RYAN’S STEAKHOUSE BAKED POTATO

RYAN’S STEAKHOUSE BAKED POTATO
Kristen Alexander

While I was living in Brunswick, Georgia, a new restaurant opened with the name, “Ryan’s Steakhouse.”  The steaks were great and the baked potatoes were perfect.  One of the young members of the church worked there and told me the secret of the perfect baked potatoes.

Instructions

1.     Preheat your oven to 425 degrees with the oven rack in the middle. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2.     Rub the potato with olive oil until it is well coated.

3.     Sprinkle with salt and transfer to the parchment lined baking sheet.

4.     Roast the potato whole, and don’t poke any holes in it. Cook until it is soft when you squeeze it with your hand. The baking time will depend on the size of your potato, but usually 45 minutes – 1 hour.

5.     When you take the baked potato out of the oven, drop it onto a plate or counter from about a foot above. Dropping it will loosen the inside of the potato so it is light and fluffy inside when you cut into it.

6.     Cut a slit down the length of the baked potato, pinch the edges together to make the opening bigger, and fill the baked potato with desired amount of the fillings.