We planted a row of red potatoes in our garden. I finished digging them up and prepared them for freezing. This is my first time freezing potatoes. I'm hoping to use them in several different recipes. Wish me luck.
This is the way I did it.
They are ready to freeze.
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Please let us know if they work for you. I have frozen them raw and they turned black. Good luck!!
Sandi, see my reply below on my comment.
I'll let you know how they do. I hope it helps to blanch before freezing. We eat a lot of potatoes so I will be using them soon.
For dinner, I prepared my first package of frozen potatoes. I was roasting a chicken on the grill for 1 hour and 30 minutes so I prepared the frozen potatoes by adding some sauted onions, bacon bits, salt, pepper and grated cheese. I wrapped it in tin foil and placed it on the grill with the chicken for the last 30 minutes. I have never fixed potatoes on the grill like this but I thought I would give it a try. I didn't have a recipe to go by.
The texture was just like it was before I froze them. They were not quite as good as I expected them to be. To me, they tasted day old.
Maybe it would have been better to let them thaw first. I think they would have been better if I had added some butter, more salt and some garlic powder.
We ate them with the chicken and my husband said they were good.
I'm going to try preparing them different ways. I guess I expected them to taste better than store bought potatoes. Most home grown vegetables do taste better. I can't say they were better. They tasted the same to me.
You should know that ancient peruvians and even now, Peruvians use frozen potatoes in one of their traditional and delicious dishes called "caraplucra"
I freeze potatoes all the time . Blanche and freeze in cubes . Key is after you thaw them they will be watery so I place in my non stick pan with oil. Fry until very golden browned on all sides, this takes awhile as, as all that water is evaporating , as it cooks which is key. I sometimes squeeze a little out before placing in pan.
Please let us know how things turn out (when you use them)? Blanching before freezing makes sense (it's what we do with a bunch of other things from the garden). As a kid, growing up on the farm? We put them in a big tub with plenty of peat moss between the layers.
See my comment above with pictures of some that I prepared for dinner tonight.
For dinner tonight, I prepared the 2nd package of my home grown frozen red potatoes. This time, I sauted them in a little olive oil with onions, salt, pepper and garlic powder.
Frozed potatoes are awesome in the crockpot on low for 6-7 hrs. My families favorite is frozen potatoes in first, frozen pork chop or chicken on top that has been dipped in honey-mustard, cream of chicken soup condensed (don't add water) and left for 6-7 hrs depending on thickness of pork chop/ chicken. If I am home, 3hours in I quick sear top of meat for caramelization and stick back in. It is good either way.
Tip:keep potatoes whole when freezing for crockpot purposes... Just peel, blanch, ice water, dry and freeze. They make a great "rack" for keeping meat a bit out of the broth as it gets close to boiling -meat is more tender. Same recipe can be used with chicken broth/poultry seasoning instead of cream of chicken.
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