When Kroger has a great deal on organic russet potatoes, I will stock up so that I can have my own frozen potatoes on hand in my freezer. (If I don’t have any on hand, I will resort to Ore-Ida Steak Fries, but while they’re good, they are no competition for my own homemade steak fries, made with no preservative or additives!)
Besides making steak fries, I will use some of these potatoes I purchased for a meal of baked potatoes with salad, and I’ll flash freeze some of them into hashbrown-sized pieces for my Hashbrown Potato Casserole that we love for the holidays. (Be sure to cook potatoes around 10-12 minutes in the oven and cool before flash freezing, or they will turn brown on you.)
Steak fries are so easy to make and you will love having them on hand. Just follow the steps below.
- Russet Potatoes
- Wash and cut potatoes in half. Cut the halves in quarters, then in half again, and so on, until they are the size you see in the picture.
- Toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
- Cook at 450 degrees for about 20 minutes.
- Let cool.
- Remove from pan, place wax paper under them, they put them back on baking sheet lined with wax paper. (makes things easier)
- Freeze for about 2 hours or until frozen.
- Pull off paper and put into freezer bags, label, and store in freezer.
How long do you cook these for when taking them out of the freezer?
Bridget – I usually cook them for about 10 minutes. You would do them just like your were pulling Ore-Ida steak fries out and cooking them!
Thank you I am going to make these for my freezer cooking this week too!
Could you use red potatoes or only the russet potatoes?
For fries I'd definitely do russet, but the red would be great as roasted potatoes!
I see the potatoes are not peeled. Is it ok if i peeled the potatoes?
I don’t normally peel mine, I like them more “rustic”, but it is totally up to you! I think it makes them a little more crispy, which I like.
Do you cook them in 450 for 10min after you take them out from the freezer? Can’t you just heat them up in the microvawe? It sounds delicious so I really want to try to make them.
I put them into the oven. If you put them in the microwave they get soggy. If you want them crispy put them in the oven.
Okay, I’d heard that potatoes in the freezer turn black, so I’d always hesitated to freeze them myself. Happy to hear that’s an “urban legend”!
Never had mine turn black. If you leave them out too long, they can turn a brownish, but I cut and immediately put into the freezer.
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