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Food on Fridays with Ann
I love hash browns. Unfortunately, I have not yet perfected the art of making them at home.
I try different oils and different amounts of oil; I try different kinds of potatoes and different spatulas. Every once in a while the hash browns will turn out edible, but more often than not they stick to the skillet, or burn, or end up too thick or too thin. No matter how I try to adjust, I can’t get the hang of it.
A week or so ago, I burned a batch. I looked up at my husband and groaned, “I don’t know what to do about my hash brown problem.”
“I have two words for you,” he replied. “Bob. Evans.”
The next night, we met friends at Bob Evans, and my son ordered a breakfast meal that included a side of hash browns. He promptly passed them over to me, and I flopped them right on top of the hash browns I’d ordered for myself to create a double-stack, if you will.
But I can’t go to Bob Evans every time I hanker for hash browns, so I decided to test an idea I spotted on Pinterest: the waffle iron method recommended by rick-a-bam-boo.
I pulled out my 22-year-old waffle iron, lightly sprayed the surface with cooking oil, shredded some potatoes and plopped them in.
The photo’s not that great, but the hash browns tasted just right.
Problem solved. Now I can enjoy nicely cooked hash browns any time my heart desires.
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I love hash browns too! What a great idea!
My post probably doesn’t express how excited I am to have solved this problem. Knowing that I can just pull out the waffle iron any time I want hash browns? I am SO happy.
Fascinating! I love hash browns, too. The best anywhere are my dad’s, but you wouldn’t like them because he uses onions. Onions and lots of different peppers for color. And lots of pepper. And probably a day’s serving of olive oil.
The peppers sound delicious (though I’m not as interested in the pepper). And no onions. Maybe my problem has been that I haven’t used enough olive oil?
When I dice the potatoes, everything turns out fine. It’s when I shred them that I fail. Oh, well. Doesn’t matter now that I’ve discovered this awesome solution.
I’m so glad this worked for you! I have had the same issue with getting my hash browns just right too, but this totally does the trick. I love it!
Amber, you are my hero! Thank you for introducing me to this clever solution, because I LOVE hash browns and was truly sad that I couldn’t make it work.
Question: do you think if I spray my waffle iron heavily I might get by with the sweet potatoes? Your warning sounded dire. I’m afraid to try…
What a delightful and interesting method to fix hashbrowns to satisfy! Robert does ours, and I may be “easy,” but to me they are great.
Great idea, Ann. I knew my waffle iron was good for something more than waffles ! Hope to hang around more as the school year winds up.
Janis