Make REAL Homemade Freezer Fries (DIY frozen French fries from scratch w/ fresh potatoes)

Take your extra russet potatoes and turn them into delicious, convenient freezer french fries. With a few simple steps, you can have a stash of frozen, homemade fries ready to cook up at a moment's notice.
------------------------------
Materials used in this video:
French Fry Cutter Machine
amzn.to/3QnSMn1
Chefman Deep Fryer
amzn.to/3d59clT
Baking Sheets w/ Cooling Racks
amzn.to/3bDzE5R
Victorinox 7" Santoku Chef Knife
amzn.to/3ODxP6t
------------------------------
00:00 - Intro
00:56 - Preparing Potatoes
02:49 - Blanching & Drying
04:16 - Oiling & Flash Freezing
06:04 - Packaging for Freezer
08:58 - Double Bag Comparison
10:18 - Cooking French Fries
11:17 - Conclusion
------------------------------
The Great Lakes Prepping and Great Lakes Kitchen Channel shares our knowledge and experiences relating to all things prepping, cooking, outdoors, and everything DIY. Be sure to check out our original weekly videos and other online content. Please note that we sometimes share links to products or services for which we may earn a small commission, though this does not affect any prices on your end.
Check out our website and social media:
Website: www.greatlakesprepping.com
Facebook: / greatlakesprepping
Instagram: / greatlakesprepping
Twitter: / greatprepping
Reddit: / greatlakesprepping

[@averagejoesmiling456]

Really appreciate the tip about the double-bagging things. Gonna start doing that. And I'm thinking that if you put the date on the inner bag, then you could keep reusing the outer bag. That way, double-bagging won't cost any more than single-bagging. And now . . . I'm hungry for French fries! Great video, Great Lakes! God bless.

[@mcmorrowm]

Clear instructions. Especially liked your tip that they need to be double-fried.

[@attar81]

The set of pots that fit the same strainer is genius

[@GreatLakesPrepping]

Thanks! Though one of the pots is just my big stock pot that the strainer happens to fit into.

[@RyenReyna]

This is very well explained. I also appreciate showing how you cook them at the end. Thank you!

[@1911free]

Perfect and to the point. Exactly the information i wanted. Thank you and God Bless!

[@beyzabetulcelik7438]

Very helpful and gourmet tips. Thanks!

[@notmebutyou8350]

This is a great video. You explained everything very well. I will be using your method when I make my jojo potato wedges for the freezer. Thank you!! ❤️

[@audreyshort581]

Thank you for this! I’m going back and forth with my husband about this. You’ve proved me right!!!❤

[@The-Grateful-Hippie]

I lucked into a few 10lb bags of potatoes at a really good price. I made 10lbs into freezer fries yesterday. I just hand cut them into steak fries, blanched and soaked again in cold water in the sink. I just put the fries into a freezer bag, sprayed some olive oil in there, shook them well and put the bag in the freezer. I plan to try some tonight and I will see how they did! If they did well I have another bag I can turn into fries.

[@laissezfairelashlee]

You probably should have dried them off off first. Just like with searing a steak, there needs to be as little moisture as possible.

[@The-Grateful-Hippie]

@@laissezfairelashlee Agreed! I plan to not skip that step in the future

[@Username-es1iy]

Don’t forget about the breakfast potatoes 🔥

[@gladysprentice9637]

Very good video, and thank you for all the tips

[@rhaniarhaniae9172]

Thank you so much for sharing this easy wonderful ideas, it will surely help me a lot in preserving my own french fries at a very affordable cost❤

[@fjanusz412]

thank you seems like an easy recipe I would try

[@beccacoleman498]

Thanks for this!

[@angelg3000]

Looks very yummy. And by making your own freezer fries, You are making healthier fries by using either Olive oil or Avocado oil plus any seasoning of your choice. This is a great idea. Thanks for sharing this healthy tip.

[@cburn6691]

Appreciate the video and I always double bag anything that isn't vacuum sealed.

[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

To get most of the air out of the zip lock bag you could just use a straw, stuck in one side of the bag. zip lock up to the straw, suck the air out, pull the straw out, and quickly seal. or again, zip the bag to almost closed and submerge the bag in water slow toward the open point and seal it. The water will put pressure against the bag forcing most of the air out. Or you could just double bag them. 😉lol TYFS, excellent demonstration and explanation.

[@MrDanrn999]

Thank you from Dearborn Heights, MI

[@45valk]

Very informative

[@changeindia1021]

Thanks bro love from India

[@SunilJayasinghe-en6bx]

Very good excellent

[@dragonlord0666]

if you don't have a vacuum sealer but want to seal those ziploc bags you can, slide the zip across to almost closed then pop a drinking straw in, then you suck the air out and, whilst still sucking, pull the straw out and zip the zipper fully closed. it's not as good as the sealer but works and won't crush the food inside. also works with a sealer if you have the tube attachment, just don't take all the air out, just stop before it crushes the food.

[@atriellebu]

You can put the whole potato in water if you want to keep it from oxidizing while preping them for cutting

[@1Candysweets]

This is the best frozen fry video I've seen.

[@GreatLakesPrepping]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@incubus_the_man]

An alternative to double frying is to single fry to a light brown then airfry till golden brown. They will lose some of the oil and get crispy that way.

[@Spragzsh]

Humm, new baking sheets.Must be newbie

[@GreatLakesPrepping]

Have you never purchased new baking sheets? Kind of a strange assumption.

[@subtropicalsteph]

Great video! Very helpful! Can you share the link for your strainer pot(s)?? Thank you! 🙂

[@GreatLakesPrepping]

Thanks Steph. It's been a long time since I bought it, but I think it's the same as this one: amzn.to/3FmPX2j

[@jeffcraig5462]

Not sure what vac seal you have, but you can pulse vac anything, even bread and not crush anything.

[@chantel781]

If you don’t mind my asking, what is the purpose of putting oil on them? Does it preserve them longer?

[@XanyCuisine-ox1rb]

KZbin directed me to one of those WikiHow videos before this so now I have potatoes that were blanched for 7 minutes in my freezer 😅. Guess it's a good thing I got potatoes left

[@good2goskee]

may I ask why the light coating of oil is required?

[@wellendowedstudios]

I just drop my fry's in my Broaster for 5 minutes and they come out cripy af :) Not everyone has a Broaster tho. like your channel btw

[@brittany2900]

Could this method be used for sweet potato fries too? 🤔

[@monsieurLDN]

No

[@chocalatekid8024]

I swear I went to high school with you!

[@GreatLakesPrepping]

Maybe you did? Send me a message and perhaps we can find out www.greatlakescountry.com/contact-us/

[@mtraven23]

hypothetically😉😉 if you grew waaay to many potatoes and had a couple hundred pounds....what would you do ? edit-- just got to the end, I'm guessing you'd do the do the "par fry" thing? Never done it before, but I do a turkey every year. I assume there is no need to pre oil when doing that?

[@Proper-Kernow]

instead of blanching, just deep fry for 2 minutes, then cool and freeze.

[@souada123]

Hi Can you cook these in the airfryer? Thanks

[@lordnemo6401]

I would assume you could

[@SaveThisRecipe]

You can yes indeed, I made them and use the air fryer only :)

[@SunilJayasinghe-en6bx]

Sir please tell me how long we can keep in the freezer

[@GreatLakesPrepping]

Months. Maybe years. As with anything, taste and texture will eventually start to be affected after a few months.

[@SunilJayasinghe-en6bx]

Thanks I'm from srilanka

[@amandaxsky]

Now I want fries. Lol. When I'm feeling better I wanna make these. Stupid question, can these be done in the air fryer?

[@GreatLakesPrepping]

I assume so, but I'm not completely sure. I haven't really used an air fryer for much of anything, but I keep hearing that you can cook anything in them. So....probably?

[@amandaxsky]

@@GreatLakesPrepping we actually just bought it for my sister's birthday in September and it's still in it's box .. if we use the air fryer I'll come back and let you know how it went.

[@kelcritcarroll]

@@GreatLakesPreppingyes u can use an air fryer!

[@SaveThisRecipe]

Yes indeed, I make this style of fries in the air fryer on the weekly :)

[@lolitabonita08]

do not use vegetable oil or canola or soy oil...anything that is gmo...use avocado oil, peanute oil or olive oil...

[@GreatLakesPrepping]

Never use olive oil to deep fry anything. It's a low smoke point oil and it will be a disaster. The other oils you mentioned are fine, but the average person isn't going to pour a $40 gallon of avocado oil into a deep fryer.

[@rayvin357]

this is so stupid

[@GreatLakesPrepping]

Thank you for your comment. Here at Great Lakes Country, we value you as a customer, and strive to ensure that your experience is worth every penny you paid for it.

[@SaveThisRecipe]

How so?