freezing jacket potatoes

mrs_motivated

Oh I am going to try this (what a useful post) - i have never done it before but i have always resented the long cooker time so i have always started them in the microwave and finsihed them off in the oven.

nicki_2

I do this quite often

If I'm cooking a stew or something in the slowcooker I wrap them up in foil and put them on top of a stew or whatever about an hour before serving if I want them. They do go soft, and can take on some of the taste of the stew but it saves using the microwave :rotfl:

Nicoll

Thanks for this post. Something else I can use to fill up the oven whilst cooking tea.

I do often put a potato in to cook whilst oven is on but only if I know I'm going to eat it in next couple of days from the fridge but never thought of freezing and then microwaving.

Fab :j

xrjtg

I've cooked quite a few today for the first time, but was planning on keeping them in the fridge and eating them for the next few days.

Sainsbury's recently had a 30p for 4 baking potatoes (around 1kg total) offer, and you might catch the tail end of that if you're lucky.

zippychick

As this has dropped down the board, I've merged it with an older thread asking the same question

Zip

Eenymeeny

Dad always keeps a few cooked and frozen (wrapped in foil) so he can have a quick hot meal when he doesn't feel like 'messing about' Just remove foil and reheat in microwave, ideal with a bit of cheese or corned beef, he says!

Shysarah

Brilliant I was wondering about this the other night.

Looks like I will be batch cooking some potatoes soon, well when the oven is on for something else of course )

Fruball

Thanks for all the replies.

I tried this and its brilliant - my potatoes weren't soggy at all - in fact they were really light and fluffy after I cut them and gave them a squeeze to open them up.

I was so fed up of throwing away old potatoes but now I will just cook them all up and freeze

Auntycaz

Frugal wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies.

I tried this and its brilliant - my potatoes weren't soggy at all - in fact they were really light and fluffy after I cut them and gave them a squeeze to open them up.

I was so fed up of throwing away old potatoes but now I will just cook them all up and freeze

Did you defrost them before you put them in the micro wave?
I usually part cook in microwave then finish in the oven but I'd like to try this.Thank you.

Fruball

Auntycaz wrote: »

Did you defrost them before you put them in the micro wave?
I usually part cook in microwave then finish in the oven but I'd like to try this.Thank you.

No, just put the cooked frozen spuds, into the microwave - so easy.

You can still cook them like that if you want, but if the oven is on for other things, it makes sense to chuck them all in and leave them