French fries (slices, cubes) and starch preparation as a bonus

what an unexpected and necessary recipe !!!!

Thanks girls, I will try to rinse and blanch a little longer next time. the preparation is super! I often don’t cook potatoes, there’s no time, but I want to. So I suffer - there are potatoes - there is no time.

[Bozhedarka]

Bozhedarka, use it for health

[kartinka, Marinochka]

Hello everyone
kartinka, Marinochkathanks for the recipe
In our topic of air fryers, the conversation went close to the theme, I decided to post it here, if the author, of course, does not mind

Pirozhulya, was also interested in frozen potatoes. She can't be at home. She is sweet. Only factory, which freezes by shock freezing (in a freezer with a large subzero temperature). At home, someone tried to do it, also by the type of shock freezing, but there was little sense.

Elena, It turns out. But it's dreary. I have been looking for a recipe for a suitable French fries for a long time. I can't find a recipe now. From memory: cut the potatoes into 7 mm cubes (I don't remember exactly), lower them in boiling water for a few seconds and put them in ice water. Dry and freeze. I did it as an experiment, the subsequent result of deep-fried fries made my child happy. How potatoes will behave in an air fryer, I do not know. There was no sweetness in the potatoes. Salted potatoes after cooking.
Sorry to fit in

AlisaZ, Alice! It's great that you "fit in", although that is the wrong word. It is very interesting. If possible, find out the exact recipe and write please. Yes, it seems confusing, but if you know exactly what will work, then you can try. I, too, like many others, love to work one day from morning to night, dry something there, freeze it, etc., and then, on occasion, quickly get it out and use it. In addition, I don't have a normal basement and a summer residence, too, there is nowhere to store potatoes. I buy in the store. And after March, it rises in price three times and this price holds until autumn. Therefore, it does not interfere at all if you freeze it for future use.

Here is a recipe for making French fries

French fries (slices, cubes) and starch preparation as a bonus (kartinka)

And its continuation with a demonstration of remarkable results

I did this too - I cut it lengthwise, chopped it in a combine, boiled water. only boiled in boiling water for 3 minutes (after boiling). then she caught it with a sieve and in a colander. doused with cold tap water. I just didn't have time to dry it, so I shook it off into the bag and froze it. twice already warmed up in the microwave. I picked out a portion and fried, and froze the rest again. True, I fry in a pan.

That is, the main thing for the girls is that the potatoes must be boiled a little beforehand? Well, not quite cook, but still subject to heat treatment !? Still, 3 minutes after boiling is quite a lot.
I wonder how many potatoes did you put in and what kind of water did you fill (cold or hot)? And then if there are a lot of potatoes, and even pour cold water, then boil, then boil thinly sliced ​​for 3 minutes, so I'm afraid that it will completely cook.

Masha Ivanova, no need to put potatoes in cold water and boil them! This is a blanching process, several liters of water are poured into a saucepan, the water is brought to a boil, and the prepared potatoes are immersed in boiling water. Soak for several minutes in boiling water, caught with a slotted spoon and immediately immersed in cold water. We take out and dry with a slotted spoon.

Ukka, Olya, thanks! Here I am! Now I understand everything. Blanching is a different matter.

I also dipped potatoes into boiling water, and I wrote. Only in small portions per liter of boiling water. But I don't cook on a huge scale. Only children, and they don't need much.

I made it, no one understood anything, the taste of potatoes does not differ from fresh





Still raw, sprinkled with oil and rolled in seasonings, then in the freezer

[Marysya27]

Marysya27, thanks for checking in the topic - this potato behaves great in any device - I also experimented a lot at one time, so the potato often comes out even better than the purchased fries - and you can control the size yourself - as you are used to, and unlike the store one, it looks more like the usual homemade fried in a pan (the store sometimes seems to be fried, but the middle is somehow empty
It is very convenient to have a small supply at home, and to clean-cook according to the time and mood. Eat to your health!



By the way, about the starch, the bonus turned out to be the right thing. In general, it is inexpensive, and I, not having my own crop, do not really bother with constant preparation, but then somehow I bought a pack and threw it out, like starch and not it, I specially went to the store and bought a pack again - I torn the pack right at the checkout - and he even feels different. In the store, the whole thing was tried at home, then the jelly from the first one I bought was made, but he was no ..... it swelled so much that everything had to get up with a stake, but no ..... and the whiteness does not pass, maybe they mixed with something. ... the term on the pack is good, so think about it ..... the first time I encountered this.
For the sake of interest, I took out my starch (how do I get a lot of potatoes, I do it, with a small amount, no) - the jelly took immediately as it should.
Ps: I threw out the store starch - because I did not understand what was in the pack ...

I personally did not exactly according to this recipe, but more according to general advice, so I did not write in this topic.

[Pirozhulya]

Pirozhulya, but I am not in this thread and answered, try it, the girls succeeded, you will succeed too, and there will be a small supply in the freezer, if something is not clear, ask, I will definitely answer

[Pirozhulenka]

did not exactly according to this recipe, but more according to general advice

Pirozhulenka, and general advice was on this recipe In addition, topics are sometimes cleaned up. At the very least, it will be a shame if the developments disappear and such an impressive result. Potatoes turned out - a picture!
kartinka, Marinochka, in all respects a very necessary recipe. I am sure that I will come back with a report. Now the freezer to the eyeballs

[Marysya27]

Marysya27, here is such a thing, potatoes are inexpensive, many do not buy them, although now we have taken potatoes - really tasty - a freezer to the eyeballs too ... three freezers ... but this recipe is convenient for those, then I cleaned it up and made a package for my mood and ready-came home from work or some guests threw and my head does not hurt, more importantly it is in the spring - the freezer empties, and the potatoes are not always so good, we do not have a cellar, we store them in not quite necessary conditions, I usually reject softer and I cook it in a bunch at once - and the potatoes last better and fries are constantly in the freezer

I, too, am very grateful for this recipe. I make eight kilograms of potatoes at once. I put it in bags for half a kilo, and in the freezer. When there is no time to cook, or I am not at home, then the younger daughter herself can cook herself a meal. She would definitely not peel potatoes, but quickly make a sandwich. And so she throws the "semi-finished product" into the pan and you're done.

[sara fan]

sara fan, this is the most important thing, because there are not only children who are not too lazy to just cut the sausage, I am also attracted by the speed.