Homemade Hash Browns With Red PotatoesShake Up Your Hash Browns Once, I spent a summer on a 5. We slept on hammocks beneath the stars and cooked meals out of canned chicken and instant rice in a galley that makes my small kitchen huge by comparison. Occasionally, we would trawl a fishing line behind us as we sailed, then fry up filets or roll sushi with our catch. Keeping the yacht in shipshape was a 1. Naturally, I preferred cooking duties to clean up responsibilities. Problem was, so did a fellow mate. While the rest of our crew went off to scrub the head and relinquished the chopping and sauting to the two of us, we found we werent great kitchen co pilots. A summers worth of tension came to a head over salad dressing emulsification methods one night, and we barely spoke the whole next day. Yep, we gave each other the silent treatment on a 5. Also note we were 1. The point is, while I love sharing this space with you readers and my living room with friends who come by, I dont usually want us all to collaborate on a single bowl of salad dressing. I love homemade hash browned potatoes. Sometimes good hash browns are hard to come by in a restaurant so I came up with my own recipe. I use red or Yukon Gold. Sausage Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole is the ultimate breakfast casserole. Eggs, cheese, crumbled, cooked sausage and hash browns so goodHomemade Hash Browns Waffle IronOn the other hand, if everyone wanted to make sandwiches and grain salads and roasted potatoes and honey drizzled cake, I bet wed have a really lovely potluck picnic in the park together. Eating together is the best. Am I alone in my penchant for cooking alone though Along came Lissa Ivy, Alexs step sister, who shattered my preference for potlucks over communal cookery with one invitation. An artist and collaborator by nature, she suggested making a meal of these spicy Swiss chard tartines at her place when we visited San Francisco earlier this summer. I agreed, but not all that willingly. Yet as I plodded through the Noe Valley farmers market and grumbled to myself about the overlong prepwork, a group vision for the meal cracked through my reluctance. Lissa Ivy added lemon zest and kale to the greens mixture, and the flavors melded better than in the original. We spread goats milk butter on our baguette halves, and my god, goats milk butter is awesome. And Wesley, Lissa Ivys boyfriend, made potatoes. What potatoes Wesley used his dads method of parboiling the potatoes before roasting them. Been there seen that, thought jaded old me, as I watched. But heres what I hadnt seen before. After boiling the potatoes but before spreading them out on the baking sheet to roast, Wesley gave them a thorough shake, tossing each one with spices and oil, andheres the crucial partroughing up each potato, multiplying the surface area. When these scuffed up, shaken potatoes go in for their roast, theres a whole lot more room for them to get crispy. Homemade Hash Browns Patties' title='Homemade Hash Browns Patties' />Every little mountain top and valley created by the earthquake you roused in the pot has a chance to turn into a golden, crispy little nugget. Id venture to say each potato begins to resemble a tater tot, but without all that grating and shaping. Unlike most posts, this one has a moral. You might become a genius hash brown cook when you put aside your solipsistic preferences and go in for the chaotic act of making breakfast with a group. FestIve teamed up with Food Network and a host of other great bloggers to bring you Summer Fest, a season long celebration of produce. Deep Fried Ham. Follow the links below to check out what everyone else has cooked up with their potatoes this week as we head into fall Jeanettes Healthy Living Crock Pot Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes. Dishin Dishes Roasted Potato Salad. Made By Michelle Sweet Potato Macaroni and Cheese. Napa Farmhouse 1. Red Chile Breakfast Potatoes. Virtually Homemade Potato Onion Bread With Poppy Seeds. Sweet Life Bake Tacos de Papa Potato Potato TacosFrom My Corner of Saratoga Easy Crispy Fried Potatoes. Thursday Night Dinner Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Coconut Oil. FN Dish The Multipurpose PotatoRecipeShakin Hash Browns Prep time  1. Cook time  1 hour 1. Total time  1 hour 2. Serves 4. 2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes about 5 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch chunks. Salt. 1 teaspoon smoked paprika cup olive oil. Put the potatoes in a medium sized stockpot of cold water. Add 1 teaspoon of salt and bring to a boil over medium high heat, stirring occasionally to be sure the potatoes dont stick to the bottom about 1. Lower the heat to medium, watching to make sure the water doesnt boil over, and simmer vigorously for another 8 minutes, until the potatoes are very soft and have a roughness around the edges. While the potatoes are cooking, preheat the oven to 4. F. Drain the potatoes, then return them to the pot. Add the oil, teaspoon salt, and smoked paprika. Put the lid on the pot and, holding it in place, give the potatoes several good shakes. You want to rough up the potatoes and distribute the oil, salt, and paprika as well. Dont worry if some of the potatoes look a bit smushed theyll all crisp up in the end. Scatter the shaken potatoes on a parchment lined baking sheet. Place in the oven and cook for about 4. Serve immediately, with other brunch treats like eggs, bacon, and pancakes. Dont plan to make these in advance theyre best when hot for sure. However, they do hold their crispiness for longer than youd expect, a welcome trait. Emilys Famous Hash Browns Recipe.