One of the great pleasures in life can be baked potatoes, especially when grilled on the barbecue.
In this grill session, I started out with six medium size Russet Potatoes. However, you can use Red Potatoes, Yukon, Sweet, or any type you want, even a combo.
I prefer to microwave until just about done. You don’t want them to turn out all shriveled-up. You want them fairly firm. After microwaving, they are stored in the fridge the day before I want to grill them.
By putting them in the refrigerator overnight it firms them up even more, and then I cut them up length-wise so I have two halves. Next, apply a generous amount of Extra Virgin Olive Oil on the potatoes, and then sprinkled on a nice spice.
Hey, you can use any spice you want! To start maybe something like Emeril’s Original Essence (See Below). There’s no rules, you can apply a dry BBQ rub, or just salt and pepper. Try them sprinkled with dill and garlic granules.
You can quarter, or cut them into eights for french fries. And , you don’t necessarily have to cut the potatoes length-wise. You can slice them up into chip-size. But, make sure you don’t cut them so small that they fall through the grill.
Turn the gas grill on to medium heat. On a charcoal grill, you may want to push the coals to one side of the grill and cook on the other side. When up to temperature bake ten minutes, or a tad bit longer, on both sides.
Make sure you rotate the positions of the potatoes on the grill so that they cook evenly. Also, you should end up getting some beautiful grill marks.
If you leave them halved, they can be mashed up, you can add butter, or sour cream & chives, or sprinkle on a nice Parmesan cheese.
Grilled baked potatoes are a blast. They are unique! You will impress family and friends with your grilling skills. And, of course, cooking anything outdoors just makes it taste better.
Enjoy! Like my favorite chef and friend, George Hirsch would say: “Know your fire!”
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7 comments:
everyone in my house loves grilled food! these look awesome Thom, I'm going to try this real soon. I like the pre cooking ides too. Will make my hectic life easier :)
These are good enough to eat! Try putting cheese on top for a minute or two. Or cheese and bacon.
Nice work !! Just a question: how long do you microwave the potatoes ? Thanks.
How long you microwave depends upon how many potatoes and the the size of them.
It also depends a lot on your microwave. I have a newer one and it nukes things fast. If I zapped 6large russet potatoes for 20 min. they would be overdone. But, not necessarily on an older unit.
Try fifteen minutes for 6 potatoes.
Wrap them in a towel when done and let them cool a little. Then see where you are at.
I know this is vague, but experiment a little with your MW.
When grilling the potatoes they are going to cook some more.
If you want to forget the refridge thing: Microwave your potatoes for 2 1/2 minutes on high, turn them over and do another 2 1/2. Remove from MW and slice them length-wise. Put them back in the MW for another two minutes and you are ready to grill my friend! Thom
That looks AMAZING! I love grilled veggies...
Have you tried baked sweet potatoes? They are GOOD! REALLY GOOD!
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