How to shred potatoes
Shredded potatoes are the foundation of many delicious recipes, including fried potato pancakes, baked casseroles, or crispy hash browns. Learn how to quickly peel and shred potatoes for your cooking using a hand grater (without a food processor).
Ingredients
- 5 raw potatoes
- water
Instructions
- Place the raw potatoes in a bowl and cover them with lukewarm or cold water. Take each potato in your hand and remove its skin using a peeler. Rinse the potato in water, shake off the water, and transfer it to the second bowl.
- Place the box grater in the bowl with the prepared potatoes. Shred each of the potatoes on the side with small holes.
- Put a sieve over a bowl. Place the potato shreds in the sieve. Press down lightly with your fingers to squeeze out the excess liquid.
Notes
- All-purpose Gold Yukon or starchy Russet potatoes are best suited for shredding.
- Medium-sized potatoes are easy to hold and work well for grating by hand because of this.
- If the recipe calls for coarsely grating the potatoes, use the side with the larger holes.