/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.11346435]

Just tried to make homemade hashbrowns and it was a total disaster. As usual when I make something new, it burned on the outside and was raw on the inside somehow.
The oil I put in the pan just disappeared. The potatoes stuck to the pan and left this residue on the bottom.
Where did I go wrong?

[Anonymous No.11346438]

>>11346435
Your heat was too high and you didn't use enough oil. Probably didn't have a proper pan either.

[Anonymous No.11346441]

>>11346438
It was a stainless steel pan and I only put the heat on 5.
Should I parboil the potatoes next time?

[Anonymous No.11346450]

The biggest missed steak is not drying the potatoes properly. They hold a lot of water, you need a ricer to squeeze moisture out or leave them out for an hour on paper towels while squeezing every 15 minutes
the liquid in it doesn't cook out quickly enough for the innards of the hashbrown to cook properly, so the outside gets burned while

[Anonymous No.11346460]

>>11346435
>burned on the outside and raw on the inside
Heat too high. This is always the answer to this question.
>potatoes stuck to the pan
Not enough oil. Can you really not troubleshoot this by yourself?
>where did I go wrong
Thinking you could cook all by yourself.

[Anonymous No.11346463]

>>11346460
I just tried it this morning and thought I'd make a cooking thread on a cooking board to see how others do it. Sorry for interrupting the fast food marketing.

[Anonymous No.11346466]

>>11346463
If I had a dollar for every time some can't-cook idiot thought /ck/ was gonna solve his problems for him and posted a worthless thread he could have easily googled instead, I'd have enough to buy this terrible website so I could ban you from this board.
This is a cooking board, not a can't fucking cook for shit board.

[Anonymous No.11346475]

>>11346435
Heat oil to medium high, put potatos in and press to 1/2" thick, reduce heat to low and cover. Cook @10 minutes. Gently lift one edge and if golden brown, add a little more oil and flip. Leave uncovered and cook another 10-15 minutes until golden brown on the flip side. I do it in stainless and never have an issue but I also cook omelletes in stainless, so there's that. As another anon said make sure you squeeze out the a lot of the water.

[Anonymous No.11346479]

>>11346466
I don't think /ck/ is going to solve my problems for me. It's a discussion board and here I happen to be discussing hashbrowns.
Everyone starts somewhere. I don't know you but I know you've fucked things up in your life too. That doesn't make you an idiot it means you learn and do better next time.
You're just being an asshole for no real reason.
I'd rather have threads like this than endless McDonalds advertisements.

[Anonymous No.11346485]

>>11346435
use more oil
grate the potatoes onto a tea towel and squeeze the water out

[Anonymous No.11346510]

>>11346479
I'd rather have the McDonald's threads because they're easy to filter.
>It's a discussion board and here I happen to be discussing hashbrowns
No, you're asking for advice to fix your problems which you could have gotten via google in 45 seconds. You're obviously not from here or you'd understand why I'm fucking mad, crossboarder pieces of shit like you come here eighteen times a day to post a variation on the same thread.
>help me, I tried to do something without looking it up first, I fucked up and I can't figure out how to stop fucking up
It's not a discussion. There's no discussion to be had about how to fry potatoes: there is an established method already. I was never so annoying when I was learning to cook. Buy a book.

[Anonymous No.11346517]

>>11346510
better than another mcdonalds thread

[Anonymous No.11346520]

>>11346435
Hash browns are one of those dishes that you're going to have to establish a protocol for your kitchen and stick with it every time until you perfect it.

Prep: Peel an uncooked russet potato. Use a cheese grater to grate the potato into a bowl with cold water to keep the potato from changing color. Rinse the excess starch off the potato. Strain the potato, lay it out on paper towel, and DRY to potato as much as you can. The dryer the better.

Cook: Pre-heat your pan to about a 5 / 10. Wait until the pan is hot enough that a drop of water balls up in the pan and doesn't evaporate immediately. Add enough oil to the pan to cook the first side, maybe 1-2 tbs depending on your pan, and get it hot and wavy. Gently sprinkle your potato into the pan. You want the potato to be fluffy in the pan, not dense. Season with salt and pepper, and cover for 7 minutes, then check to see if it's brown, if not, give her more time. When browned, cover with a plate/cutting board/whatever and flip it upside down in the pan, add oil if needed before putting the uncooked side back in, cover, and cook again until done.

The key is DRY potato, plenty of oil, and a HOT pan. Keep track of your oil and heat, adjust as needed, and you'll get it right every time when you perfect your technique.

[Anonymous No.11346525]

>>11346510
>Buy a book.
>2018
Quit trolling 4chan grandad.

[Anonymous No.11346529]

>>11346510
go away

[Anonymous No.11346535]

Made hashbrowns before, they’re good but honesty not worth the time and effort. Especially if you’re making it for breakfast, I honestly don’t know any non-neet that has the actual time to do all the shit.

Pic related is the superior breakfast potato choice for the home cook

[Anonymous No.11346536]

>>11346510
Actually I've already read about how to do it but it still didn't turn out well so I thought I'd start a conversation about it where I could reply to the advice people give. And that's where you came in with your pointless bad attitude.
You sound miserable being this upset over something so insignificant. You should really reassess your perspective on things. It's very small-minded.

[Anonymous No.11346537]

>>11346510
Unironically kill yourself

[Anonymous No.11346545]

>>11346510
Idiot.

OP is making conversation and staying on topic while you are just whining.

[Anonymous No.11346544]

>>11346441
>heat on 5
Thats where you went wrong, set the heat to turtle next time

[Anonymous No.11346561]

>>11346536
welcome to the internet, it's full of miserable assholes who won't blow sunshine up your butt

[Anonymous No.11346562]

>>11346510
The headmaster of /ck/ has logged on

[Anonymous No.11346577]

>>11346562
...and it seems it sat on one of its rulers and has it trapped up it's ass. Sideways.

[Anonymous No.11346738]

>>11346525
>>11346529
>>11346537
>>11346545
Thanks for the (You)s.

>>11346562
You are damned straight.

>>11346536
>It's very small-minded
You would know, wouldn't you, thou who cannot even fry fucking potatoes.
You can cry about it all you want, but I will be here to remind you how pathetic you are.
>pointless bad attitude
Pointless bad thread.

[Anonymous No.11346755]

McDonald's thread?

[Anonymous No.11346786]

>>11346755
Why?

Seriously. Why the fuck would you even jokingly continue to support the people that are profiting off of the obesity industry? They bribe politicians to ignore the impact of their product so they can keep selling it. They bribe the (((media))...well, honestly, that's not hard to do...anyway, they bribe them to push their shitty products to kids and teens to get them hooked for life, resulting in the obesity epidemic that plagues the west.

Why would you even pretend to support that shit? I just don't understand it with more and more idiots succumbing to obesity and the beetus'. You may think it doesn't concern you, but the same politicians ignoring the garbage being pushed onto the public are the same politicians that will take YOUR money to pay for those fat pieces of shit when they can't afford their' beetus' medication and go on welfare.

You idiots really do need to pull your heads out of your ass.

[Anonymous No.11346787]

>>11346510
OP is posting about food and you're posting in hus thread about your hurt feelings. Neck yourself so you cant post in other threads and do the board a favor.

[Anonymous No.11347248]

>>11346535
I call these Breakfast Potatoes, i hear a lot of people call them country style, but none of them have ever been in an area smaller than a suburban city.

[Anonymous No.11347432]

>>11346435
I think you can remove all the water from grated potatoes with a vacuum sealer and some tea towels underneath
No bag necessary. Just get the water out of the potato and it will be super crispy. For added flavor use a rooster potato

[Anonymous No.11347549]

>>11346466
Save your rage for barq’s/Jiro/poop/fit for a king/blacked/whypipo seasoning shitposters anon. At least OP is talking about food and cooking.

[Anonymous No.11347590]

Use a baked potato.

[Anonymous No.11347688]

Try using butter if you're not using it already.

[Anonymous No.11348423]

>>11346450
That's terrible advice, it is both pointless and daunting to put that much effort into getting rid of excess liquid. Just give it a good squeeze before you put it in the pan and you'll be fine.

[Anonymous No.11348424]

>>11346441
>I only put the heat on 5.
nobody outside of your gay house knows what that is faglord

[Anonymous No.11348441]

>>11346786
I didn't realize this was a copypasta thread

[Anonymous No.11349300]

>>11346435

Watch this and learn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xDmCLP5mhY

[Anonymous No.11349318]

>>11346435
Did you rinse off the excess starch and dry them?

[Anonymous No.11349419]

>>11346738
Fine bait sir, you exemplify being a faggot for no reason and adding a caricature of yourself is truly the icing on the cake

[Anonymous No.11349717]

>>11346435
Since several people have told you that you need dry potatoes, this is how I dry mine.
Take a fist full of the shredded/grated potato and SQUEEZE the fucker like they're the mod who b& you for shitposting. Get all the water out of that, then put that mess aside onto a paper towel and do another fist full.
Then pat dry to rid the excess on the surface and put in a bowl to continue.

[Anonymous No.11349833]

>>11349717
>the mod who b& you for shitposting.
Come up with better memes then, dork.

[Anonymous No.11349844]

>>11346450
>leave them out for an hour on paper towels while squeezing every 15 minutes

Just shred them, put the shreds in a dish towel and wring them out. Done.

[Anonymous No.11349865]

>>11346450
>15 min

they oxidize and get ugly.

[Anonymous No.11350370]

>>11349833
Hey, I didn't get b&.
Well, that one time someone asked in /co/ if there was Clarissa r34 and I posted it without thinking.

[Anonymous No.11350807]

>>11348424
haha

[Anonymous No.11352583]

>>11350370

Why would you even have Clarissa r34 illustrations saved in your computer, anon?

[Anonymous No.11352713]

Hashbrowns are on my list of "stupid fucking bullshit that's not worth the goddamn effort"

If I'm craving them I'll go to a diner or something. I can't fucking stand trying to make them without a big ass griddle.

[Anonymous No.11352758]

>>11349318
what is the difference between rinsed and un-rinsed potatoes, end-product-wise?

[Anonymous No.11352778]

>>11352713
>list of "stupid fucking bullshit that's not worth the goddamn effort"
hi there

[Anonymous No.11352795]

>>11346520
So what this fine gent said, except do several potatoes worth and freeze the rest. Will be easier the next time you make them.

[Anonymous No.11352849]

>>11346786
>profiting off of the obesity industry
>Fueling my fetish
Hmm
I'm Lovin it

[Anonymous No.11352892]

>>11352778
Homemade puff pastry/laminated doughs in general are so fucking relaxing and satisfying to make, though. Sure it takes quite a while but most of it is passive time and if you're careful with your folds it's pretty straightforward.

[Anonymous No.11353046]

>>11346510
fuck off nigger

[Anonymous No.11353088]

Microwave them for one minute in the microwave after squeezing the moisture out and i promise they'll come out perfect

[Anonymous No.11353770]

Made potato pancakes a while back, perfect food in my opinion and sound similar to hashbrowns
Just use enough oil and drain them using a kitchen towel squeezing method

[Anonymous No.11354268]

>>11352583
For trolling Clarissa threads, they used to be common when I still went to /b/

[Anonymous No.11354282]

>>11349300
No one who weighs less than 300 lbs has hands like that. Good video though.

[Anonymous No.11354293]

PEEL the potatoes. Hopefully slimey ones like yukon gold.
GRATE the potatoes (takes a while. be patient)
SQUEEZE the fuck out of those fuckers over the sink. Use your mand hand strength to get all the moisture out.
FORM into patties using those same hands.
PREHEAT the cast iron, you fuck.
LUBE the cast iron.
FRY about 7 minutes each side on medium-low heat (be patient)