I dehydrate my hash browns. Grate, put in cold water with some lemon juice added so they don't turn brown. Peel or scrub skins very well.
Remove from water and dry on tea towels. Put over boiling water to steam until opaque. Pace in dehydrator until crisp and dry. You can get about 20 lbs. of potatoes in a gallon jar, give or take.
To use, rehydrate in water first. Then squeeze out the water and pan fry as usual.
Enjoy!
Source: This from my canning group canning2 where Darlene Sharples taught me how to do it.
By Artena from Tahsis, BC
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What is the trick to freezing your own hashbrowns?
By Sandra from Sinai, SD
I tried just one time years ago to simply peel raw, shred and freeze and they were awful when I went to fry them ;-) What has worked best for me since them is to peel, boil until almost tender, room temp cool, shred and then freeze :-)
I shred my potatoes and put them in salted cold water, then I blanch them for about a minute in boiling water, drain and freeze.
Freeze Your Own Hash Browns, French Fries Or Potato Wedges
First scrub your potatoes cut your raw potato in desired shapes skin on skin off doesn't matter cubes for Hash Browns strips for French fries in wedges for wedges potato. You need to blanch potato no matter how you cut them so bring a large pot of water to a full boil blanch for 3 minutes and plunge into ice water cool completely, remove from water and pat thoroughly dry than place the potatoes in a plastic bag.
Can you freeze potatoes to make hash browns?
By Gail
Yes, you can, but first you have to blanch them (cook in boiling water for 2 or 3 minutes, drain). This will keep them from turning brown.
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Has anyone ever made their own frozen hash browns? If so, can you please tell me how you did it?
