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  1. Do we put all 4 in at once? You say “both” so I assume we do this with 2 at a time? Also, I don’t see what we do with the butter.

    1. Hi Debbie,

      We cooked 4 at once but you can cook up to 6 without having to adjust the time. You just add the butter to the potato before serving.

      Kind regards

      Sam
      X

    1. Hi Yvonne,

      Yes when you use the Instant Pot just press the steam button is cooks at high pressure. Or you can press manual if you don’t have an Instant Pot.

      Kind regards

      Sam
      X

  2. How does the salt and pepper stick to the potato skin? I had assumed you smear the butter on till I read the answer what to do with the butter. Thanks

    1. Hi PJ

      The salt and pepper does not really stick to the skin as you are putting it on more for the insides of the potato rather than the outside at this stage. As soon as the jacket potatoes come out then you can add salt and pepper to them and with the moisture the salt and pepper should stick to the skin.

      Kind Regards

      Sam

  3. I love that you called these Jacket Potatoes! My grandma-in-law once told me that she boiled her potatoes “in their jackets”, and I loved that saying. This recipe just brought back a sweet memory ?. I’m making these for supper tonight!

  4. 1 star
    Disappointingly after following the directions exactly in our Instant Pot, only were the two potatoes not crispy but they weren’t cooked all the way despite 20 min on steam setting. We had to microwave the rest of the way.

    1. Hi Melissa,

      Sorry that the recipe did not turn out. After the 20 minutes on steam did you leave the jacket potatoes in the instant pot for 10 minutes on keep warm as this makes the potatoes soft? Also for the crispy skin you can take the potatoes out of the instant pot and empty it then cover the potatoes in some olive oil and using the saute function you can crisp the top of the potato and this works after a few minutes.

      Please let me know if you have any other issues.

      Kind Regards

      Sam
      X

  5. Does this work (20 min on steam) for doing only 1 potato? I have not been successful when using high pressure (manual). Had to microwave to finish cooking 1 potato after 20 min + 10 min NPR.

    1. Hi Karen,

      Yes we steamed ours. I can only imagine that your potato would have been bigger than ours. Although through this blog we are finding different cooking times in different countries for the same things. Ours was 20 minutes for 2 medium potatoes and they were soft after the keep warm. If not sure try 22 minutes on steam and this should fix the not cooking issue.

      Kind Regards

      Sam

  6. 2 stars
    It’s interesting how Instant Pot recipes tout a short cooking time like “20 minutes” but require extra time up front to get to pressure and then another 10 min. on keep warm. So compared to a perfectly cooked jacket potato in my oven, with a perfectly crispy skin with no extra work, in 60 minutes, it takes a minimum of 35 minutes in the Instant Pot and you still have extra steps, like crisping the skin on saute. Much as I love my IP, I’ll keep doing my baked potatoes in the oven for the excellent quality of both insides and skin. 🙂

    1. Hi Jenny,

      Very interesting point.

      What I notice most on baked/jacket potato recipes is that they will often say just 10 minutes but with about 30 mins keep warm and the time to go to pressure.

      I like doing my large potatoes in the Instant Pot with a total cook time of 35 minutes or medium ones in the air fryer as it crisps them up much better. But we don’t have a fan assisted oven so for us it often takes an hour to do them in the oven.

      Kind regards

      Sam
      X

  7. 4 stars
    My potato (I only did one) was perfectly cooked. This is a good starter recipe when you want to do a potato with other toppings. Otherwise, it’s very bland. I think sprinkling salt and pepper on it before cooking was a waste of time. It all came off.

    1. Hi Jeanie,

      Yes it can seem pointless, but the salt and pepper dissolve in the water and can add a bit of flavour through the water that is why we add it, obviously we add more after cooking, glad your potato came out good for you 🙂

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