Sour Cream Jacket Potato

This is a fantastic recipe, one that you cant tell its veganized! I did a research on jackets potatoes and collected all the tricks that makes them crispy on the outside and nicely soft evenly baked on the inside. If you are a fan of buttery flavor you can just eat the potato plain with some vegan margarine, but I have to admit that I never liked butter flavor. The perfect topping for a jacket potato in my opinion is something creamy but light.

Now I had tried cooking with real sour cream only once and I have to say that it tastes almost exactly like plain Greek yogurt but creamier-heavier. I checked the nutritional yeast cookbook that has 2 recipes for vegan sour cream, but both use tofu, and I dont understand why. I think soy yogurt is more appropriate so I tried it. The outcome? Amazing!! Everyone loves it and dont even understand its made with soy yogurt. I am not ashamed to say if one of my recipes is not that good. This one is perfect, so if you are looking for a sour cream dressing its right here!

For the sour cream dressing you need :

-3/4 cup natural unsweetened soy yogurt

-1 tsp garlic powder

-1 tsp nutritional yeast

-1 tsp salt

-2 to 3 tsp lemon juice

-1 tsp apple cider vinegar

-1/4 tsp light agave syrup

-2 tbsp fresh finely chopped dill

-1 tsp olive oil

Mix in all the ingredients well and chill in the fridge.

For the jacket potato you need:

-3 good sized potatoes

-2 tsp olive oil

-2 tsp salt

Preheat oven at 200C. Wash potatoes with a sponge and water to take off all the dirt ( since you are going to eat the skin. Trust me, you will eat it.!)Now with a towel dry the potatoes completely. With a fork prick them in several places, so that they bake to perfection. Now brush them with olive oil and rub salt on them ( this makes the tastiest, crispiest potato skin I have ever taste). Place in the oven without a baking dish on the rack in the middle of your oven. Now depending on you oven bake from 1hour20min to 1hour45min. Check on one potato if its all they way baked. Serve STRAIGHT out of the oven cutting the potato on the top from side to side to place 2 tablespoons of the sour cream ( or more!) on top. You can also top this with grilled vegan/vegetarian bacon if you have any lying around! I know it takes a lot of time for the potatoes to bake, but its worth it. Just make sure to serve immediately out of the oven because the potato skin will get soggy. Enjoy!

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