I've been working on sweet potato hash browns lately, via two methods: 1) (pictured above, topped with chorizo) sweet potato + egg, and 2) sweet potato only. I think 2) is tastier, but 1) sticks together better, and thus is more picturesque.
Sweet Potato Hash Browns: v1
(Serves 2)
-1 sweet potato, grated (I did this with a cheese grater)
-1 egg
-1-2 tbsp of pastured butter, bacon/chorizo grease, or coconut oil
-Salt and pepper to garnish
Place shredded sweet potato between two paper towels and squeeze out as much moisture as you can, repeat as necessary (I went through 2 or 3 sets of paper towels before I got bored). Place in a bowl, and mix with egg. Heat your grease of choice over medium heat. When pan is hot, add half the potato/egg mix to the pan, and flatten with a spatula, spreading it out as evenly and thinly as possible in the pan. Keep pressing it down with the spatula as you cook. Cook on this side until browned/until its easy to flip (around 2 - 4 minutes), then cook the other side, again around 2 - 4 minutes.
Pretty tasty, but i don't find that the hash browns get very crispy, and the egg messes with the texture, as well as the grease-absorption capacity (which I think is very important, especially if you're eating grass-fed meat--don't be wasting that tasty, tasty grease).
So v2:
Sweet Potoato Hash-browns: v2
-1 sweet potato, grated
-1 - 2 tbsp of grease of choice
-Salt and pepper to garnish
Same instructions as above, just cook until the outside gets crispy, but I won't give you any false hopes about this sticking together when you flip it. Clumps of it will adhere, but it doesn't look all Waffle House picture-perfect. However, without the egg, the hash browns are a lot crispier, and they will do a much better job of soaking up the grease of any meat you top it with--I recommend fresh chorizo.
If anyone has a method of doing this that nails both the taste and the aesthetics, I'm all ears.
~Losterman
(Are a disproportionately high number of these posts devoted to breakfast?)
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