My mom canned potatoes last year (and I kinda giggled) at the idea. She gave me a couple jars of them and I loved putting them in the slow cooker for quick cooking along with our canned carrots.
And then we used them up.
We followed the recipe from the Ball Canning Book, minus the salt.
Ten 5 pound bags (50 lbs of potatoes) of potatoes made 43 quart jars.
Ingredients
- Peeled Potatoes
- Quart Jars
- Jar Lids
- Jar Bands
- Pressure Cooker
Instructions
- Boil the lids to sterilize (until the water boils).
- Peel the potatoes.
- Cube the potatoes or use a french fry cutter to get a uniform shape.
- Fill the jars with potatoes below the neck of the jar.
- Fill the jar with hot water up to the neck of the jar, leaving an 1 inch space between the water and lid.
- Place the lid and ring on the jar and tighten.
- Place the jars in the pressure cooker (about 7 quarts fit in my pressure cooker).
- Ensure to put the pressure regulator on the pressure cooker to allow pressure to build.
- Let pressure build to 10 pounds.
- Once pressure is at 10 pounds, set a timer and allow to maintain this pressure for 35-40 minutes (we did 35 minutes).
- Turn off the heat.
- Wait for the pressure to go to zero.
- Remove the jars and place on the counter to cool.
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I asked for a pressure canner for my birthday this year. Hubby said “Huh? Are you sure?” I can’t wait to be able to can more food. I just made pear preserves yesterday. Delicious!
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Oh nice! I got my hubby our caner for his birthday. He loved it! At least it was something we have used over and over!
And we borrow my moms (and she borrows ours) so we can can more faster.
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I must admit, I’ve never heard of canning potatoes! Mom’s really know best!
It is really easy to do. You do the hard part canning them, so later you could just warm them in a pan or microwave to eat!
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Regina… thank you for sharing you potato recipe… we’ve been doing tomatoes the last couple of weeks… had not thought of potatoes… great idea! Grace, peace and blessings. Carla
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I love canning. I don’t have a pressure canner but it is on my list of thinks to get. Thanks for sharing!
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never though to can potatoes will have to try it out THANKS!
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I would never have thought to can potatoes but I suppose it makes sense, especially for natural disaster preparedness. Thanks for opening my mind!!
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It is simple and easy and a great time saver!
My sister in law cans all the time. I never did , my mom never did either.I dont know why but I should have. All the foods I ever tasted that were canned were really good. I never really heard about canning potatoes or recall reading how to do them in any cookbooks. I surely will tell my sister in law about this posting. Thanks so much.
You are welcome. Things do taste better sometimes when we make them ourselves. Must be all the love and freshness put in them.
I love buying to have on hand those little round potatoes in a can.because if I want to make a roast or anything in crockpot I throw them potatoes right in and I’m done, no peeling before hand . This would be the same. I will have to do some of these up so I have them ready.
It’s not to hard Debbie, and would be cheaper!
I didn’t know you could can potatoes! That’s cool! I love potatoes and I’d like to start canning I think it would definitely be helpful and I love planning ahead because you never know what is going to happen in the future and it is better to be prepared!
Yes you can Sam! They are softened so it’s less cooking later (just warm them up!)