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    Home » Recipes » Side Dishes

    Crispy Hash Browns

    Jun 21, 2017 • Author: Joyce • 15 Comments • This post may contain affiliate links.

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    4.67 from 3 votes

    Crispy hash browns can be more than a breakfast thing! Have it alongside a main as a side with some gravy and you'll have some serious good eats 🙂

    Potatoes. One of my greatest weakness right here - but seriously, what's not to love? It's such a versatile ingredient that you can have creamy, hearty, cheesy, spiced, and in this case - super duper crispy.

    If you look around the blog, you will notice that I use a lot of spices and flavours in my recipes but for these crispy hash browns I only use 3 ingredients. What gives right? Some things are meant to be kept simple - this is one of those things.

    Crispy hash browns are delightful when simple. You just want to taste the crispy potatoes and a bit of salt. You can smother ketchup or gravy on it if you need that extraness but the base hash browns will be as simple as possible.

    I also like grating onions right into the potatoes, it's completely optional but it pairs very well and the caramelization of the onion makes this dish crazy delicious. Seriously.

     

     

    INGREDIENTS

    All ingredients can be easily found at a local grocery store.

     

    Ingredients for Crispy Hash Browns mise en place (butter, salt and potatoes)

     

    [Optional] Try grating in an onion into the potatoes as well! (Grate it in before you squeeze all the liquid out.) It adds an AMAZING flavour to these hash browns - caramelized onions makes everything amazingly delish.

     

     

    PUTTING IT TOGETHER

    Secret to Getting Crispy Hash Browns?

    The secret to getting really crispy hash browns (or any type of potato recipe) is really only two things.

     

    1. Make Sure the Potatoes Are Dry. Potatoes have a lot of moisture (oddly) so you want to try to remove as much of that out as you can. Moisture and excess water 'steam' your potatoes which won't give you a nice crispiness to it.
      Raw potatoes, after it's been grated, being squeezed through a towel to remove excess liquid
      What's up with the murky water? Oxidation from the potatoes will cause the water to look that way. Not to worry, oxidized potatoes won't harm you, it just looks gross. 😛

       

      Raw grated potatoes that have been dried out from being wrung with a dry towel, for the crispy hash browns

    2. Pre-Cook the Potatoes! Cooked potatoes are fluffier, there's almost no moisture and it's almost feels more starchy. So when you add the extra soft and starch dry potatoes to a hot pan with oil you will come out with super crispy hash browns. 🙂 To simplify this, I like to nuke it in the microwave to cook it a little, after it has been grated.

     

    Looking for More Breakfast Ideas? Try These!

    • Breakfast Sandwich (with a Hash Brown!)
    • Fluffy Lemon Pancakes

    A cast iron skillet with 3 crispy and browned hashed browns

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    Crispy Hash Browns

    Crispy hash browns can be more than a breakfast thing! Have it alongside a main as a side with some gravy and you'll have some serious good eats
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    Course: Appetizer, Breakfast, Side, Snack
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes
    7 Mini Hash Browns
    4.67 from 3 votes

    Ingredients
     

    • 3 small potatoes
    • 2-3 tablespoons butter
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 small onion (grated, optional)
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    Instructions
     

    • Scrub the potatoes well
    • [Optional] Peel the potatoes (We personally enjoy the potato skins and don’t bother peeling it.)
    • Grate the potatoes on the largest grater hole setting
    • [Optional] Try grating one small onion in as well for some fantastic flavour!
    • Add ½ teaspoon of salt and mix it into the shredded potatoes and let it sit for 5 minutes. This step does double duty, it lightly seasons the potatoes as well is draws out water from the potatoes.
    • Place a cloth inside a bowl and add all the shredded potatoes inside the cloth
    • Squeeze out as much as the water as you can. I find the easiest way to do this is to twist the ball of potatoes while squeezing it at the same time. Keep twisting the ball until it gets tighter and tighter.
    • Discard the water that was squeezed out
    • Unravel the tight ball of squeezed potatoes and lightly loosen it up
    • Spread out the potatoes on a plate and nuke it for 1 ½ to 2 minutes.
    • In a pan, set the heat to medium heat and add some oil and 1 tablespoon of butter
    • Once the pan is hot, and the butter has melted, add in a golf ball sized of shredded potatoes. (Or add in half the potatoes, and spread it out to ½ inch thick if you are making a big skillet hash brown instead of mini ones)
    • Take a spatula and smush them down into pattie sizes and cook for approximately 4 minutes a side or until golden crispy.
    • Serve it for breakfast or as a side! We love it with ketchup and sometimes gravy!

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 106kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Sodium: 202mg | Sugar: 1g

    *Nutritional information is calculated using online tools and is an estimate*

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    Made with ♡ by Joyce | Pups with Chopsticks
    Crispy Hash Browns

     

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Deborah says

      March 22, 2020 at 6:41 pm

      4 stars
      Thanks for the recipe, I added a bit of garlic and some grated parmesan. Yum!!

      Reply
      • Joyce Lee says

        March 30, 2020 at 10:00 am

        Hi Deborah!
        Adding garlic and grated parmesan sounds fantaaaaaastic! 😀 What awesome ideas! I definitely need to try this now! 🙂

        Reply
    2. heather (delicious not gorgeous) says

      July 05, 2017 at 11:27 pm

      sometimes all you need is butter and salt to season and flavor a dish (; i always find that the hash browns at restaurants look more brown and golden and delicious than they taste, but i'm betting these would actually be the real deal!

      Reply
      • Joyce says

        November 23, 2017 at 3:29 pm

        Yes! I totally agree. Just having the potatoe flavours it's like fries for breakfast! haha 😛

        Reply
    3. Rae says

      June 22, 2017 at 11:23 am

      I think there are some dishes that are best very simple with minimal ingredients, and hash browns are one of them! I might need to make these for dinner tonight. 🙂

      Reply
      • Joyce says

        July 04, 2017 at 12:51 pm

        Yes! I totally agree. 🙂

        Reply
    4. Jagruti says

      June 22, 2017 at 11:06 am

      hash browns are favourite in my house, your pictures are tempting.

      Reply
      • Joyce says

        July 04, 2017 at 12:51 pm

        aww thanks! 🙂

        Reply
    5. Patty @pattysaveurs.com says

      June 22, 2017 at 10:21 am

      I love hash browns and make them time and again as a side, your recipe is so simple, will try it!

      Reply
      • Joyce says

        July 04, 2017 at 12:51 pm

        Simple is best sometimes right? 🙂

        Reply
    6. Liz @ I Heart Vegetables says

      June 22, 2017 at 10:09 am

      5 stars
      My father in law was a breakfast cook and he makes amazing hashbrowns! I feel like I've never been able to get mine as crispy. I'm going to try this recipe to see if I can make some that rival his! 😉

      Reply
      • Joyce says

        July 04, 2017 at 12:50 pm

        Oh my! haha but why? you have someone making you breakfast! :O Don't fight it! hahaha! 🙂

        Reply
    7. Ali from Home & Plate says

      June 22, 2017 at 10:06 am

      5 stars
      My kids love crispy hash browns and would eat them everyday. This recipe is super simple and I think they would disappear quickly if served along side a platter of bacon and eggs. Yum.

      Reply
      • Joyce says

        July 04, 2017 at 12:49 pm

        My kind of breakfast! 😀 Yum

        Reply

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