Easy Homemade Hash Brown Recipe

You will love this easy homemade hash brown recipe. These hashbrowns are crispy and taste amazing!

Everyone loves a good crunch, and these hash browns won’t let you down! All you need is just a few simple ingredients and you will be on your way to making these oh so good hash browns.

They are so good with eggs and bacon or as a side dish with a main meal like steak or chicken! Here’s some tips on how you can make the best hash browns at home!

Tips For Crispy Hashbrowns

1. Drain the liquid: If you want crispy hashbrowns you are going to need to strain as much liquid out of your shredded potatoes as you can!
   • You can use a nut milk bag, cheese cloth, or clean kitchen tea towel for this!
2. Preheat the pan: Make sure you pan is preheated and the oil is already nice and hot! This will make sure it crisps up nicely.
3. Layer it evenly: Try not to layer it too thick or too thin! Too thick will lead to a soft hashbrown in the middle but if it’s too thin it can easily break.
   • Ideally you want to layer it so you can barely see the bottom of your pan.

What You Need to Make Homemade Hash Browns

Supplies

Grater: For grating the potatoes.

Nut milk bag/ cheesecloth/ or kitchen tea towel: You need something to strain out as much liquid as possible from your potatoes before you cook them.

Bowl: For mixing the grated potatoes and other ingredients together in.

Pan: You will need a pan to cook your hash browns in.

Ingredients

Potatoes: I use frying potatoes not mashing potatoes. Frying potatoes hold their shape better while mashing potatoes break down easier.

Salt: I love some good old sea salt! Himalayan salt will work great too!

Black pepper: Just a little black pepper to taste!

Garlic powder: Garlic powder really gives these hash browns a lovely flavour!

Flour: I use tapioca flour which is gluten free and also absorbs any excess liquid in the potatoes. The flour also helps to bind the potatoes together better and makes them crispier.

How to Make Hash Browns

1. Grate 3 medium potatoes. Don’t grate them in the finest setting think of shredded cheese thickness.
2. Place the potatoes in a clean tea towel, nut milk bag or cheesecloth and strain out the excess liquid in the potatoes.
3. Preheat your medium sized pan on medium heat with a bit of butter or oil.
4. Place your shredded potatoes in a bowl and mix in the salt, black pepper, garlic powder and tapioca flour.
5. Once the pan is hot spoon the mixture onto your pan and spread evenly covering the pan.
6. Let it cook on one side for about 5 minutes should start to look crispy and then flip it over and cook for another 5 minutes.
7. Remove the hashbrown from the heat, let it cool slightly before slicing and serving!

Recipe Variations

Here are some ideas to change up the flavour of your hash browns.

1. Add a little chilli powder to spice it up a bit!
2. Shredd some cheese into your hash brown mixture and fry it up together!
3. Add diced onion, paprika, garlic powder and pepper to really pack the punch in flavour.
4. Add sliced ham, precooked bacon or even a little mince into your hash brown mixture for something delicious and fun!

Ways to Serve Homemade Hash Browns

There are so many different ways you can use hashbrowns! Here are some ideas!

1. Serve them on the side with bacon and eggs.
2. Use them in replacement to bread for eggs benedict.
3. Serve them as a side with steak, fish or chicken.
4. Use them as an appetizer with a dip like salsa or Sour cream.
5. Add them on top of soup for a bit of crunch!
6. Put them inside a delicious homemade hamburger! Burger patty recipe here if you need one!

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