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Restaurant Style Hashbrowns
Restaurant Style Hashbrowns
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Discover the secret to achieving those perfectly crispy, golden restaurant-style hashbrowns right in your own kitchen! This simple yet precise technique removes excess starch for that ideal crispy exterior while maintaining a tender interior. The combination of oil and butter creates that signature golden-brown color and rich flavor that makes diner hashbrowns so irresistible. Perfect alongside eggs, bacon, or as a base for your favorite breakfast toppings. - Claude
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Ingredients
1 4-oz russet potato
2 to 2 1/2 Tbsp cooking oil
1 Tbsp butter
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Peel the potato.
Using a box grater, grate the potato into a bowl of water.
Once the potato is grated, dump out the water and pour the grated potato into a colander or strainer.
Rinse the potato in cold water until the water runs clear, which means the starch is gone.
Squeeze as much water as you can out of the potato.
Spread the potato out on towels and use them to get the potatoes dryer.
Once you have done that, let the potatoes sit and dry for at least 10 minutes.
Place an 8" or so skillet over medium to medium-high heat burner.
Put your oil and your butter into the skillet.
Once your butter has started to turn a little golden brown you can add your hashbrowns.
Add your hashbrowns in an even layer and gently pat them down.
Once you have done that, cover your skillet with a lid.
Leave the lid on for 5 minutes, WITHOUT PEEKING, so that the potatoes will steam cook and the bottom will get nicely brown.
At the end of the 5 minutes, add your salt and pepper, and then FLIP the hashbrowns.
Cook them for an additional 2 to 3 minutes.
Serve them with your other favorite breakfast fixings.
Servings\Yield
Serves 1
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition Per Serving - Calories: 475; Total Fat: 42g (Saturated Fat: 10g); Cholesterol: 30mg; Sodium: 150mg; Total Carbohydrates: 24g (Dietary Fiber: 2g, Sugars: 1g); Protein: 3g; Calories from Fat: 378 (80%)
*Nutrition information is provided as a general estimate only. Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients, and is based on available nutrient data. Variations may occur based on ingredient brands and preparation methods.
💬 Uncle Dave says...
I worked in a diner for 7 1/2 years.
Not once did we ever cover our hashbrowns. Of course, our griddles were also hot 24/7.
I should note that our hashbrowns came to us dehydrated in big waxed cardboard cartons that we added hot water to to re-hydrate them.
🧑‍🍳 The Cook:  Dave Ferguson 🔑 Keywords: hashbrowns, potato, breakfast, crispy
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Restaurant Style Hashbrowns was added on May 11, 2025 and last updated on September 25, 2025.
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