How to make Restaurant Style Extra Crispy Hash Browns Recipe

Today on Uncle Bill's Kitchen, we would like to share an American classic, Restaurant Style Extra Crispy Hash Browns. This how to video makes this breakfast recipe a breeze! Add some ketchup or sausage gravy and eggs to complete this comfort food and add it as a staple to your breakfast table.

Hash browns, also spelled hashed browns, are a popular American breakfast dish, consisting of finely chopped potatoes that have been fried until browned. Hash browns first started appearing on breakfast menus in New York City in the 1890s. Hash browns are a staple breakfast food at diners in North America, where they are often fried on a large common cooktop or grill.^[1]

In some parts of the United States, hash browns strictly refer to shredded or riced pan-fried potatoes, while diced and pan-fried potatoes are called country fried potatoes or home fries and are served as a side dish at other meals.^[1] Some recipes add diced or chopped onions.^[2]

Hash browns are a popular mass-produced product sold in refrigerated, frozen^[3][4] and dehydrated forms.

History

Originally, the full name of the dish was "hashed brown potatoes" (or "hashed browned potatoes"), of which the first known mention is by American food author Maria Parloa (1843–1909) in her 1887 Kitchen Companion, where she describes the dish of "hashed and browned potatoes" as a fried mixture of cold boiled potatoes which is folded "like an omelet" before serving.^[5]

The term "hash brown" was first coined as a single unit of hash browns mass produced for consumption by the Soviet Union during the cold war as a 'meal ready to eat'.^{[citation needed]}

Traditional hash browns are based only on potatoes, but in the southern United States, corn, chili and garlic are sometimes eaten with guacamole and salsa.^[6]

Hash browns then went on to be commercialized in the early 1980's by well known fast food corporations such as McDonald's and Burger King. Hash browns were traditionally served exclusively as a breakfast item by fast food restaurants, however in recent times some chains have began offering them throughout the day.

The name was gradually shortened to 'hash brown potatoes'.

Happy Cooking,
Uncle Bill

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