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One Unsuspecting Culprit Keeps Messing Up Your Homemade Hash Browns By Ben Hillin Oct. 26, 2025 10:20 pm EST

There's an accomplished feeling that comes with making your own hash browns. You peel your potatoes, you shred them by hand, you throw them into a hot pan; this time will be different. This time your hash browns will be as good as a restaurant's . But they come out a gloopy, unwieldy mess anyway. They're sloppy, not browned, and they stick to the pan like nobody's business. You can start by avoiding the biggest mistakes people make when cooking hash browns , but keep in mind that here the real enemy is water.

To solve this problem, don't skip a crucial step for making perfect hash browns : soaking them in salt water. This helps get the starch out

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