Using Home Canned White Potatoes 

I think you should make this a new series. Videos on what to make with all shelf stable foods would be a hit. Everyone makes videos on canning things, but not many show different recipes for using the canned goods!

With my canned potatoes I have found that when the mashed potatoes are a bit too wet, I just add in some instant potato flakes to bring it back to a consistency that I like. It works beautifully.

I love using my home canned (yellow) potatoes. I coat them in olive oil or chicken fat and then roast them in the airfryer. They get incredibly crispy on the outside and fluffy and creamy on the inside. So good!

When I was about 8 my family had Easter dinner at my aunts house. We all sat down said Grace and she began serving the ham and mashed potatoes. It was wonderful until I said out loud, innocently “ oh my favorite lumpy mashed potatoes “! I didn’t know I was being rude but the my mother looked mortified! And honestly I still love lumpy mashed potatoes! And I’m 60! I think inside my aunt laughed !

I’ve used mine several ways. I’ve drained them and shredded and made hash browns, I’ve made string beans with potatoes, quick mashed potatoes, popped them in with a roast or soup. Almost everything you do with fresh

I love that you’re so determined to impart so much useful knowledge that you decided to answer this question someone had recently about an old video. It was already enough that your topics are so interesting and you dive right into all the whys and hows but the dedication to the community you’ve built is so refreshing.

My first batch of canned potatoes came out just like yours. I used them up in soups. Thereafter, I changed it up a bit. A lot more time involved, but the end result is so much better. I peel and cut the potatoes in chunks, rounds or french fries and soak them for a couple of hours in water. I change the water about three times then refrigerate them in water overnight. The next day I drain and rinse, boil for three minutes and can with fresh water. They've been sitting on the shelf for two years and the water is clear with hardly any starch or mushy potatoes. Yay! There aren't much left now so I hope the ones I just planted do well this year!

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this video. I am fairly new to canning, so I like to watch videos that say what they will & will not Can again. So many people put potatoes in the category where they would NOT can again. So I took potatoes off my “TO CAN LIST”. I’m so excited to put it back on the list!! I am growing to trust your channel above others. Thank you AGAIN , I am so excited, I will be a future SPUD CANNER!

I canned some potatoes recently and tried them mashed with heavy cream and butter. Fantastic. When I opened the jar, I dumped them into a colander and rinsed them well. Then into a pot with a little fresh water to thoroughly heat up. A second drain, mash, season, eat. Delicious.

Love that you went back to an ingredient to show its uses. Can you do more of these types of videos? Just watched the mandrin orange one, how were they a year or two later, how did you use them? Thanks 😊

I use my canned potatoes all the time. I use them to make mashed potatoes, potato salad, fried potatoes, in soups etc. I rinse them from the jar and they’re awesome. I’ve canned russet’s, red and Yukon.

When making mashed potatoes, I use a potato ricer rather than a masher to ensure a mixture that has no lumps.

Thank you so much for sharing this! I canned my potatoes last year and they looked just like yours did and I was so scared it was a waste of my potatoes! I am so glad you are so thorough and help others! God bless.

This episode has got to be a personal favorite! I enjoy and learn from ALL your videos but this one has lifted a big load off my mind. Like you, I have canned potatoes that are about 3 years old and I have been hesitant about opening them, not not anymore. Seeing you make 3 completely successful recipies from 3-year old canned potatoes, and possibly a 4th (mashed potatoes, if you boil the potatoes a bit to soften them rather than just heat in the microwave), has given me the courage to get the potatoes out and whip up some potato dishes with them. I am no longer nervous about canning more because as you have shown, they DO retain their consistancy, their flavor and their viability. Thank you Pam, very much.

You could always use the mashed potatoes the way my grandmother did by adding some egg and flour to make a potato pancake. I think that would be a great way to use them. Thanks for sharing 😊

Pam and Jim, please be advised that I and I am sure many others reflect the sentiments of @highflyer131 who would like a shelf stable foods series. This particular video on the potatoes (which mine look IDENTICAL TO) has given me a couple of more ideas and make me feel good now about those "taters"! Isn't it wonderful to keep learning?!

I believe that canned potatoes would also be great to use for bread!

The starch that comes out of the jar can be dehydrated, powdered and used like corn starch.

This is such a relief. I canned ten pounds of potatoes this year and then two weeks ago I heard someone say that her family didn't like the flavor of her canned potatoes so she puts them in highly seasoned recipes to cover up the taste. All I could think about was how much time I'd wasted. Now I feel better. Thank you.

Pam, I really appreciate everything you do for us. I can't wait to use my canned potatoes. Take care!

I've been hesitant to can potatoes but my husband is planting a whole bed this year and I don't think I can store them successfully otherwise. You've given me hope!

Just wanted to say thank you for doing these videos. As a new canner in 2024 , and knowing your back story , I trust your recipes and advice.

I have never really paid any attention to the white "gunk" before. I just used it with the rest of the potatoes. Thank you for sharing these recipes with us. I love the way you and Mr. Jim work together. May God grant each of you a wonderful week.

I canned russet potatoes that turned out a little mushy, but they make wonderful potatoe soup. I dump the whole jar with liquid in the pan and mash the potatoes like you did. Add a little milk and heat up. I then add 4 oz of cubed cream cheese per qt of potatoes and let that melt. Salt and pepper to taste. It is amazing and takes maybe 10 minutes.

I loooove canned potatoes! Wonderful idea on recipes, Pam and Jim. Potato variety will make a difference on starch in the jar. I'm still experimenting on which I like best , early red potatoes are number one so far in having the least amount. Others have mentioned on FB, that soaking them will help remove the starch prior to canning. Btw I have been freeze drying the potato starch solids for other things like thickening and using in agar recipes for mushroom growing. Another thing is that when canning taters, there is sometimes a chemical reaction that turns the white side of the canning lid black. Not often but it does happen and wont harm you.

When I made my mashed potatoes from my canned potatoes, I brought a pan of water to a high boil and put the potatoes in until they were heated through, drained and mashed. My family loved them

I also can potatoes that I have cut up for french fries. You have to rinse and dry them really good. Then lightly coat them with corn starch. Not heavy like flour. Just dust them and fry them and season with whatever you like. They turn out crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. It also works for frying the chunk potatoes. You should try them.

I have been hesitant to can potatoes, but after watching this, I am going for it. Thanks for your honest opinion on everything you do. You are my go to person, thank you again. Stay safe and healthy. Have fun enjoying your retirement.

Thank you, I am a beginning canner and am afraid to try many things due to taste and this type of video with taste testing and trying different options helps alot to feel more confident in growing my canning projects! Thank you and Jim for the hard work you put into your channels!

Perfect for potato soup. Also perfect….drain, rinse, dry with paper towel, place on parchment covered cookie sheet, sprinkle with everything bagel and a teeny drizzle of olive oil, bake 425 for 35 min or until golden brown outside, fluffy inside. Delicious every time!!!

This is my story exactly! I canned a bunch of potatoes in 2020 and have barely used any. So much work! Thank you for this video.

I can raw potatoes regularly. I love them! I will tell you, though what you should probably have done that I do is, put the potatoes in a bowl of water swoosh them around after about 10 minutes, drain it out. Do that three times to get a lot of that starch off of those and out of those potatoes before you process them then you won’t have all that thick starchy stuff When you’re ready to use them.

I’ve found using these in corn chowder are wonderful. I even add the starchy water from the potatoes to the soup which adds a nice texture to the broth.

This is what we need in the community…how to use preserved ingredients!! Many thanks for the honest opinions

This video came just in time for my husband's work potluck, we have been trying to find something everyone can eat and not have such a division between meat eaters and vegans, but to make things more difficult there is allot of variety in ethnicity at his work as well. So thank you so so much for that simple but delicious parsley potatoes recipe it was a huge hit across the board.

Wow Rose, I include Jim, you're such a treasure/treasures. I always smile through your videos and that alone is a real treat, but you actually answered a question posed by one of your viewers and that is astounding. Thank God for the internet and you. I've always appreciated you but this video says you're a real cut above the rest. God bless you both.

Great video. We just made French fries from canned potatoes and it was okay. Wish the potatoes wouldn’t be so soft but hey, when there is nothing available I’ll take it. Tip: if you press the potatoes though a potato ricer first you won’t have lumps in your mashed, just warm them up in the microwave before you press them. 😊

I grew up eating potato soup. My Mother would peel potatoes,cut up onions/celery that were diced, adding butter,salt, pepper. It was so good. If she didn’t have celery she used celery salt. She would add whole milk to the”potato soup liquid from boiling. I use a little celery salt even with the celery. I’m going to make this today.

I have found it helpful to add a little bit of citric acid and a tiny bit of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) to the water when canning potatoes - both the consistency and the colour stay a lot better.

I love my canned potatoes! I use them for just frying. Give them a drain and a good rinse, then fry them up with some onions. Crispy on the outside and so creamy on the inside and you don't have to worry about having crunchy potatoes. They keep their shape through the frying process as well.

I particularly loved this video. To be honest, I didn't have a lot of ideas as to what to do with all my canned potatoes. This really inspired me. 💕

I recently opened a home canned jar of great northern beans with ham, and as a side used a can of potatoes mixed with onion and a little bacon fat to fry them in. They were very good.

Oh, I am so glad you experimented with the potatoes! I haven’t tried mine yet. Yes a new lease on canned potatoes ❤

I wash, peel, cube and soak the potatoes to remove starches. If the water looks real cloudy with starch, I rinse and soak again. I opened up a jar and dried them on paper towels. Added olive oil and seasoning, put in the air fryer and cooked them. They were the best, crunchy potatoes.

Todd on That 1870s Homestead did roasted canned potatoes. He tossed them in corn starch which adds a crispy coating, they are really good that way.

When you processes potatoes and want them firm blanche time is only a minute then quickly rinse it off in cold water, I raw pack my French fries. Pickling salt not kosher will help so they don't get cloudy.

When I first started watching this video I was feeling a bit disappointed because I had been thinking of canning potatoes. Well I am happy to say that I now have new hope that they will turn out great. Thank you so much for this. If I hadn't seen it I would have been devastated to can potatoes for the first time only to find out they didn't turn out well. Great video as always! ❤️😀

You could use a potato ricer to get rid of lumps

I love that you’re showing us how to use some of the canned potatoes! I use my quarts of canned potatoes to make my great grandmothers potato soup recipe. They were pretty poor back then, and so my grandmother has always referred to this recipe as the poor man’s potato soup the only ingredients are potatoes a couple table spoons of butter,onion, celery, celery salt, salt and pepper, water in about a cup and a half of heavy cream or milk whichever one you have. Seat the onion and celery with the butter for a few minutes until they glaze over a bit then add all the rest of your ingredients until it cooks down to the taste you like.

Using the Yukon Gold style potatoes means a lot less of the “gunk”. They are harder too peel, but I like the texture much better than russets. A pint of caned beef, canned potatoes, adding carrots and onions cooked quickly in a little beef broth makes a quick beef stew. Just make gravy with beef base and a roux or cornstarch. We have been enjoying the potatoes I canned last summer, and I will never do without them again! I can do up a small batch quickly in my Instant Pot Max, using up the few I have before leaving on vacation!

I got an Air Fryer last year, and LOVE it. It is very convenient to use for 2 people. I hope you'll share more recipes with us to show us how you will be using your new air fryer. (Nice gift Jim!)

I agree with the others, I like lumpy mashed potatoes as well. A bit of French dressing in place of the mustard is good too. I like both.

I was looking at my jars of potatoes this morning wondering if they would be okay to use. They look just like yours. I’m so relieved to know all that work was for nothing. Blessings to you and Jim for all you do! ❤

very much enjoyed this video, I too can lots of potatoes & they come out looking just as yours, I just rinse them well with cold water & let them drain well, unless I'm mashing them & then I leave some of the starch makes a nice texture in mashed. I make potato salad with them often these days saves so much time & one of our favorite things is adding them with carrots, home canned beef & broth for a quick stew. Saw a video I decided to try last week for the air fryer, sprayed with EVOO, then rolled in Parmesan cheese (green can) panko bread crumbs & Kinders garlic, salt & pepper.. air fried 380 for about 15 minutes, stirred in middle & they were crisp on outside, soft in center.. Thank you for all your wonderful videos & information!! Blessings!

Thank you for recipe ideas on how to use home canned potatoes!! I have several jars just sitting on my shelves.

I haven’t watched you in awhile…just realized how much I miss you. Love how natural and “yourself” you are. This was a great lesson.

I love canned potatoes! Living alone, it’s hard to go thru a sack, so these are great for me. I pressure can my sacks too. I have no issue with pressure canned potatoes. They taste just fine to me

I rinse them and chop my onion. Put them in a skillet with a little bit of bacon fat with a little bit of crumbled bacon and fry them. Great for any meal.

So glad you're not disappointed anymore! I learned to can using your videos and your potato video was never a disappointment to me. My family enjoys them fried for breakfast! I pop them in stews, too. Thanks so much for sharing. Can't wait for the news! I used russets and getting ready to can more Monday!

I have canned potatoes with leeks and made potato soup. I call it potato soup base. I have also fried canned potatoes. I just did some in French fry shape to try frying.

I like to use a ricer for mashed potatoes. But they need to be hot. Works great.

Thank you for this video. I did can 16 quarts and 16 pints of the potatoes and have only used two quarts as mashed potatoes. These ideas are just what I needed. Thanks for listening to your audience. You are wonderful.

THANK YOU for doing these tests. I was reluctant to try them mashed or in potato salad. You gave me the confidence to give it a try. We do love the canned potatoes (rinsed under running water in a strainer and dried on a towel) fried up with onions, and polish or spicy Italian sausage. Also garlic powder, onion powder, celery seed, salt & pepper. My husband likes me to throw in an egg or two toward the end of cooking. This is a favorite around here... and easy. I'm also liking seeing how others have been successful using their canned potatoes. Next season I'm going to have to can MORE potatoes knowing all these uses.

We have been canning our own potatoes (out of our garden) for 20+ years... they are fine! We make mashed potatoes, Potatoes and green beans, and Roasted Potatoes (in butter). I promise you they are fine, it's an excellent food for hard times... may not look great, but they eat just fine.

I just used a jar and to get them out of jar I ran fresh water in and used thin rubber spatula in the jar to gently break up and dumped in strainer to thoroughly rinse potatoes then put on cookie sheet and patted as dry as I could then drizzled with oil and spices and oven roasted until crispy. Turned out wonderful!

I canned potatoes for the first time last year. I cut them in French fry form. I drained them. Dried on towel. Put them in plastic bag added oil and seasonings. Popped them in air fryer. Wow.

Oh My Goodness...I'm so glad you did this video. I can't tell you how many times I have gone to my pantry and stare at my potatoes and wonder... what I am going to do with all these potatoes! Thank You. Your potato salad looks delicious.

I have canned potatoes like this for about 35 yrs. The cubed potatoes I use in potato soup , potato salad and I also fry the cubes like American fried potatoes. (Sometimes I leave the juice and starch with the potatoes in the pan, add butter and fry them up that way, it gives them a whole different flavor and consistency) Sometimes I rinse them off and fry them in butter. I use them in vegetable soup also. And yep, they make lumpy mashed potatoes.😂

I also made a potato leek soup and I like mine puréed not lumpy. Again these worked just fine and saved me a ton of work at the end of a busy day.

I canned potatoes for the first time last fall. They turned out great! I peeled them, cut in large pieces, added some water , then put in my canner. I opened a jar the other day and they were delicious, I made a potato salad and did not have to cook the potatoes!

This really helped me, thank you Pam and Jim. Now I can confidently can potatoes. Please keep the potato canning video up. Thank you 😊

I make our potato salad the same was. My sister shredded hers this way and I was hooked! U are the only person I know other than myself that shreds. This is such a learning video for me. Thank you! Thank you!❤

Oh Thank you! I canned potatoes for the first time, and I am so encouraged with all of the recipes that I can confidently use!

BAHAHAHA, Jim is not sure of the lumps. You two crack me up! Thanks for sharing today.

Thanks for the information! We grow our own potatoes

I use most of mine for stew and mashed potatoes.

I cannot remember which channel I was watching, but the gal coated her canned potatoes with bread crumbs and put them in the air fryer..have not tried it as yet, but will. Thanks for the recipes Pam and Jim. Oh with the potatoe soup I might add some chicken broth also for flavor.

I fry them with some corn starch & they come out crispy

Thanks for testing your canned potatoes for us! It’s time to test some of ours we canned last year. We’re new to canning and really enjoy your all wisdom and very informative videos.

I canned fries, that way I can use them as is or smashed or chopped. Mine get cloudy too but I just make sure to rinse and drain. Great video!

I have tried all 4 preparations for my canned potatoes, and 100% agree with your opinions. One other way I have used them is for Corned Beef Hash... delicious!

I love my canned potatoes! My husbands favorite is when I coat them in flour, a little cornstarch, seasonings and pan fry them (or air fryer). He likes them for breakfast with some eggs and breakfast meat. Yum!

My fam loves my canned potatoes. I dry them off, do a light dusting of corn starch and fry them. They cook up quick and are crispy.

My mom & I canned over 300lbs of potatoes this past summer and the liquid in the jars is clear. I wish I could post a picture. If you want I can email you a picture. What we did was soak the cut potatoes in water in the refrigerator overnight to get some starch off. We drained and rinsed them. Then we blanched them in boiling water for 30 seconds to a minute. Drained the water off and put the potatoes in the jars. Put fresh boiling water into the jars and 1tsp sea salt and then pressure canned for 40 minutes for quart jars. We do have to cook the potatoes when we open the jars because they are pretty much raw. I don’t know if this is how you canned yours or not. If not I hope this helps. Potatoes have a lot of starch so even if your liquid is cloudy in the jars the potatoes will hopefully still be fine to use.

I canned several quarts of potatoes after watching your video. This was exactly what I needed to see on how to use them. I thought they would be a great way to make quick mashed potatoes. But I didn’t like how they didn’t “fluff” up. This was a great video giving me ideas for how to use them. I appreciate your channel so very much and I can’t tell you how much you’ve helped me as a beginner canner. God bless you and Jim and keep the videos coming!

A great way to use canned potatoes is to place a little olive oil into a gallon freezer bag then put the potatoes in and shake them until well coated. Pour in one pack of dry onion soup mix. Shake again. Place in a baking dish and bake at 350 until brown. A fantastic side dish!!!!

Try air frying them. Really turn out well!

I add mine to soups and stews. Cut them as French fries and can them long ways in a quart jar (wide mouth is best) air fryer French fries is awesome!

Just made a potato salad for hubby with canned potatoes this afternoon!

I canned some after your first video and felt the same way. I rinse them and then coat with olive oil, garlic and herbs and parmigiana cheese and roast until the cheese browns…. My husband loves them

Thank you! I was having the canned potato dilemma as well, now I know what to use them for.

Mine turned out the same way! Family said they stayed awful! Now I’m stuck with potatoes that no one will touch! I hope I can use these recipes!💖💋

I put a can in the microwave with Velveeta cheese and sour cream and wha la cheesy potatoes, rich creamy and oh so fast , not a healthy recipe I suppose but not like we have them weekly. Love my canned potatoes. Made pot. Soup yesterday for a family member nursing a tooth , quick and easy and convenient .

I'm with @donna1018, I love little bits of potato in my mashed potatoes. Feels more like you are eating real potatoes instead of the processed junk. I call that one a win! And I actually used home canned potatoes for our family recipe of potato salad last week and it was awesome! So the only thing I can say is I rinsed the starch out of my potatoes several times before canning them just to make sure they did not turn dark. I really appreciate all the work you put into your videos. As a new canner, I am grateful for the knowledge you share.

I have some old jars that are just like that.. I rinse with hot water and drain on a towel. Toss with a table spoon of olive oil, Then add a mixture of bread crumbs, salt, pepper, garlic powder and smoked paprika. Toss and spread on parchment paper and roast till golden brown. 350° for about 20 ish minutes on a baking sheet ... Truly yummy..give that a try.

I love having canned potatoes on my shelf. I haven't found anything that I can't use them in. In fact I canned up 50 pounds of potatoes a couple of years ago and used my last quart last month to make potato, broccoli cheese soup. I love the convenience of having them on my shelf. I'm glad you decided to give them a try. I've found that after you peel and dice your potatoes cover them with fresh water let them sit a bit, then drain and cover with water again..do this a few time's and it releases some of the starch in the potatoes before canning.

Thank you for texting these canned potatoes recipes. 😀

Mine look like that. I rinse and rinse the starchy residue off, drain, and brown them in a frying pan with butter or avocado oil, season with onions, etc. They are on my shelf stored safely from spoilage and I love them.

I'm glad I watched this tonight. I've been canning our potatoes for the past few weeks and the first ones I did I did not know you weren't supposed to use the liquid you cooked them in. So they are thick looking at the bottom half of the jar. After I did the first ones I was reading on canning potatoes and each article said don't use the liquid they were cooked in but instead use boiling water. Now I have to say it's been an ordeal to get the water level JUST RIGHT. I was averaging at least a 25% failure rate. I bought a little measurer like yours and that really helped. I just have to be very careful not to put too much product into the jars and then they seal. Anyway now I know how I can use the canned potatoes. Thank you again for all you do for us! I've learned so much from you! 😊

Potato pancakes, dumplings, etc. If too soft, mash them & use them that way. Delicious!