little sis's famous hashbrowns

These are little sis's specialty. (Could you tell by the title? Good. I'm proud of you). They are simple, relatively quick, and absolutely delicious. She takes hers straight, and usually about the size of a dinner plate. The rest of us like to top them with over-easy eggs and avocado (my favorite), or sour cream, salsa, barbecue sauce, or ketchup. Take this tasty platform and build to wherever your imagination takes you.



Little Sis's House-Famous Hashbrowns
I'm just writing it up per-hashbrown. Multiply this recipe by however many people you want to feed (or however many hashbrowns they're going to want to eat).
Serves one (~400 calories/30 carbs per serving).
2 Tb vegetable oil (not olive oil. It's burning point is too low and it won't fry to hashbrown properly)
1 medium potato (I prefer golden, but a russet or even a red would work alright)
salt and pepper to taste

Boil your potatoes for 12 minutes in salted water. I prefer to do this step the night before. It simplifies things.



Put 2 Tb oil over a frying pan, over high heat. Let the pan heat up until when you throw a few droplets of water on it, the water leaps, dances, and hisses. Grate some pepper and sprinkle some salt into the oil.

While the pan is heating, run one potato through the grater disk of your food processor. If you don't have a food processor, get out the box grater. My sincerest apologies to your arm, especially if you have lots of hungry friends at the breakfast table.



Drop all the grated potato into the hot oil and pat it into a disk. Don't smush it down, just shape it gently. Now set your timer for 4-5 minutes and DON'T TOUCH. You have to let a nice golden crust form. You want a nice golden crust, don't you? Don't you?

When the timer rings, flip the hashbrown over, carefully. Set the timer for 3 minutes. If you want to make eggs, now is the time, in a separate pan, so everything will be nice and ready and hot together.

When 3 minutes are up, check the other side of the hashbrown. If either needs to be more golden, then turn it to that side and give it another minute or two.



Serve piping hot.