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Best way to make hash browns on a Blackstone

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HofstraJet
HofstraJet Posts: 1,156
edited January 2017 in EggHead Forum
At RD the other day I found a 10# box of shredded hash browns for $3 (expiring in a week). Figured I would give them a shot.

Tried cooking them by just throwing them on the Blackstone with a little oil and tossing them around, but they cooked very unevenly.

Any suggestions?


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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    Haven't tried that brand, but a par cook in the microwave or drying overnight helped my hash brown game with fresh grated and frozen as well. Gotta get em dryer to get browned. 
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  • FATC1TY
    FATC1TY Posts: 888
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    Put them in clean kitchen towel and squeeze all the moisture out. 

    Oil your pan, but in your instance the griddle. Lay them out thin mash them together and let sit. Once they set together flip and cook. I ususlly season and cover them to cook the other side up and have the great crust that hash browns just need to be good !

    i have had the thought to use some corn starch and let them sit in fridge to dry up though. 
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  • bhedges1987
    bhedges1987 Posts: 3,201
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    Don't you know you'll die from eating hash browns? There was a post on it yesterday! 

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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
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    Following. My black stone hashbrowns suck.
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • blasting
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    This is my method.

    Get the griddle nice and hot.  Once you put down the hash browns, use your squirt bottle with oil to apply an even amount of oil.  Cover.  Once browned / crispy to your liking, flip, apply more oil, and then cook the rest of the way uncovered.




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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    Fresh potatoes - shred, squeeze out excess water, par cook in microwave for a few minutes, oil griddle, flatten and cook until brown, flip the whole thing without tearing it up, cook other side until crispy and brown.
     
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  • Jeremiah
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    I think the covering is what I'm missing. In the frying pan I do this, but not on the blackstone.  I'll have to figure out some sort of cover...
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • FATC1TY
    FATC1TY Posts: 888
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    They make covers for griddles. Or use a as bowl even.
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,357
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    Ask @hapster and @CTMike They cooked the hell outta some at the Nola's Brisket Camp last year!
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,350
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    Jeremiah said:
    I think the covering is what I'm missing. In the frying pan I do this, but not on the blackstone.  I'll have to figure out some sort of cover...
    Big wok cover might do the trick:

    https://www.amazon.com/Winco-WKCS-14-Stainless-Steel-4-Inch/dp/B003HEV05U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1485396755&sr=8-3&keywords=griddle+dome
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  • blasting
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    @Jeremiah  I've got a couple melting domes that work ok.  Even better is a large pot lid.  If I'm cooking for the masses, a 14" kettle lid works great.

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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
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    Thanks for the ideas fellas. 
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    Steamer trays of various sizes. 
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  • tarheelmatt
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    Jeremiah said:
    I think the covering is what I'm missing. In the frying pan I do this, but not on the blackstone.  I'll have to figure out some sort of cover...
    I use an old fry pan lid.  

    You're a metal man, make something cool for a lid!  
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    Half a '57 fin. 
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  • Theophan
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    I don't have a Blackstone, but I really think the crucial thing is leaving them alone until they've browned, then flipping them over and, again, leaving them alone until they've browned.  Never flip them if they're not browned on the bottom.  You just keep growing and flipping, browning again and flipping, until there's enough browned stuff scattered through the potatoes to your taste.
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,491
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    There was a diner nearby that made the best hashbrowns, they were loose, not formed into a cake, but deliciously browned and wonderful.  I've never been able to replicate, and they're out of business now.  
    Will be watching this thread; thanks.  
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    Theophan said:
    I don't have a Blackstone, but I really think the crucial thing is leaving them alone until they've browned, then flipping them over and, again, leaving them alone until they've browned.  Never flip them if they're not browned on the bottom.  You just keep growing and flipping, browning again and flipping, until there's enough browned stuff scattered through the potatoes to your taste.
    A griddle is a very large skillet.  No difference other than size.
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  • blasting
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    All this hashbrown talk was making me hungry - thought a visual was in order.



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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,114
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    nolaegghead said:
    Theophan said:
    I don't have a Blackstone, but I really think the crucial thing is leaving them alone until they've browned, then flipping them over and, again, leaving them alone until they've browned.  Never flip them if they're not browned on the bottom.  You just keep growing and flipping, browning again and flipping, until there's enough browned stuff scattered through the potatoes to your taste.
    A griddle is a very large skillet.  No difference other than size.
    No it is not.  They are different.
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,114
    edited January 2017
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    A skillet is a North American term for a frying pan (UK: frypan). It's usually round in shape and made in a variety of metals (usually iron, steel, aluminium or copper). Often in the North American context, it's usually made of cast or wrought iron (see pic below).

    A campfire skillet

    A griddle is a heavy cast-iron or wrought-iron plate (usually square in shape) that's heated in a variety of ways for cooking food. A griddle historically used to be a miner's sieve with a wire bottom, and sometimes this is still the meaning for some people.

    A cast-iron black square griddle pan
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  • nolaegghead
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    Boy I stand corrected. 
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  • Grillin_beers
    Grillin_beers Posts: 1,345
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    I haven't tried covering them, maybe that's what's been missing in mine.  I'd say that mine are pretty good, just not perfect.  They are a lot better if I've just cooked some bacon and cook them in the bacon grease. 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
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    nolaegghead said:
    Boy I stand corrected. 
    You should not stand, but bow to your intellectual superiors.
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  • nolaegghead
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    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Boy I stand corrected. 
    You should not stand, but bow to your intellectual superiors.
    I really thought they were functionally synonymous.  I was totally wrong.  You are super intillektuallie superior!

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    griddle

    Image result for rectangular frying pan

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
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    Sinonimous implies funktunally similiar.  Don't knead both wurds.
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  • HeavyG
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    nolaegghead said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Boy I stand corrected. 
    You should not stand, but bow to your intellectual superiors.
    I really thought they were functionally synonymous.  I was totally wrong.  You are super intillektuallie superior!

    Tools of the Trade 11
    griddle

    Image result for rectangular frying pan

    frying pan
    The bottom pan is not a frying pan, it is a tamagoyaki pan.

    I guess you could fry in it tho.
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
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    HeavyG said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Boy I stand corrected. 
    You should not stand, but bow to your intellectual superiors.
    I really thought they were functionally synonymous.  I was totally wrong.  You are super intillektuallie superior!

    Tools of the Trade 11
    griddle

    Image result for rectangular frying pan

    frying pan
    The bottom pan is not a frying pan, it is a tamagoyaki pan.

    I guess you could fry in it tho.
    Next thing you know, he will be calling a pot and kettle the same thing.
    They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin
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  • nolaegghead
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    pots and kettles are both black
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  • johnnyp
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    nolaegghead said:
    pots and kettles are both black

    did you just assume their ethnicity?
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