chicken, pork, or beef dinners! The colorful assortment of veggies can be cooked until tender, or crispy and caramelized. Whichever way you like them best!
Check out this recipe
- Chili Chili isn’t just for hot dogs, it’s also for potatoes! You can even use turkey chili to make it healthier. Add your favorite chili toppings like sour cream and green onions for the full experience. If you are an avid hunter, this venison chili would also be delicious!
Texas Chili (without beans)
Easy to make, hearty Texas chili is a perfectly comforting meal that’s packed with lots of tender meat, spicy chiles, and topped with all your favorites! This bean-less chili is super easy to prepare and makes the coziest dinner ever!
Check out this recipe
- Bell Peppers and Onions It takes no time to quickly saute some bell peppers and onions. They make an incredible potato topping, and they are healthy, too!
Roasted Peppers & Onions
Roasted peppers and onions make a wonderful topping for sandwiches, hot dogs, or meaty main courses, but can also be enjoyed on their own! With the right herbs & spices and just 30 minutes in the oven, you can have a delicious vegetarian side dish that goes with just about anything!
Check out this recipe
- Taco Meat A Tex-Mex tater is full of flavor! Load your potato up like it’s your favorite taco. All you need is some taco seasoning and the accouterments: lettuce, sour cream, salsa, whatever you’d like!
Ground Beef Taco Meat
I can’t think of anyone that doesn’t love tacos loaded with this easy skillet-cooked, seasoned ground beef taco meat! Perfectly seasoned taco meat makes your family’s taco nights so much tastier!
Check out this recipe
- Pulled Pork Pulled pork makes for a hearty potato. It’s even better drizzled in BBQ sauce! I mean, you commonly see baked potatoes on the menu at any BBQ joint. Now you’ve just combined the two for convenience!
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Recipe
Super pulled pork to enjoy as it is or smothered in BBQ sauce!
Check out this recipe
- Tzatziki Sauce Give your potato a Mediterranean twist by drizzling it with Tzatziki sauce! You can even add things like chicken, feta, and olives to really lean into the theme.
Tzatziki Sauce
Creamy, fresh, and savory, this tzatziki sauce is the absolute perfect accompaniment to any Greek or Mediterranean dish! Serve chilled with any appetizer, side, or main dish, and enjoy the light, yet rich flavor!
Check out this recipe
- Broccoli and Cheese A cheesy broccoli potato is another quality classic. It’s simple, yet delicious, and so easy to make. Steamed broccoli is full of vitamins and antioxidants, so it will make you feel better about indulging.
Cheese Sauce For Broccoli
Cheese sauce for broccoli combines rich, whole milk, butter, and seasoning with tangy sharp cheddar cheese and Parmesan! The combination is divine and can work to get any veggie hater to happily clean their plate!
Check out this recipe
- Cooked Ham If you have leftover holiday ham, dice it up and add it to your spud! It’s much better than eating ham sandwiches for a week.
Glazed Honey Ham
My glazed honey ham recipe is the perfect Christmas, Easter, or Thanksgiving main course for a fabulous family meal that everyone will love! This delicious ham is glazed with rich butter, sweet brown sugar, sticky honey, and studded with cloves to create an amazing main dish!
Check out this recipe
- Blue Cheese Dressing You either love it or you hate it, but blue cheese is here to stay! It’s especially delicious if you add some bacon. You can even opt for grilled chicken and bacon if you are extra hungry!
Absolutely the BEST Rich and Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing Ever! Recipe
This homemade blue cheese dressing has a deliciously creamy, chunky texture, and a nicely balanced flavor to rival anything you can buy at the store.
Check out this recipe
🥔 Best Potato Recipes German Potato Salad - It’s vinegary with bits of onion and crispy bacon, this German potato salad is incredibly tasty!Roasted Red Potato Wedges - These potato wedges are crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. Plus, they are perfect for dipping!Duck Fat Fried Potatoes - The rich and buttery flavor of duck fat takes these simple pan-fried potatoes to the next level!Cheesy Bacon Ranch Potatoes - This is the potato side dish you didn’t know you were missing from your life!Boiled Potatoes - Soft boiled potatoes are the side dish that goes with literally anything!Fondant Potatoes - These elegant potatoes melt like butter in your mouth, and they are so easy to make! ‌These baked potato toppings are sure to satisfy your craving! Let me know which ones you tried by leaving me a comment below!
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Best Baked Potato Toppings: Microwave Baked Potato (+All The Best Topping Combinations!)
These baked potato toppings are the most delicious and creative ways to dress up your baked potato for lunch or dinner! This list features classic toppings that everyone knows and loves and some unique options if you like to switch things up. There are a million ways to enjoy a baked potato!
Author | Angela
Servings: 1 serving Calories: 269kcal Prep 5 minutes Cooking 7 minutes Total Time 12 minutes
Pin Recipe Share on Facebook Ingredients US CustomaryMetric1x2x3x▢ 1 medium russet potato (medium to large baking potato)▢ 1 tablespoon butter (optional)▢ each, salt & pepper (to taste)
InstructionsPrepare your potato by cleaning it thoroughly to remove debris, then pierce the potato on all sides using a fork. Set the prepared potato in the middle of your microwave. *If cooking more than one potato, make sure that they are placed with space between for even cooking.1 medium russet potatoCook your potato for 3-4 minutes on high power, then flip and continue cooking for an additional 3-4 minutes. *Note that you need to add an additional minute for each side of cooking per additional potato.Check your potato by using a knife to pierce the potato. A well-cooked potato should feel tender, not too firm, and not mushy either. If done, allow your baked potato to set in the microwave for 1 minute before serving with butter, salt, and pepper.1 tablespoon butter, each, salt & pepper Equipment You May NeedChef’s KnifeCutting BoardSilicone Kitchen Tongs Notes Some microwaves have a ‘potato’ setting. Prepare your potato as instructed then place it in your microwave and select the potato option. It will heat the potato for anywhere between 5-7 minutes. Flip and repeat, then check the level of doneness of your baked potato. Use tongs or an oven mitt to prevent burning your hands while handling the hot potato. I usually start any large bakers at 5 minutes on high.
NutritionCalories: 269kcal (13%) | Carbohydrates: 39g (13%) | Protein: 5g (10%) | Fat: 12g (18%) | Saturated Fat: 7g (44%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 30mg (10%) | Sodium: 111mg (5%) | Potassium: 892mg (25%) | Fiber: 3g (13%) | Sugar: 1g (1%) | Vitamin A: 352IU (7%) | Vitamin C: 12mg (15%) | Calcium: 31mg (3%) | Iron: 2mg (11%) Did you try this recipe? Rate it below!I can’t wait to see your results! Mention @bake_it_with_love or tag #bake_it_with_love! bake a potato in the microwave, Baked potato toppings, best potato toppings, how to microwave a potato, Microwave Baked Potato Course Potato Dishes, Side Dish, vegetable side dishCuisine AmericanAngela @ BakeItWithLove.comAngela is an at home chef that developed a passion for all things cooking and baking at a young age in her Grandma’s kitchen. After many years in the food service industry, she now enjoys sharing all of her family favorite recipes and creating tasty dinner and amazing dessert recipes here at Bake It With Love! bakeitwithlove.com/about/
These baked potato toppings are the most delicious and creative ways to dress up your baked potato for lunch or dinner! This list features classic toppings that everyone knows and loves and some unique options if you like to switch things up. There are a million ways to enjoy a baked potato!
Best Baked Potato Toppings
I love, I mean love, baked potatoes. They are so versatile and comforting. You can make them a side dish or enjoy a loaded baked potato as a meal in itself!
Not to mention, there are so many different ways to load them. You could eat a different baked potato every day of the month (maybe every day of the year)!
The Best Topping Combinations For Potatoes
Everything tastes better when it’s on a potato! Below are some of the best topping combinations for when you’re craving a satisfying spud for lunch or dinner.
If you plan on serving baked potatoes at your next get-together, take a look at my potato bar post! It has ideas for setting up your spread as well as what toppings you should offer.
1. Classic Toppings
Of course, we will start with the classics. After all, they are classics for a reason! There’s something simple and satisfying about a buttery potato loaded with cheese, sour cream, bacon, and chives.
It’s great with a steak, soup, salad, you name it! It even makes a tasty lunch by itself. Try making extra crispy bacon in your air fryer (it’s so easy to chop or crumble)!
Air Fryer Bacon
Air fryer bacon is about to be your new favorite way to make crispy, perfectly cooked bacon with no fuss and no mess! No more dodging splattering grease, let the air fryer do all the work for you!
Check out this recipe
2. Pico De Gallo
If you are watching your calories or fat, pico de gallo is a nice choice for topping your potato. You can always combine it with other toppings (like salsa).
Air fryer bacon is about to be your new favorite way to make crispy, perfectly cooked bacon with no fuss and no mess! No more dodging splattering grease, let the air fryer do all the work for you!
It’s also delicious and refreshing on its own with a bit of salt & pepper!
Pico De Gallo
This pico de gallo recipe is a family favorite - just enough heat from the jalapeno without overwhelming the delicious, fresh ingredients! It is made with the freshest ingredients and combines onion, tomatoes, jalapeno, lime, and cilantro in the perfect proportions for the most amazing homemade salsa! Let the flavors combine overnight for the best and easiest ever homemade salsa to serve with your favorite Mexican food meals and chips!
Check out this recipe
3. Ranch
Ranch is particularly popular in the South (they call it Texas ketchup)! It may be a salad dressing, but it’s used on everything from pizza to french fries and baked potatoes!
This pico de gallo recipe is a family favorite - just enough heat from the jalapeno without overwhelming the delicious, fresh ingredients! It is made with the freshest ingredients and combines onion, tomatoes, jalapeno, lime, and cilantro in the perfect proportions for the most amazing homemade salsa! Let the flavors combine overnight for the best and easiest ever homemade salsa to serve with your favorite Mexican food meals and chips!
Think about it, it is not too far off from sour cream. It just has some extra herbs and spices!
Homemade Ranch Dressing
This homemade ranch dressing recipe is deliciously creamy and full of flavor that you won’t believe how easy it is to make at home! Use fresh herbs if you have them on hand, or dried herbs that are likely in your pantry! This is an extremely versatile dressing for dips, salad dressing, adding stir-ins to, or for seasoning tasty meals!
Check out this recipe
4. Salsa
Salsa and potatoes go together wonderfully! I like mild to medium salsa but you can go as hot as you’d like!
This homemade ranch dressing recipe is deliciously creamy and full of flavor that you won’t believe how easy it is to make at home! Use fresh herbs if you have them on hand, or dried herbs that are likely in your pantry! This is an extremely versatile dressing for dips, salad dressing, adding stir-ins to, or for seasoning tasty meals!
Add some pico and sour cream or enjoy it as-is. Building the perfect potato is the best part!
Roasted Salsa Roja
This salsa roja is an incredibly delicious homemade treat that only takes a few minutes to roast the vegetables and prepare! Leave it coarse or blend it to a smooth consistency, whichever way you like it! I like to finish my salsa in a cast iron skillet for an amazing flavor boost to this better than restaurant quality salsa!
Check out this recipe
5. Chicken Alfredo
Chicken alfredo turns a potato into the ultimate comfort food. Pile on the pasta, chicken, and alfredo sauce and you’ll be in heaven!
This salsa roja is an incredibly delicious homemade treat that only takes a few minutes to roast the vegetables and prepare! Leave it coarse or blend it to a smooth consistency, whichever way you like it! I like to finish my salsa in a cast iron skillet for an amazing flavor boost to this better than restaurant quality salsa!
You can also opt for alfredo sauce with veggies, or even by itself.
Grilled Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
An amazingly rich, creamy Grilled Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo dinner combines fettuccine pasta, ridiculously delicious alfredo sauce, and just-grilled chicken breast! This homemade alfredo sauce takes your dinner to a better-than-restaurant quality meal for all of your pasta lovers in the family!
Check out this recipe
6. Pot Roast
Loading your baked potato with pot roast turns it into a main course pretty quickly! It’s savory and satisfying.
An amazingly rich, creamy Grilled Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo dinner combines fettuccine pasta, ridiculously delicious alfredo sauce, and just-grilled chicken breast! This homemade alfredo sauce takes your dinner to a better-than-restaurant quality meal for all of your pasta lovers in the family!
You can add the tender carrots and onions if you’d like the true pot roast experience, or leave them out if you prefer.
Dutch Oven Pot Roast
This hearty Dutch oven pot roast packs carrots, celery, potatoes, and onion in with a tender roast as it cooks to perfection! It’s a classic beef roast dinner that has everyone coming back for seconds!
Check out this recipe
7. Roasted Vegetables
A vegetarian potato is another great option! An assortment of roasted veggies on top of a starchy potato will fill me up any day.
This hearty Dutch oven pot roast packs carrots, celery, potatoes, and onion in with a tender roast as it cooks to perfection! It’s a classic beef roast dinner that has everyone coming back for seconds!
Add cheese or your favorite sauces to top it off!
Roasted Vegetable Medley
This flavorful and easy to make Roasted Vegetable Medley is the perfect vegetable side dish for your chicken, pork, or beef dinners! The colorful assortment of veggies can be cooked until tender, or crispy and caramelized. Whichever way you like them best!
Check out this recipe
8. Chili
Chili isn’t just for hot dogs, it’s also for potatoes! You can even use turkey chili to make it healthier.
This flavorful and easy to make Roasted Vegetable Medley is the perfect vegetable side dish for your chicken, pork, or beef dinners! The colorful assortment of veggies can be cooked until tender, or crispy and caramelized. Whichever way you like them best!
Add your favorite chili toppings like sour cream and green onions for the full experience. If you are an avid hunter, this venison chili would also be delicious!
Texas Chili (without beans)
Easy to make, hearty Texas chili is a perfectly comforting meal that’s packed with lots of tender meat, spicy chiles, and topped with all your favorites! This bean-less chili is super easy to prepare and makes the coziest dinner ever!
Check out this recipe
9. Bell Peppers and Onions
It takes no time to quickly saute some bell peppers and onions. They make an incredible potato topping, and they are healthy, too!
Easy to make, hearty Texas chili is a perfectly comforting meal that’s packed with lots of tender meat, spicy chiles, and topped with all your favorites! This bean-less chili is super easy to prepare and makes the coziest dinner ever!
Roasted Peppers & Onions
Roasted peppers and onions make a wonderful topping for sandwiches, hot dogs, or meaty main courses, but can also be enjoyed on their own! With the right herbs & spices and just 30 minutes in the oven, you can have a delicious vegetarian side dish that goes with just about anything!
Check out this recipe
10. Taco Meat
A Tex-Mex tater is full of flavor! Load your potato up like it’s your favorite taco.
Roasted peppers and onions make a wonderful topping for sandwiches, hot dogs, or meaty main courses, but can also be enjoyed on their own! With the right herbs & spices and just 30 minutes in the oven, you can have a delicious vegetarian side dish that goes with just about anything!
All you need is some taco seasoning and the accouterments: lettuce, sour cream, salsa, whatever you’d like!
Ground Beef Taco Meat
I can’t think of anyone that doesn’t love tacos loaded with this easy skillet-cooked, seasoned ground beef taco meat! Perfectly seasoned taco meat makes your family’s taco nights so much tastier!
Check out this recipe
11. Pulled Pork
Pulled pork makes for a hearty potato. It’s even better drizzled in BBQ sauce!
I can’t think of anyone that doesn’t love tacos loaded with this easy skillet-cooked, seasoned ground beef taco meat! Perfectly seasoned taco meat makes your family’s taco nights so much tastier!
I mean, you commonly see baked potatoes on the menu at any BBQ joint. Now you’ve just combined the two for convenience!
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Recipe
Super pulled pork to enjoy as it is or smothered in BBQ sauce!
Check out this recipe
12. Tzatziki Sauce
Give your potato a Mediterranean twist by drizzling it with Tzatziki sauce! You can even add things like chicken, feta, and olives to really lean into the theme.
Super pulled pork to enjoy as it is or smothered in BBQ sauce!
Tzatziki Sauce
Creamy, fresh, and savory, this tzatziki sauce is the absolute perfect accompaniment to any Greek or Mediterranean dish! Serve chilled with any appetizer, side, or main dish, and enjoy the light, yet rich flavor!
Check out this recipe
13. Broccoli and Cheese
A cheesy broccoli potato is another quality classic. It’s simple, yet delicious, and so easy to make.
Creamy, fresh, and savory, this tzatziki sauce is the absolute perfect accompaniment to any Greek or Mediterranean dish! Serve chilled with any appetizer, side, or main dish, and enjoy the light, yet rich flavor!
Steamed broccoli is full of vitamins and antioxidants, so it will make you feel better about indulging.
Cheese Sauce For Broccoli
Cheese sauce for broccoli combines rich, whole milk, butter, and seasoning with tangy sharp cheddar cheese and Parmesan! The combination is divine and can work to get any veggie hater to happily clean their plate!
Check out this recipe
14. Cooked Ham
If you have leftover holiday ham, dice it up and add it to your spud! It’s much better than eating ham sandwiches for a week.
Cheese sauce for broccoli combines rich, whole milk, butter, and seasoning with tangy sharp cheddar cheese and Parmesan! The combination is divine and can work to get any veggie hater to happily clean their plate!
Glazed Honey Ham
My glazed honey ham recipe is the perfect Christmas, Easter, or Thanksgiving main course for a fabulous family meal that everyone will love! This delicious ham is glazed with rich butter, sweet brown sugar, sticky honey, and studded with cloves to create an amazing main dish!
Check out this recipe
15. Blue Cheese Dressing
You either love it or you hate it, but blue cheese is here to stay! It’s especially delicious if you add some bacon.
My glazed honey ham recipe is the perfect Christmas, Easter, or Thanksgiving main course for a fabulous family meal that everyone will love! This delicious ham is glazed with rich butter, sweet brown sugar, sticky honey, and studded with cloves to create an amazing main dish!
You can even opt for grilled chicken and bacon if you are extra hungry!
Absolutely the BEST Rich and Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing Ever! Recipe
This homemade blue cheese dressing has a deliciously creamy, chunky texture, and a nicely balanced flavor to rival anything you can buy at the store.
Check out this recipe
🥔 Best Potato Recipes
- German Potato Salad - It’s vinegary with bits of onion and crispy bacon, this German potato salad is incredibly tasty!Roasted Red Potato Wedges - These potato wedges are crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. Plus, they are perfect for dipping!Duck Fat Fried Potatoes - The rich and buttery flavor of duck fat takes these simple pan-fried potatoes to the next level!Cheesy Bacon Ranch Potatoes - This is the potato side dish you didn’t know you were missing from your life!Boiled Potatoes - Soft boiled potatoes are the side dish that goes with literally anything!Fondant Potatoes - These elegant potatoes melt like butter in your mouth, and they are so easy to make!
‌These baked potato toppings are sure to satisfy your craving! Let me know which ones you tried by leaving me a comment below!
This homemade blue cheese dressing has a deliciously creamy, chunky texture, and a nicely balanced flavor to rival anything you can buy at the store.
Do you love a recipe you tried? Please leave a 5-star 🌟rating in the recipe card below and/or a review in the comments section further down the page. Stay in touch with me through social media @ Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter! Don’t forget to tag me when you try one of my recipes!
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Best Baked Potato Toppings: Microwave Baked Potato (+All The Best Topping Combinations!)
These baked potato toppings are the most delicious and creative ways to dress up your baked potato for lunch or dinner! This list features classic toppings that everyone knows and loves and some unique options if you like to switch things up. There are a million ways to enjoy a baked potato!
Author | Angela
Servings: 1 serving Calories: 269kcal Prep 5 minutes Cooking 7 minutes Total Time 12 minutes
Pin Recipe Share on Facebook Ingredients US CustomaryMetric1x2x3x▢ 1 medium russet potato (medium to large baking potato)▢ 1 tablespoon butter (optional)▢ each, salt & pepper (to taste)
InstructionsPrepare your potato by cleaning it thoroughly to remove debris, then pierce the potato on all sides using a fork. Set the prepared potato in the middle of your microwave. *If cooking more than one potato, make sure that they are placed with space between for even cooking.1 medium russet potatoCook your potato for 3-4 minutes on high power, then flip and continue cooking for an additional 3-4 minutes. *Note that you need to add an additional minute for each side of cooking per additional potato.Check your potato by using a knife to pierce the potato. A well-cooked potato should feel tender, not too firm, and not mushy either. If done, allow your baked potato to set in the microwave for 1 minute before serving with butter, salt, and pepper.1 tablespoon butter, each, salt & pepper Equipment You May NeedChef’s KnifeCutting BoardSilicone Kitchen Tongs Notes Some microwaves have a ‘potato’ setting. Prepare your potato as instructed then place it in your microwave and select the potato option. It will heat the potato for anywhere between 5-7 minutes. Flip and repeat, then check the level of doneness of your baked potato. Use tongs or an oven mitt to prevent burning your hands while handling the hot potato. I usually start any large bakers at 5 minutes on high.
NutritionCalories: 269kcal (13%) | Carbohydrates: 39g (13%) | Protein: 5g (10%) | Fat: 12g (18%) | Saturated Fat: 7g (44%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 30mg (10%) | Sodium: 111mg (5%) | Potassium: 892mg (25%) | Fiber: 3g (13%) | Sugar: 1g (1%) | Vitamin A: 352IU (7%) | Vitamin C: 12mg (15%) | Calcium: 31mg (3%) | Iron: 2mg (11%) Did you try this recipe? Rate it below!I can’t wait to see your results! Mention @bake_it_with_love or tag #bake_it_with_love! bake a potato in the microwave, Baked potato toppings, best potato toppings, how to microwave a potato, Microwave Baked Potato Course Potato Dishes, Side Dish, vegetable side dishCuisine American
Angela @ BakeItWithLove.comAngela is an at home chef that developed a passion for all things cooking and baking at a young age in her Grandma’s kitchen. After many years in the food service industry, she now enjoys sharing all of her family favorite recipes and creating tasty dinner and amazing dessert recipes here at Bake It With Love! bakeitwithlove.com/about/
Do you love a recipe you tried? Please leave a 5-star 🌟rating in the recipe card below and/or a review in the comments section further down the page. Stay in touch with me through social media @ Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter! Don’t forget to tag me when you try one of my recipes!
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Best Baked Potato Toppings: Microwave Baked Potato (+All The Best Topping Combinations!)
Author | Angela
Servings: 1 serving
Calories: 269kcal
Prep 5 minutes
Cooking 7 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes
Ingredients US CustomaryMetric1x2x3x▢ 1 medium russet potato (medium to large baking potato)▢ 1 tablespoon butter (optional)▢ each, salt & pepper (to taste)
InstructionsPrepare your potato by cleaning it thoroughly to remove debris, then pierce the potato on all sides using a fork. Set the prepared potato in the middle of your microwave. *If cooking more than one potato, make sure that they are placed with space between for even cooking.1 medium russet potatoCook your potato for 3-4 minutes on high power, then flip and continue cooking for an additional 3-4 minutes. *Note that you need to add an additional minute for each side of cooking per additional potato.Check your potato by using a knife to pierce the potato. A well-cooked potato should feel tender, not too firm, and not mushy either. If done, allow your baked potato to set in the microwave for 1 minute before serving with butter, salt, and pepper.1 tablespoon butter, each, salt & pepper
Equipment You May NeedChef’s KnifeCutting BoardSilicone Kitchen Tongs
Notes Some microwaves have a ‘potato’ setting. Prepare your potato as instructed then place it in your microwave and select the potato option. It will heat the potato for anywhere between 5-7 minutes. Flip and repeat, then check the level of doneness of your baked potato. Use tongs or an oven mitt to prevent burning your hands while handling the hot potato. I usually start any large bakers at 5 minutes on high.
Nutrition
Calories: 269kcal (13%) | Carbohydrates: 39g (13%) | Protein: 5g (10%) | Fat: 12g (18%) | Saturated Fat: 7g (44%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 30mg (10%) | Sodium: 111mg (5%) | Potassium: 892mg (25%) | Fiber: 3g (13%) | Sugar: 1g (1%) | Vitamin A: 352IU (7%) | Vitamin C: 12mg (15%) | Calcium: 31mg (3%) | Iron: 2mg (11%)
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Course Potato Dishes, Side Dish, vegetable side dishCuisine American
US CustomaryMetric
