This Crispy Potato Galette Is Hash Browns Fit for a Crowd (2024)

FAQs

What's the difference between potato cakes and hash browns? ›

Are Hash Browns and Potato Pancakes the Same Thing? Potato pancakes are more complex than hash browns. Hash browns are pan-fried shredded potatoes, whereas potato pancakes are mixed with a binder, seasoned typically with onion or garlic, and formed into patties before cooking.

Starchy potatoes like Russets work best for hash browns. Waxy potatoes like red new potatoes have a higher moisture content and tend to hold their shape better than starchy potatoes, and as such do not develop the crispiest of edges when fried.

They also last a loooong time in the freezer and they require no extra chopping or prep. In essentially any dish that calls for peeled and prepped potatoes, you can (and should) use frozen hash browns.

No, hash browns and latkes are not the same thing. Although they contain similar ingredients like shredded potatoes and they are cooked in a frying pan, they are not the same. Hash browns are shredded potatoes and onions that are scattered in a pan and pan fried.

I often boil potatoes—Yukon Golds, which I find work best for this technique—specifically to become hash browns. Once cool enough to handle, you can grate them right away, or cover and refrigerate them for up to three days, for hash browns at a moment's notice.

Allow hash browns to cool to room temperature, then place in an airtight container and store them in the refrigerator. Reheat in a skillet for 5-8 minutes to warm them through and re-crisp them.

To make their famed hash browns, these practiced short-order cooks keep a mound of crispy shredded spuds cooking on their flat-top griddles. They're flipping and turning (while smothering and covering the hash browns with toppings) all hours of the day.

How Waffle House Does Hash Browns Best. Here's what you should know about how they make hash browns at Waffle House: They start with dehydrated potatoes (not flakes for making mashed potatoes). The reconstituted potatoes are well-drained and cooked on a flat-top griddle with a generous amount of butter-flavored oil.

What is the difference between hash browns and Southern hash browns? Hash browns are shredded potatoes that are fried until crispy and brown with no soft interior. Southern-style hash browns are diced potatoes that are fried until the exterior is crisp and the interior is soft, essentially home fries.

In some states it's known as a 'potato scallop', in others it's a 'potato cake', and for years the debate has been bantered back and forward between protagonists. “It might be a 'scallop' of potato but let's not confuse it with a serve of scallops!

What do the English call potato cakes? ›

It seems the Irish call them Potato bread, the English call them potato cakes (Lancashire), Scottish call them potato scones (tottie scones).

Mix mashed potatoes, flour, onion, egg, black pepper, and salt in a bowl until well combined, similar to a batter consistency. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Drop 4-inch circles of batter into the hot oil. Cook until golden brown, about 4 to 5 minutes per side; drain on paper towels.

Potato pancakes have a creamy, almost mashed-potato-like center, with a thin, golden, crisp exterior. Latkes, on the other hand, should have a deeply browned crust, with wispy, lacy edges. Latkes also aren't hash browns.