Restaurant-Quality Hash Browns

When it comes to certain dishes, nothing evokes satisfaction–be it at a comfy diner or in a fine steakhouse–like digging into a mounded round of perfectly balanced and seasoned hash browns. That first hefty forkful and bite of crispness, followed by a tender interior of potato, all combining in the mouth, makes the day go just a little bit easier–a hearty and fulfilling thing it is.

Every chef and cook on the internet have their own standard recipe and numerous websites trumpet the “true secret” to making great hash browns, like they’ve just found the Holy Grail. I’ve got a better method, discovered through years of trial-and-error in a search that captures what a true potato needs to be in a great hash brown.