Do frozen potatoes in soup turn to mush?

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I’m craving some “loaded potato soup”. But I’m also feeling lazy.

Instead of cutting up a bunch of potatoes I was thinking about just getting a bag of frozen (cubed) hash browns.

Has anyone ever tried this?

Thanks.

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My money is on mush, you have to try it and let us know if it works.

3

I’d say bake them (crispy) in the oven first and throw them in towards the end of the rest of the soup.

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A lot of frozen hash browned potatoes are either par-cooked or oiled or both. It may work ok for your recipe but it would be good to know ahead of time.

5

Buy a bag of ready made gnocchi and fry them to golden crispness and use them as dumplings in any soup at all.

6

I’d use boxed instant mashed potatoes as your base. Add chicken broth, milk, cream, butter, cheese, bacon, green onions, etc.

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I often use frozen potatoes in stew, which stays in the Instant Pot just as long as soup. But I don’t use hash browns. I use small whole frozen potatoes like these. I believe hash browns would turn to mush. Look for a similar product in your store.

H‑E‑B Frozen Baby Potatoes

https://www.heb.com/product-detail/5183546?shoppingStore=425&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=shopping&utm_content=ownbrand&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAxaCvBhBaEiwAvsLmWDo0Iu1BTGt-Cf4EAYYxNxd0GR_Ch5VBaenVAIXtFzcvOGlgbxHyJxoCgNAQAvD_BwE

Hope the link works. I’m on my phone.

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Really depends on the type of potato I think.

Russet potatoes will turn to mush in soup, frozen or not. Red/white potatoes (what they call “waxy” potatoes) will generally stay intact. Not sure what frozen waxy potatoes do though. f

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Thanks for the input guys.

I was too nervous to go with frozen. So I bought real potatoes. Then I also ordered a vegetable slicer that supposedly dices the whole thing in one move.

Here’s to open it works.

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I say, if they do turn into mush, more power to ‘em! I like my potato soup thick and creamy, and that would save me the trouble of bothering with an immersion blender or a food mill. Dice a couple of fresh potatoes by hand, so there’ll be SOME chunky bits.