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How to make the best Hash Browns

The Best Crispy Hash Browns

Learn how to make these delicious, crispy Hash Browns for a breakfast of champions .
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 8 Hash browns

Equipment

  • cast iron pan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large Potatoes
  • 1 large Egg
  • 4 Spring onions chopped
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Peel and wash the potaoes then slice into chunks to fit a food processor .
  • Chop the spring onions into small pieces
  • Put the potatoes through a food processor on a coarse grate setting
  • Tip the potato into a clean cotton tea towel and squeeze out the liquid.
  • Put the potato, spring onion and egg into a bowl and sprinkle with salt and pepper
  • Preheat a cast iron pan and add either oil or lard. ( I preper to use lard for this as it adds flavour)
  • Mix the ingredients in the bowl together then scoop out a large serving spoon of the mixture into the pan.
  • You should be able to fit 4 hash browns into the pan then press them into 1/2 inch thickness.
  • Cook on a medium heat for 5 mins until golden on one side, then flip them over and do the same on the other side.
  • Serve hot with eggs or the breakfast of your choice.
Keyword breakfast, crispy, hash brown, potato