Dehydrated Hash Brown Potatoes
Dehydrating Tip
To prevent the potatoes from falling through the slots in the trays of my dehydrator, I bought some nylon door screening and cut it to fit my trays. Works great for peas and corn too. And it's easily hand washable.
To Rehydrate and Use
I place the dehydrated hash browns in a 1.5 litre Nalgene jug with plenty water the night before and let them rehydrate. But a freezer bag will work just as well. The next morning I drain off the water and pat the potatoes dry. Fry them up as you would with any hash brown recipe.
Additional Recipe Ideas
Try adding some pepper or other spices, dehydrated onions or other ingredients to the potatoes when you rehydrate them. Whatever suits your taste. The spice flavours will get soaked up in the potatoes so try not to over do it.
Makes a great breakfast when served on top of a plate of rehydrated baked beans. (If you don't mind baked beans in the morning.)
Dave
- Place a good sized pot of water on the stove to boil.
- Peel and then shred or grate one large potato per person per meal.
- Rinse grated potatoes with cold water to remove excess starch.
- When water is boiling, add the grated potatoes and bring back to a boil.
- Boil for 30 seconds longer. This blanches the potatoes, kills the enzymes and prevents them from going brown.
- Drain the water and quickly rinse the potatoes in cold water to stop the cooking process.
- Place the potatoes in your dehydrator and leave until well dried. Don't worry about over drying.
- After drying, let the potatoes cool and sweat. Once cooled the potatoes will not give off any more moisture.
- When dried and cooled, bag in freezer bags and store in the freezer until your next trip.
Dehydrating Tip
To prevent the potatoes from falling through the slots in the trays of my dehydrator, I bought some nylon door screening and cut it to fit my trays. Works great for peas and corn too. And it's easily hand washable.
To Rehydrate and Use
I place the dehydrated hash browns in a 1.5 litre Nalgene jug with plenty water the night before and let them rehydrate. But a freezer bag will work just as well. The next morning I drain off the water and pat the potatoes dry. Fry them up as you would with any hash brown recipe.
Additional Recipe Ideas
Try adding some pepper or other spices, dehydrated onions or other ingredients to the potatoes when you rehydrate them. Whatever suits your taste. The spice flavours will get soaked up in the potatoes so try not to over do it.
Makes a great breakfast when served on top of a plate of rehydrated baked beans. (If you don't mind baked beans in the morning.)
Dave