My husband loves fried squash. That is the only way he likes it except for cutting it up and cooking it in a foil pack with meat and other veggies on the grill. We have several squash plants and are trying to figure out how to freeze some to use later on. We have never had success with slicing it and freezing it. People have told us to freeze it on a baking sheet and then bag it but he doesn't like it that way either. He says it is soggy after it has been frozen. He likes it sliced thin and fried fairly crisp. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas. I was thinking maybe he would like it if it had been chopped or shredded and then made into a fried squash cake. Any recipes for something like that? Thanks. Beth
I don't have any good recipes but I would think you could freeze Squash the same way I freeze strawberries to keep it from getting too soggy. I use dry ice that I crush up in a bag and then put in a cooler, then I throw in the strawberries and mix until they are frozen ( a minute or two), then with gloves on my hands I pull out the berries and bag them for freezing. When I do it that way the berries aren't good for eating out of hand because they have still been damaged by the freezing, but I can slice them for cake and such and they taste pretty good that way. Maybe that'll help with your squash/
I have tried freezing squash too but I don't like the the taste and they do get soggy. I have used it shredded in place of zucchini for some bread and cake recipes and it was fine. I like it sauted the best.
Agreeing that frozen squash does not cook up like fresh squash. It can be baked into a casserole and frozen, so I wonder if you could saute until crisp tender and then freeze it? I won't have squash for a few weeks to try it on, but it might be worth a test.
I agree with the previous posters - which is frustrating, because I've gotten it in a mix at Costco or even restaurant. Why doesn't it get weird when they freeze it?
We are going to experiment with grated squash, flour, egg, chopped onion, a tiny bit of cornmeal and some salt. We are going to fry this mixture like little pancakes and see what happens. I'll let you know how it turns out.
I freeze alot of food and beverages. The two big things we freeze around here is milk (if frozen it lasts indefinately no matter the expiration) and Bread. I've frozen a few veggies and fruits, and some just wont freeze. I think the yellow squash is one of them. I would agree with the above posters.
Probably the packagers use those industrial flash-freezers that people just don't have at home... With those, the juices inside the fruit or veg don't have time to form ice crystals that rupture the cell membranes and make it soggy when it defrosts.
I don't know if it will work with frozen grated or chopped squash but the squash cakes we made tonight were wonderful! We didn't use any onion in them but probably will later on. I froze two bags of chopped squash today and will try it later to see if it is too soggy.
