Cooking - The Jacket Potato

If you’re a potato lover you would know that just about anything goes with a potato; the jacket potato is a platform where you can perform masterpieces, because the options are endless. Recipe ideas for jacket potato meals range from potatoes smothered in nothing but cheese and creamy mayonnaise or a potato extravaganza with gypsy ham, mushrooms, and tomatoes and topped with cheese and mayonnaise.'

Your options are truly endless; the jacket potato is an easy meal to prepare for lunch or those evenings where you find yourself not in the mood to cook or enjoying a meal for one. A favourite filling for the jacket potato is mince and this Cheesy Mince Baked Potatoes recipe below will be a firm favourite with any potato lover.

Ingredients:

• 100 ml water
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes
• 1 KNORR Beef Stock Pot
• 400 gram lean beef mince
• 1 carrot, peeled and grated
• 1 clove crushed garlic
• 1 onion, finely diced
• 15 ml sunflower oil
• 15 ml original chutney
• 4 medium sized potatoes
• Grated cheddar cheese

Instructions:

1. Fry onion and garlic in oil until soft, then add the carrots and continue to fry until soft.
2. Add beef mince and fry for about 10 minutes until well browned.
3. Stir in KNORR Beef Stock Pot until dissolved, and then add the chopped tomatoes, water and chutney. 
4. Allow to simmer for a further 10 minutes.
5. In the meantime bake the potatoes in their jackets –either in the oven or microwave – until soft and then slice them in half. Arrange your jacket potatoes on the plates.
6. Spoon the mince mixture on top of the potatoes and top with desired amount of grated cheddar cheese.

This easy meal for lunch or dinner serves four, the preparation time for the dish is 10 minutes and cooking time is 30 minutes. You will always find easy jacket potato recipes; it’s the ultimate comfort food for winter and comes with a warning: be careful not to become addicted – as these meals are to die for.

Original Source: Lekker Sosatie