Name: Hash brown like in your favorite fast-food restaurant
Prep time: 300 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 340 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: Starchy potatoes - 600 g; Rice flour Vegan - 40 g; Corn starch - 40 g; Dry onion powder - 3 g; Salt, freshly ground black pepper to taste; Salt to taste; Ice to taste; Vegetable oil for deep frying to taste; Sugar - 50 g; Water - 50 ml

For hashbrowns in a fast food restaurant, dextrose extracted from corn is used to maintain the color of the potatoes. They are fried frozen in a deep fryer, but at home, they can be cooked in a pan, just with a significant amount of oil. Instead of dextrose, we'll use regular sugar syrup. The process does not allow for these hashbrowns to be made quickly, but the effort is worth it – and you can make and freeze a lot all at once, for the future! You can add any spices to the potatoes to your liking, especially smoked paprika and ground dried garlic.

Prepare a wide bowl of ice water. Peel the potatoes and grate them directly into ice water. Leave for 1.5–2 hours, then drain in a colander and let the water drain.

For sugar syrup, combine sugar and water, bring to a boil, cook for 1 minute - the sugar should completely dissolve.

Pour 750 ml of water into a saucepan, bring to a boil, pour in 2 tbsp. l. sugar syrup, salt, add potatoes. As soon as the water boils again, count exactly 3 minutes and turn off the heat.

Place the potatoes in a colander, let the water drain, then squeeze out the remaining water, but not dry - the potatoes should be moist.

Transfer the potatoes to a bowl and sprinkle with a mixture of cornstarch, rice flour, onion powder, pepper and salt. Mix thoroughly with your hands.

Prepare a board, tray or completely flat dish - it should fit freely and evenly in your freezer. Drizzle a little vegetable oil and cover with baking paper (the oil will help seal the paper). Using any mold, place hashbrowns on the prepared surface - about 2 tbsp. l. potato mass each - and tamp down a little. Remove the mold and shape the hashbrown into an oval. Place in the freezer for at least 3 hours.

Heat deep-frying or semi-deep-frying oil in a deep frying pan over medium heat to 180°C. In batches, fry the hashbrowns until golden brown on both sides. Place on crumpled paper towels to drain and serve

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