I want these freeze dried potatoes to be like French fries, lol.
Not sure they’ll be like fries, but I can still hope
For this, I used white potatoes, didn’t peel them, just cleaned them really well. I chopped them into sticks, a big julienne chopping. I’m hoping they’ll be close to fries, but if they’re like the zucchini and squash sticks I made, I’ll also be happy with that!
I blanched these before pre-freezing them…
After I cut up the potatoes, I blanched them for about 7 minutes or so per batch. Then I put them on freeze dryer trays, sprinkled on a little sea salt, and into the freezer they went. I did pre-freeze these.
All five trays were the potatoes.. so they better be good, ha! After the Ice Queen (Harvest Right Home Pro Medium) did her 15 minute cooldown to start, I started the batch.
Pleasantly surprised by these, they’re good!
The freeze dried potato sticks are not like zucchini and squash. Nor are they exactly like fries, but they are good. These 100000% need something to dip them in. They definitely dry the mouth out as you eat them, lol. But with some dip (ranch, ketchup, etc.), they are awesome!
I put all the freeze dried potato sticks into mylar bags, added an oxygen absorber (I get min on Amazon from Wallaby), and then sealed them up. I did leave some out for us, since they’re good 🙂
How long did the freeze dried potato sticks take to finish?
Total time for this was 22 hours and 30 minutes, so not too bad at all!
Quite a bit of ice buildup, so I did the two hour defrost when these were finished.
Happy freeze drying!!
Freeze dried potato sticks came out better than I was expecting!! They most definitely need a dip though, they dry out the mouth really fast lol. But I like them, so woohoo for that!!😀🙌 pic.twitter.com/NoBbre3UVf
— Buck Hills Farm (@buck_hills_farm) April 5, 2024
