Whether the shredded potatoes are hot or not depends on your taste. If you like crispy shredded potatoes, you need to blanch them before making them. If you like noodles, you don't need to blanch them before making them.

Scalding shredded potatoes means washing the starch out of potatoes, which will be crisp when cooked. Recommend fried vegetarian dishes. If you don't blanch, you need to add water when frying, otherwise the shredded potatoes will paste the pot. Stir-fried potatoes with starch are enough, and such potatoes are suitable for meat dishes.

Before cooking shredded potatoes, it is best to soak them in water, remove starch and fry them until crisp; Add salt and vinegar early, it will be crisp; If you want to eat crispy potatoes, you can wait until the shredded potatoes are cooked. If you don't like crispness, put salt instead of vinegar in the future, stir fry and add some water to boil. When the shredded potatoes are slightly crisp, add monosodium glutamate and take the pan.

Buying potatoes is also tricky. Generally speaking, potatoes are round and sticky when they grow. Round potatoes are powdery potatoes, which have a good taste and are suitable for stewing and burning. Slim potatoes are sticky, not easy to cook and suitable for frying.

Try to buy potatoes with smooth appearance, so that there is no scar on the surface of potatoes and they will taste better.

In addition, don't buy potatoes with dark yellow skin, which have high starch content and bad taste.