Smoked Potato

This is the perfect side dish for times you already have the smoker fired up and smoking meat. No need to heat up the oven, just plan ahead and throw them in the smoker instead.

Step: 1

Preheat a smoker to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Add wood chips according to manufacturer’s instructions.

Step: 2

Using a fork, pierce holes on all sides of the potato. The more holes, the smokier the flavor. Rub oil on all sides of the potato and sprinkle with salt.

Step: 3

Place potato directly on the smoker rack and cook for 3 1/2 hours

Per Serving: 326 calories; protein 7.5g; carbohydrates 64.5g; fat 5.1g; sodium 422.2mg.

One of most obvious way to choose a side dish is to caught at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and pick something different. When you’re making pasta, go for a simple vegetable . Making steak? Go for something light. If you’re want to cooking stir-fry with rice, it must not a best idea to adjust with make a rice salad.

This also can apply to cooking method . You don’t want to push more often your oven by making to do list three dishes at once in there, or be rounding four pans on the stovetop . But sometimes you can made a dish do double-duty .