How to Freeze Potatoes into Fries / Chips (to blanch or not!)

[@katyseclecticinterests]

Sweet as. This is the content I need in my life! Thank you for saving me time- I have a big bag of potatoes to NOT blanch haha and freeze. If it's not really worth the effort then I shall conserve my energy for other things

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

haha awesome! Hopefully it works as well for you as it did for me!

[@TSHEPO7503THAI]

Won't the water from freezing affect the oil when frying??

[@MichaelSmith-hs5iu]

Nice honest video, can't get any better than that!

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

Thanks - glad to be of help!

[@1951Roy]

Thanks for the tips, as a teen in the 60's I worked at a hamburger restaurant where we blanched all our fries in hot cooking oil, then froze them. We were selling lots of fries back then. Also we fried in grease before serving at the restaurant.

[@1951Roy]

I'm going to try your method in my airfryer.

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

Oh yeah I bet they were yummy too lol!

[@Sarah-JaneGrubb]

I love this, thank you so much for sharing. So useful during these times.

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

Definitely - we're trying very hard not to waste anything at the moment!

[@conishkee]

4/27/24: Hi Sierra, Love that you took the time to do the side-by-side comparison. I now have an idea of which way to go. I'm gonna try both ways just as you did to see how they taste after I cook them! I'm excited to see how mine come out. Thank you so much. (Coming to you from California!)

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

Awesome glad to be of help, be interesting to know how you get on too! 😀

[@conishkee]

@@CheaperWaysNZ Trust me, I'll let you know. 😉

[@Magziesfuntime]

I know this is an older video but if you ever do need to separate stuff for baking on a tray. Just make a divider out of foil wrap to put in the middle.

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

Oh cool, thanks for the tip 🙂👍

[@brandonterry6194]

GRATITUDE 💥🥔💥

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

😀👍

[@joecrawford9709]

Thanks from Texas

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

Our pleasure! 😊

[@joey8567]

Bidenomics, buy bulk or grow in Texas 🤠

[@rrichards1210]

This was a great experiment with very useful information. Years ago I was able to buy kumeras cheap and I chopped them up, blanched and froze them. So useful to grab a couple for dinner. I wonder if it could be done with pumpkin too?

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

Yeah I've heard of it being done with lots of different veges but haven't experimented much with other types other than freezing fruit - all good stuff to know!

[@juliehowman3912]

I cube and freeze my pumpkin without blanching and it’s fine. I don’t blanch any of my ver and never have any issues

[@roncooke2188]

Very interesting video i must try both myself but i do feel i will blank. We do blanch beans. My frozen chips stick to the tray when coming from my freezer, is there a good way of getting around that problem Many thanks,

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

Yeah ours did stick a bit but I just picked them off - although you could use baking paper or a non-stick sheet and that would probably do the trick 🙂

[@Hector18843]

Great video

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

Thanks!

[@dedeschweizer]

Thank you so id choose to not blanch them thank you so much for your and your family's honest reviews thank you and god bless

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

You're very welcome and thanks for the feedback!

[@Just8Ate]

Great tip 8)

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

Thanks!!

[@BonoloRatshoswane]

Interested

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

Thanks 🙂

[@juliehowman3912]

I don’t blanch and they are fine

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

Yep 😊👍

[@mauricebrown9094]

As you very well know Chippies are so much a different thing from Chips or Fries.

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

haha - we were discussing / debating this the other day too! I'm just a rebel for calling them that

[@christinehughes9267]

Please dont say chippies!😂

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

... but I love chippies! 😂

[@conishkee]

Why shouldn't she? We know what she means. And besides, that's what she calls them in her country. Power to her...YEA! 😉

[@CheaperWaysNZ]

@@conishkee hahaha thanks!

[@clarefraser5231]

you’re head would’ve fallen off if you heard what my mum used to call them…”chippytatas”