You can slice your potatoes and leave the sliced potatoes in water overnight.
Slicing your potatoes and leaving them in water overnight, will help prevent the sliced potatoes from turning brown or oxidizing before cooking.
When slicing potatoes and leaving them in water overnight, you should always store the sliced potatoes that are submerged in water in the refrigerator overnight and not on the counter.
When storing sliced potatoes in water overnight, use an airtight container or a large bowl that is filled with cold water to ensure that all pieces of the sliced potatoes are completely covered with water.
It's also recommended that you use the sliced potatoes that you stored in water in the refrigerator within 24 hours.
Although the sliced potatoes in water can last for up to 3 days, if you change the water everyday, leaving the sliced potatoes in the water longer than 24 hours can cause the sliced potatoes to absorb too much water, which can result in a slightly soggy texture to the potatoes.
To protect the sliced potatoes further against discoloration, you can add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar to the water.
And before you cooked the sliced potatoes, drain the potatoes, and then rinse the potatoes in some fresh cold water to remove any excess starch that builds up overnight.
Also soaking the sliced potatoes, removes starch, which also makes the sliced potatoes perfect for crispy French fries or even hash brows.
And if you're using the sliced potatoes for making mashed potatoes, soaking them overnight in water, will also still yield perfect results.
Sliced potatoes can safely sit in a bowl of water in the refrigerator for 24 hours to prevent browning and maintain freshness.
While the sliced potatoes can last up to 2 to 3 days, storing the sliced potatoes longer than 24 hours may cause them to absorb too much water, breaking down their texture and reducing quality.
Use cold water and you can also add a splash of white vinegar or lemon juice to prevent oxidation of the potatoes further.
If you do store the sliced potatoes for a full 24 hours, change the water to keep them fresh.
And drain the water, before cooking the sliced potatoes and rinse the potatoes to remove excess starch.
Also waxy potatoes like Yukon Gold potatoes also hold up better in water, and starchy potatoes like Russet potatoes can become waterlogged more quickly.
Soaking the sliced or cut up potatoes in water, helps prevent them from turning brown, which also known as oxidation, when exposed to air.
Soaking the potatoes also removes excess starch from the potatoes, which also helps to create crispier fries a well as fluffier mashed potatoes.