Brother I have been a chef for25 years, taught at Le Cordon Bleu for 5 of them. I just wanted to say you really did figure it out! Awesome, more people learn from you!
you are in big trouble Mister if you mean strain it through a coffee filter- you mean it clogs the filter and the clarified part flows on the counter top then yes. good plan. once i sopped the clarified butter off the counter into the cup. then i was in tall cotton. my wife is not very happy with this method. maybe i will buy some from wally’s next trip to town
I graduated le cordon Bleu myself. It's not my profession but I did graduate. One of the biggest lesson I learned was the clarification of butter. There are many things I learned but that was the main secret to restaurant style food, in my opinion
That and base sauces. Even if you arent going to cook. There is much to learn and can completely change the way you eat. Which is becoming increasingly more expensive. They know meat is healthy so the price went through the roof. They don't want healthy communities
I had failed to make crispy hash brown patties for years! I followed your instructions: rinsing, drying, frying in cast iron with the lid on for 5 minutes, then flipping. Total success! Thanks, Kent and Shannon.
Man thank you after my big sissy died its been hard connecting with my dad but I found you and me and dad has always been into cast iron and after watching you we have not only changed the way we do things a little but we cooked all morning today together and not a argument one lol we did a big scramble and I told him about this vid the other day so I clarified the butter and washed the taters and he fried them using the black stone ....thank you for helping me chill with my dad ....love from Oklahoma
I'm a chef who could never do hashbrowns. I'm pretty sure watching this that everything you're doing will get the best results. Hats off to you, I bow down to you. Thank you for teaching me! :-)
@@relentlessmadman Regardless of the New Age BS you will hear, the only real advantage to eating the skins is that they contain a lot of fiber. If you get plenty of fiber elsewhere, don't worry about it. On the other hand, I make hash browns with the skins. They have more flavor in my opinion but YMMV.
Crispy hash browns are my sweet wife's favorite, but I haven't gotten good at making them before. But after this lesson, I made them for brunch along with bacon and scrambled eggs, and I was the hero! Thanks for the great food!
Instead of using a rinse bowl and colander, I grate into the colander, rinse directly in the colander and swirl as the water runs through; then squeeze, etc. Saves me steps and another dish to have to wash. Love your personality!
Take it elsewhere. "Religion is Like a penis: It's fine to have one; it's fine to be proud of it. But you don't need to put it on display, and have no right to shove it down anyone else's throat. "
For over 25 years I've tried to do hash brown potatoes. Finally, I know how. Thank you. YOU have cooked them precisely the way I like. I thank you once again... Sincerely... Additionally, your style and presentation are both impeccable.
For many years I too have had a tough time making good hash browns. I wonder if I just bought some frozen HB and did a wash on them if they would come out like his?
I found you on Sunday Morning on CBS reruns, I watched how Purposeful you were in your words, actions and cooking. It such a pleasure to watch you preserve such an important piece of rich Americana. Please continue with the gift that God has blessed you with.
Let me tell you something... If there's one person on this planet that I would trust to teach me how to make crispy hashbrowns, it's Cowboy Kent Rollins.
Kevin Faler Let me tell you something, don’t tell people how to tell people something that didn’t ask to be told something about telling people something, Kevin.
After I pulled the hash browns, I rolled around some leftover clarified butter and poured in my scrambled eggs. They were done in less than a minute with zero sticking. I love cooking with cast!
I have two 20+ year old cast irons my dad gave me. throughout the years I've gotten non sticks, red copper, e.c.t. garanteed to not stick. they stick and scratch up and burn and every one of them has been ether smashed or thrown out by me. my cast irons, never once fail me. easy to clean, easy to maintain. and indestructable. the obvious superior cookware.
@@honestduck6100 Non-stick has consistently let me down. So many factors cause food to stick and burn on non-stick skillet surfaces. Properly maintained cast iron is closer to being non-stick.
Me too! First video I've watched. Instant sub, good old fashioned no nonsense cooking! Im English, and the America on display here is something great! Greetings from across the pond!
Kent, it is always a pleasure watching you cook. The added benefit is that I get to take advantage of your experience, and LEARN new things. Thank you so much!
Kent, this is awesome. Never have I been able to match the hash browns I got in an old 76 truck stop on a cross country trip back in the mid 1970s. UNTIL now. I know this is not rocket science, but to me it is better. Appreciate you all. Dave.
This is the first time I have ever subscribed to a cooking 'show'. That hash brown looks yummy. I am hoping all of Cowboy Kent Rollins recipe demonstrations are as simple as this. Good old farm cooking is what I like. Not all the fancy stuff.
Very informative with an outstanding finished product! Thank you, sir, for the instruction. I would never have reasoned how important such thorough cleaning of the potato prior to frying was. Thanks again.
I set a stick of butter in a small saucepan and place the saucepan on an oil-filled space heater (the ones that look like a radiator with wheels) turned to "High." An hour later, I decant the clarified butter; no stirring, no filtering. I don't even watch it. Of course, this technique works best in winter, or it makes for a hot kitchen.
@luv basses. The potatoes came out beautiful and he's a nice man, but too many steps, I'd rather buy a bag of tater tots and put them in toaster oven then broil in the same oven afterwards and call it a day, crispy and done. Clearly not as good but who cares😅
Me too...I’m a huge fan of Ore Ida tots. Try this sometime- I make for wifey and me during football games: crisp up six strips of bacon, cooled and chopped up to bits. Bake tots til done then put em in Pyrex round dish. Top with your choice of shredded cheese then the bacon bits. Put back in oven til melted. Great with a little sour cream when done! Enjoy!
Hello Kent, We just went through our first weekend here at the deer camp. I don’t have to tell you these guys don’t know how to cook hash browns. Nothing worse than burnt eggs, bacon and mushy hash browns. Tried this recipe out this morning and I was impressed!!! The grizwalds I found all rusted off the refuse collection route shined up beautiful and better than any new nonstick!!! Thanks for both videos as I can’t believe how nice they cleaned up!!! Take care and wishing you all the best!!! Art
Ding! Ding! Ding!!! We have a winner!! I know this is an old video but I so appreciate you making it! Made these this morning and was afraid they’d get soggy waiting for the eggs to cook but they held on to their crispy-ness all the way to my mouth! Yum! Thanks, Cowboy Kent! ❤️❤️❤️
I always wondered how to make homemade hash browns straight from a whole potato. Came out great on the first try! Thanks for the information! I’m very pleased with the way they turned out, they were virtually identical to the ones I get at the restaurant I go to!
I've tried and failed on previous attempts. This weekend my son and I have the house to ourselves. I'm under the weather and he asked if I could make fries to go with burgers without having to go to the store. I tried your recommendations and without a doubt, first try, came out great. From an under-the-weather dad, thank you! I think you saved our weekend.
Thank you Cowboy Kent! Nearly every Sunday morning we do a flat top breakfast and I have struggled to get crispy hash browns w/o having to go too thin. I'm trying this for our next Sunday morning breakfast! Cheers!
Great video! I didn't have good luck straining the clarified butter through a coffee filter. The filter quickly clogged. After letting the butter stand in the warm pot, I simply scooped out the clear into a canning jar, and left the starch for buttering toast, etc. That worked well for me.
This morning my mom made these hash browns and they are absolutely perfect. To add to the breakfast I made all of us some cowboy coffee. Thank you for the awesome cooking videos and recipes.
Kent, great video on a simple cook. Aussie (me) have only been introduced to hash Browns since McDonald's introduced us to the American breakfast. Seeing how hash Browns should really be cooked is great! Martian Space Helmet....classic!
I don’t mess with the butter, just put it in the pan, let it melt and add your taters. But I agree with his other steps. It really takes no time and takes eggs and bacon up a notch eaten together. A fresh biscuit(American) and your meal is complete!
Thank you for explaining this! I have attempted this several times before I figured out the starch was making it mucky! LOL. Sending you a bunch of great ole big hearts from Dallas, Jan
There's a lot of things in this video that keeps the hash browns from turning to mush. The rinse takes away the starch "slime", (this is also how rice is done right). Getting rid of excess moisture is the second thing - this is done by patting them down and salt; salt before cooking dries things out; not good for eggs, but great for potatoes. The salt step shouldn't be skipped, even if trying to avoid salt. Just let the potatoes soak in lightly salted water for about 10 minutes, (add a few ice cubes), and rinse them again to remove excess salt before drying.
Our ancestors used cast iron and now after all the nonstick chemical horrors, we're back using it. I have quite a collection. Thanks Kent, I really enjoy your channel
@@CynthiaSchoenbauer just wipe it out good. The heat will kill any bacteria. Don't use soap! Lodge is a good brand. Made in USA and available almost anywhere
I have three cooking channels in my subscription list Cowboy Kent, Collard Vally Cooking, and The Hillbilly Kitchen you can't go wrong with either of them. They don't just show you how to cook something but explain why it's the best way.
I've got my own set of cast iron skillets and pots. Love love love to cook with them. Recently had to burn the crunchy off one and am in the process of reseasoning it. Learned a tip on taters today. Thank you Kent. You the man.
Cleaning and re-seasoning can take some time. I inherited an old skillet that was really "crunchy" as you say; After all the cleaning etc. I got it to the point where it was smooth as a baby's bum. Now after each use, I clean it with a bit of soap and water, using chain mail, which even removes the stubborn bits. I know, soap is not advised, but there is a follow-up step: Set the stove on medium high and dry the skillet this way. When it is dry, put a few drops of high-heat oil in there (I use avocado) and get it almost to the smoking point. Then wipe it all around with a paper towel. This sounds like it might take a bit of time, but it is actually a fast process. I have now been doing this since 2012, and have never again had to re-season that skillet. Once you are in the habit, you will have shiny smooth non-stick skillet every time, ready when you need it!
I can’t believe I’ve learned how to cook perfect crisp golden hash browns! I live in Brazil and no one knows how to make those here. I just had the best breakfast thanks to you Kent. I’ll be trying more of your recipes!
This technique is awesome. Why peel them spuds(yes, Russets)eyes and all? Scrub and grate'em. The flavor, fiber, and vitamins add to them browns. The fancier trail wagons might add a knuckles worth of rosemary and garlic.
Back in the day, an old chef (@culinary school), taught me this, and did it almost exactly the way you do it Kent! Only difference was, instead of clarified butter, he used chicken fat (skimmed off the top of stock in the fridge). By far the best HB I've ever tasted. Kudos to you Kent for resurrecting this for me! God Bless - S.
@@CowboyKentRollins I use the fat skimmed off the liquid after baking a ham. The flavor is just incredible, rich and fatty without being as salty as they'd be with bacon grease
I just discovered this channel and by golly i love you! I've been having some trouble making hash browns and Grandpa Rollins just helped me out big time! Thanks!
Thank you kent rollins love your oakie accent and your cooking methods, thank you for being an original and sharing your heart with all of us, making the world a better place, GOD bless you your shannon and family, your all a great blessing
Sir, I sincerely hope that you are added to a list of those men and women of historical value to the United States of America. Your cooking techniques and abilities are made from a time honored way of cooking from our fore-mother’s and father’s. As times have changed, so we few men are changing and cooking, cleaning, and doing many more household chores that women were traditionally expected to be done. Well, traditions have obviously changed, and with your help in the cooking aspects, we men are accepting and excelling at this new aspect of our daily lives within the family. I believe all women believe we should have done this decades sooner, which is now becoming a natural thing for men to do in the household. Again, thank you Sir for teaching us the way “old” America was built in the kitchen, and how we men can help our help-mates now and in the future. We men must honor our wives in doing what we can to making their lives more comfortable and easy to manage.
One of the first things I learned in Culinary school was clarifying 10 pounds for class everyday =) Good job man~mixed with an egg and some shallots makes a nice breakfast too~enjoy
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing. I have had a similar problem with my 97 f150 4.6 for the last few years. Only during hot weather and the engine was under a load such as towing my boat or running AC when coming to a stop the idle would cut back and the truck shook. After consulting a few so called technicians they all had different opinions. Not one person suggested the egr solenoid. After watching your video I went outside and found the main culprit thanks to your video. Thanks again
I don't trust people who call it a colander. I absolutely trust someone who calls it a space helmet. That's how I know they make good ol' home-style food.
William Morfin I use clarified butter to season all my cast iron and steel pans. I assume that there are as many seasoning techniques as there are pans though. The only thing I would stay away from is supermarket bacon: too much sugar in that and it will make your pan stick like crazy.
Good tip on the clarified butter! I know about it, but it is exactly that extra mile I'm not often thinking about. Also, I only recently discovered there's a thing called "hash brown", which was always more of a basic instinct for me. Just shred those potatoes and fry them. I always felt weird about it, because in my country we traditionally have the same dish but enriched with different ingredients - mainly eggs, flower, garlic, herbs, some milk, making more of a doughy-like texture. Or a traditional recipe "Ondráš", which is a schnitzel coated in this potato dough and fried.
used this video to make first time hashbrowns for me and my sister, i went in nervous but they ended tasting soooo goood, easily the best tasting hashbrowns i've ever had
We always use leftover cooked potatoes (boiled or baked doesn't matter. Russets are best.) Grate them, mix in some salt and pepper, cook them in a medium-hot skillet with a lid, with bacon grease as the fat. When they're brown on the bottom, put the lid aside, flip them over and cook until brown on the second side.
But they will taste different and have a different texture. My mother always used cooked potatoes (no bacon fat ever) for hash browns because she didn't know about washing away the starch. They were OK, but they weren't like restaurant hash browns. I asked her why they weren't and she didn't know. I was thirtyish before I learned how to do hash browns and fried potatoes that were crispy on the surface but not gluey in the center. I vastly prefer the texture and flavor to that of those made from pre-cooked potatoes. Not saying yours are wrong. They're just different. The world would be incredibly boring if we all liked exactly the same thing. :)
Thank you, Kent; good hash browns have been a mystery to me for a long time. Thank you, Shannon, for the righteous zoom-in close-up of our favorite Cowboy Cook lol God bless you both. We do appreciate your channel.
Once again - so thankful for the super cast iron knowledge - cooking hashbrowns for my lady as she is feeling poorly this week and she LOVES potatoes, sure this will bring her a smile. Thank you.
Thank You Kent!!! This worked for me and I was never able to get'em right before. Instead of clarified butter I used saved bacon grease and added sautéed onions and jalapenos, the bomb diggity!
Hash browns seem to elude most people, myself included. Thank you, Cowboy, for showing us how to make them just right. I made some for dinner, squares instead of shredded, and they were perfect. Next time I have more than one potato I'll try shredded by your method. I'll also be making up a bunch of ghee to keep around.
Thank you for the how to on the hashBrowns. Been cooking them for about 50 years and just found out how to do it right.This just proves you can always teach an old dog new tricks.
I agree! I made em like he said.....and wow wow....they were wonderful crispy! I already had some Ghee(clarifies butter in a jar)...and then I did what Kent said! YUM!!!
sent this video to my wife and after years of asking for hash browns, she finely made some. Fantastic! I have had then for the past few weeks now, almost everyday for breakfast with fried eggs. Now if I could only get her to make biscuits and gravy to go with that, I'd have my perfect breakfast.
That is the crispiest crisp hash browns I’ve ever heard. I really enjoy learning new techniques for ultimate results here on your station. The world needs more people like you.
While I love hash browns, I find when they are cooked in cast iron they don't turn out golden brown, however I do most of my cooking in cast iron and swear by it. Thanks for your videos friend I have learned a lot from you! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills with the planet!
Clarified butter can also be purchased as "Ghee". It's shelf stable and doesn't need to be refrigerated. It's been used in other counties. You are so fun to watch and I love your accent.
This isn't actaully true. Ghee is Indian clarified butter. ... Unlike clarified butter, which is cooked just to the point where the water evaporates and the milk solids separate (and sink), ghee is cooked until the milk solids begin to caramelize.
Ghee and clarified butter are a little different. Ghee is cooking it just a little longer until it begins to develope a slight amber color and is a little nutty flavored. Both work. Ghee lasts longer because it has less water in it due to the longer cooking time and has a longer shelf life and a higher smoking point
My 7yr old son & I just moved off the 100 acre ranch with cattle, horses, chickens n a lot of fencing- we miss it. Thanks for taking us back to the ranch with food, Kent.
Great content and so well presented. One thing to add - tell everybody NOT to put the potato skins down the disposal. All that starch congeals in the drain and will clog it up fast, as I learned this past weekend!
I've never used clarified butter but I have done exactly what you're doing with the cheese grater been doing it for years and just cooked it in butter and I've been okay with it, now I just boil potatoes until they're soft and then I fry them I like it so much better cuz I can get the outside real crispy and of course it's already baked so you get the soft baked potato with the crispy outside it's great.
Brother I have been a chef for25 years, taught at Le Cordon Bleu for 5 of them. I just wanted to say you really did figure it out! Awesome, more people learn from you!
Cowboy Kent is the sage cookie he is
you are in big trouble Mister
if you mean strain it through a coffee filter- you mean it clogs the filter and the clarified part flows on the counter top then yes.
good plan. once i sopped the clarified butter off the counter into the cup. then i was in tall cotton.
my wife is not very happy with this method.
maybe i will buy some from wally’s next trip to town
I graduated le cordon Bleu myself. It's not my profession but I did graduate. One of the biggest lesson I learned was the clarification of butter. There are many things I learned but that was the main secret to restaurant style food, in my opinion
That and base sauces. Even if you arent going to cook. There is much to learn and can completely change the way you eat. Which is becoming increasingly more expensive. They know meat is healthy so the price went through the roof. They don't want healthy communities
I learned this skill working at waffle house.
When this cowboy says "have a blessed day" he's a genuine cowboy meaning every word!
Thank you sir.
Amen. I thought the same.
You bet - I hope we still have many more like him. America needs them. I am proud to say I know a couple of them anyway.
I had failed to make crispy hash brown patties for years! I followed your instructions: rinsing, drying, frying in cast iron with the lid on for 5 minutes, then flipping. Total success! Thanks, Kent and Shannon.
@Praise Jesus, Repent or Likewise Perish were you not paying attention? They are CRISPY!, no need to repent!!!
Man thank you after my big sissy died its been hard connecting with my dad but I found you and me and dad has always been into cast iron and after watching you we have not only changed the way we do things a little but we cooked all morning today together and not a argument one lol we did a big scramble and I told him about this vid the other day so I clarified the butter and washed the taters and he fried them using the black stone ....thank you for helping me chill with my dad ....love from Oklahoma
Sorry about Tishomingo.
@@skinovtheperineum1208 what happened with Tishomingo? I’m pretty sure Kent is from southern Oklahoma.
@@1PotatoeMasher1 - Six schoolgirls made an illegal left in front of an 18-wheeler.
I'm a chef who could never do hashbrowns. I'm pretty sure watching this that everything you're doing will get the best results. Hats off to you, I bow down to you. Thank you for teaching me! :-)
so by the time you peel and wash them is there any reall food value left to the potatoes????
@@relentlessmadman Yeah, hashbrowns, crispy, crispy hashbrowns...
@@relentlessmadman Have never really thought about that as I have never cooked my hash browns this way. Interesting thought.
@@relentlessmadman Regardless of the New Age BS you will hear, the only real advantage to eating the skins is that they contain a lot of fiber. If you get plenty of fiber elsewhere, don't worry about it. On the other hand, I make hash browns with the skins. They have more flavor in my opinion but YMMV.
Crispy hash browns are my sweet wife's favorite, but I haven't gotten good at making them before. But after this lesson, I made them for brunch along with bacon and scrambled eggs, and I was the hero! Thanks for the great food!
God everyone enjoyed
Instead of using a rinse bowl and colander, I grate into the colander, rinse directly in the colander and swirl as the water runs through; then squeeze, etc. Saves me steps and another dish to have to wash. Love your personality!
@Praise Jesus, Repent or Likewise Perish Whatever! We just want to learn how to make great hash browns!
And not to be preached at!
Take it elsewhere.
"Religion is
Like a penis: It's fine to have one; it's fine to be proud of it. But you don't need to put it on display, and have no right to shove it down anyone else's throat. "
@@mikeymike758 then stop preaching and move on
@@Countcho no u
@Praise Jesus, Repent or Likewise Perish fuck Jesus crap the video is about hash browns
For over 25 years I've tried to do hash brown potatoes. Finally, I know how. Thank you. YOU have cooked them precisely the way I like. I thank you once again... Sincerely... Additionally, your style and presentation are both impeccable.
Amen!!
For many years I too have had a tough time making good hash browns. I wonder if I just bought some frozen HB and did a wash on them if they would come out like his?
I found you on Sunday Morning on CBS reruns, I watched how Purposeful you were in your words, actions and cooking. It such a pleasure to watch you preserve such an important piece of rich Americana. Please continue with the gift that God has blessed you with.
Dang DATT, that was an intense comment; quite the compliment I'd say.
Let me tell you something... If there's one person on this planet that I would trust to teach me how to make crispy hashbrowns, it's Cowboy Kent Rollins.
Thanks so much I'm honored
This may be a match bubbe’s latkes.
Yep!
Kevin Faler Let me tell you something, don’t tell people how to tell people something that didn’t ask to be told something about telling people something, Kevin.
Burned potatoes contain acrylimides this is poison
I LOVE this guy. I want to spend time with him. The words of wisdom, humility and humor he must spew without even thinking about it.
Thanks for watching
I'm a little old lady and have just been taught to how make these crispy tatters in such a entertaining fashion. Love it!
Taters!
Me too. Mystery solved!
Tried this, worked like a charm, didn’t use the clarified butter yet, but rinsing is a huge part. Thanks Kent!
Thanks for sharing Kent. They look perfect. All you need is some crispy bacon and 2 or 3 eggs over easy. Heaven.
It would be a happy meal and it didn't come in a sack or from a drive up window
AND I JUST LOVE CHEESE REAL I DO !!
bmoraski best if it's all cooked over charcoal.
Thanks for the tip, that's my breakfast for tomorrow.
bmoraski ~ A little sensitivity please. It's 2:00am here and NOW I want a full breakfast! ✌️❤️✌️
Looks just like what my mom used to make. Couldn't ever figure out what I was doing wrong. But now I know... Thank you
After I pulled the hash browns, I rolled around some leftover clarified butter and poured in my scrambled eggs. They were done in less than a minute with zero sticking. I love cooking with cast!
Best thing to cook with
I have two 20+ year old cast irons my dad gave me. throughout the years I've gotten non sticks, red copper, e.c.t. garanteed to not stick. they stick and scratch up and burn and every one of them has been ether smashed or thrown out by me. my cast irons, never once fail me. easy to clean, easy to maintain. and indestructable. the obvious superior cookware.
@@honestduck6100 Non-stick has consistently let me down. So many factors cause food to stick and burn on non-stick skillet surfaces. Properly maintained cast iron is closer to being non-stick.
I just found this channel, I think I'm home now.
Thanks for joining us
Me too! First video I've watched. Instant sub, good old fashioned no nonsense cooking! Im English, and the America on display here is something great! Greetings from across the pond!
I agree
3 years later
Kent, it is always a pleasure watching you cook. The added benefit is that I get to take advantage of your experience, and LEARN new things. Thank you so much!
Thanks Joe for watching
Ken I have been cookin for over 40 years and you taught me something I have needed to know since I always make soggy hash browns. Thanks !
Kent, this is awesome. Never have I been able to match the hash browns I got in an old 76 truck stop on a cross country trip back in the mid 1970s. UNTIL now. I know this is not rocket science, but to me it is better. Appreciate you all. Dave.
Thanks for watching Dave
This is the first time I have ever subscribed to a cooking 'show'. That hash brown looks yummy. I am hoping all of Cowboy Kent Rollins recipe demonstrations are as simple as this. Good old farm cooking is what I like. Not all the fancy stuff.
Very informative with an outstanding finished product! Thank you, sir, for the instruction. I would never have reasoned how important such thorough cleaning of the potato prior to frying was. Thanks again.
Our pleasure
Not only I like his tips/recipes but also his simplicity which comes with confidence and above all his blessings for us all at the end. 😊🙏🏼❣️
Thank you so much
I set a stick of butter in a small saucepan and place the saucepan on an oil-filled space heater (the ones that look like a radiator with wheels) turned to "High." An hour later, I decant the clarified butter; no stirring, no filtering. I don't even watch it. Of course, this technique works best in winter, or it makes for a hot kitchen.
...this video is further proof to remind us that it’s STILL the simple things in life that are the best.
@luv basses. The potatoes came out beautiful and he's a nice man, but too many steps, I'd rather buy a bag of tater tots and put them in toaster oven then broil in the same oven afterwards and call it a day, crispy and done. Clearly not as good but who cares😅
Me too...I’m a huge fan of Ore Ida tots. Try this sometime- I make for wifey and me during football games: crisp up six strips of bacon, cooled and chopped up to bits. Bake tots til done then put em in Pyrex round dish. Top with your choice of shredded cheese then the bacon bits. Put back in oven til melted. Great with a little sour cream when done! Enjoy!
@@luvbasses5487 thank you but my husband is Jewish and isn't a fan of pork too much😅
Ah....I understand. Well, just exclude it. Nothing better than melted cheese on top of taters!
Hello
Hello Kent,
We just went through our first weekend here at the deer camp. I don’t have to tell you these guys don’t know how to cook hash browns. Nothing worse than burnt eggs, bacon and mushy hash browns. Tried this recipe out this morning and I was impressed!!! The grizwalds I found all rusted off the refuse collection route shined up beautiful and better than any new nonstick!!! Thanks for both videos as I can’t believe how nice they cleaned up!!!
Take care and wishing you all the best!!!
Art
Glad everyone enjoyed, thanks for watching
Art, congratulations on spotting Griswalds in the trash! The king of cast iron and worth a pretty penny. Good for you
Ding! Ding! Ding!!! We have a winner!! I know this is an old video but I so appreciate you making it! Made these this morning and was afraid they’d get soggy waiting for the eggs to cook but they held on to their crispy-ness all the way to my mouth! Yum! Thanks, Cowboy Kent! ❤️❤️❤️
I always wondered how to make homemade hash browns straight from a whole potato. Came out great on the first try! Thanks for the information! I’m very pleased with the way they turned out, they were virtually identical to the ones I get at the restaurant I go to!
I've tried and failed on previous attempts. This weekend my son and I have the house to ourselves. I'm under the weather and he asked if I could make fries to go with burgers without having to go to the store. I tried your recommendations and without a doubt, first try, came out great. From an under-the-weather dad, thank you! I think you saved our weekend.
Hope your feeling better and Thanks for watching
Thank you Cowboy Kent! Nearly every Sunday morning we do a flat top breakfast and I have struggled to get crispy hash browns w/o having to go too thin. I'm trying this for our next Sunday morning breakfast! Cheers!
From a devoted fan I want to thank you very very much for all that you do you keep the cowboy Spirit Alive God bless you as well
Space helmet😂🤣😂🤣😂. This guy is pure gold. He should have his own network cooking show and should be getting paid. Thank you sir. You made my day.
Thank you for watching
He beat Bobby Flay like a rented mule
oh he is getting paid my friend
I agree 100% Its a Show that I would watch etc
He is getting paid by RUclips
Great video! I didn't have good luck straining the clarified butter through a coffee filter. The filter quickly clogged. After letting the butter stand in the warm pot, I simply scooped out the clear into a canning jar, and left the starch for buttering toast, etc. That worked well for me.
I use cheese cloth
@@karlwood6832 Just what I was going to mention.
@@karlwood6832 Thanks! I'll try it!
This morning my mom made these hash browns and they are absolutely perfect. To add to the breakfast I made all of us some cowboy coffee. Thank you for the awesome cooking videos and recipes.
Thank you for watching
I've been struggling to make crispy hash browns for years. That lid on the top really did the trick. Thank you for showing how it's done.
Kent, great video on a simple cook. Aussie (me) have only been introduced to hash Browns since McDonald's introduced us to the American breakfast. Seeing how hash Browns should really be cooked is great! Martian Space Helmet....classic!
I don’t mess with the butter, just put it in the pan, let it melt and add your taters. But I agree with his other steps. It really takes no time and takes eggs and bacon up a notch eaten together. A fresh biscuit(American) and your meal is complete!
Made these Hash browns this morning and they were FABULOUS!!! LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!!
I love the clarified butter and rinsing potato trick
but the skins have the vitamins and ... I like them.
i grew up in amarillo ,kent s manner of speaking is what i am familiar with.all the vids take me back home,god bless u kent.
Thank you for explaining this! I have attempted this several times before I figured out the starch was making it mucky! LOL. Sending you a bunch of great ole big hearts from Dallas, Jan
Thanks Jan and that rinsing makes all the difference
There's a lot of things in this video that keeps the hash browns from turning to mush. The rinse takes away the starch "slime", (this is also how rice is done right). Getting rid of excess moisture is the second thing - this is done by patting them down and salt; salt before cooking dries things out; not good for eggs, but great for potatoes. The salt step shouldn't be skipped, even if trying to avoid salt. Just let the potatoes soak in lightly salted water for about 10 minutes, (add a few ice cubes), and rinse them again to remove excess salt before drying.
Our ancestors used cast iron and now after all the nonstick chemical horrors, we're back using it. I have quite a collection. Thanks Kent, I really enjoy your channel
I think I might be interested in a smaller one. I will have to see if I can find one. You don't have to clean it all that well?
@@CynthiaSchoenbauer just wipe it out good. The heat will kill any bacteria. Don't use soap! Lodge is a good brand. Made in USA and available almost anywhere
I never used non stick but I'am back to cast iron. I love cooking in cast iron....
There is Ramsay, Babish, Chef John, Kent Rollins, and then everyone else.
This cowboy is up there with the top best RUclips cooking personalities.
Thank you for watching
Damn right! That's why Kent beat Bobby Flay like a goverment mule with his chicken fried steak!
@@CowboyKentRollins You should do a video with binging with babish!
I have three cooking channels in my subscription list Cowboy Kent, Collard Vally Cooking, and The Hillbilly Kitchen you can't go wrong with either of them. They don't just show you how to cook something but explain why it's the best way.
I LOVE that you included Chef John!! And as always,......Enjoy!
I've got my own set of cast iron skillets and pots. Love love love to cook with them. Recently had to burn the crunchy off one and am in the process of reseasoning it.
Learned a tip on taters today. Thank you Kent. You the man.
Cleaning and re-seasoning can take some time. I inherited an old skillet that was really "crunchy" as you say; After all the cleaning etc. I got it to the point where it was smooth as a baby's bum. Now after each use, I clean it with a bit of soap and water, using chain mail, which even removes the stubborn bits. I know, soap is not advised, but there is a follow-up step: Set the stove on medium high and dry the skillet this way. When it is dry, put a few drops of high-heat oil in there (I use avocado) and get it almost to the smoking point. Then wipe it all around with a paper towel. This sounds like it might take a bit of time, but it is actually a fast process. I have now been doing this since 2012, and have never again had to re-season that skillet. Once you are in the habit, you will have shiny smooth non-stick skillet every time, ready when you need it!
I can’t believe I’ve learned how to cook perfect crisp golden hash browns! I live in Brazil and no one knows how to make those here. I just had the best breakfast thanks to you Kent. I’ll be trying more of your recipes!
Used properly the internet is awesome 👍😎
Open a restaurant. You'll make a fortune.
This technique is awesome.
Why peel them spuds(yes, Russets)eyes and all? Scrub and grate'em. The flavor, fiber, and vitamins add to them browns. The fancier trail wagons might add a knuckles worth of rosemary and garlic.
Back in the day, an old chef (@culinary school), taught me this, and did it almost exactly the way you do it Kent! Only difference was, instead of clarified butter, he used chicken fat (skimmed off the top of stock in the fridge). By far the best HB I've ever tasted. Kudos to you Kent for resurrecting this for me!
God Bless - S.
Im going to try that sounds so good
@@CowboyKentRollins I use the fat skimmed off the liquid after baking a ham. The flavor is just incredible, rich and fatty without being as salty as they'd be with bacon grease
You could also use ghee
I just discovered this channel and by golly i love you! I've been having some trouble making hash browns and Grandpa Rollins just helped me out big time! Thanks!
Thanks for watching
Thank you kent rollins love your oakie accent and your cooking methods, thank you for being an original and sharing your heart with all of us, making the world a better place, GOD bless you your shannon and family, your all a great blessing
Sir, I sincerely hope that you are added to a list of those men and women of historical value to the United States of America. Your cooking techniques and abilities are made from a time honored way of cooking from our fore-mother’s and father’s. As times have changed, so we few men are changing and cooking, cleaning, and doing many more household chores that women were traditionally expected to be done. Well, traditions have obviously changed, and with your help in the cooking aspects, we men are accepting and excelling at this new aspect of our daily lives within the family. I believe all women believe we should have done this decades sooner, which is now becoming a natural thing for men to do in the household. Again, thank you Sir for teaching us the way “old” America was built in the kitchen, and how we men can help our help-mates now and in the future. We men must honor our wives in doing what we can to making their lives more comfortable and easy to manage.
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SO basically what your saying is -if you want things done right- do it yourself!
This guy is the Bob Ross of cowboy cookin
I love this man with the same amount that I love Bob Ross.
I swear I could smell what cowboy Kent is cook'n through my pc monitor. Good lord I'm hungry.
“It’s your tater! It’s a happy little tater!”
lol ole Bob was a goodun too...
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One of the first things I learned in Culinary school was clarifying 10 pounds for class everyday =) Good job man~mixed with an egg and some shallots makes a nice breakfast too~enjoy
Awesome! Thank you!
Slab of elk backstrap an a egg an breakfasts on !
@@jamesmiller7283 well NOW you've done it. The mere MENTION of elk backstrap, on top of thinking about hashbrowns, has my stomach growling...😋
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing. I have had a similar problem with my 97 f150 4.6 for the last few years. Only during hot weather and the engine was under a load such as towing my boat or running AC when coming to a stop the idle would cut back and the truck shook. After consulting a few so called technicians they all had different opinions. Not one person suggested the egr solenoid. After watching your video I went outside and found the main culprit thanks to your video. Thanks again
That crunch was the best sound ever!!
Thank you for simple instructions with honest humor. I’m looking forward to showing off my tatter skills!
I don't trust people who call it a colander. I absolutely trust someone who calls it a space helmet.
That's how I know they make good ol' home-style food.
I don't give no never mind what the colander says...any day is a good day to make hash browns!
we always called it the strainer...we only had one
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That's a strainer. A colander got bigger holes.
Oh man I made these exactly the way you said and let me tell you they were the absolute best I’ve had! Thank you
Clarified butter is by far the best thing to use for seasoning your pans too.
Cast iron?
William Morfin I use clarified butter to season all my cast iron and steel pans. I assume that there are as many seasoning techniques as there are pans though. The only thing I would stay away from is supermarket bacon: too much sugar in that and it will make your pan stick like crazy.
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Awesome. It’s probably less expensive than the tube of specialized oil that I use. Thanks!
I'll have to try that next time, I find avocado oil works real good also.
@@juliaset751 Thank you. That makes sense, and I never would have thought about it.
Kent is awesome love all his videos I go out camping a lot so the fact he keeps it simple is good
Good tip on the clarified butter! I know about it, but it is exactly that extra mile I'm not often thinking about.
Also, I only recently discovered there's a thing called "hash brown", which was always more of a basic instinct for me. Just shred those potatoes and fry them. I always felt weird about it, because in my country we traditionally have the same dish but enriched with different ingredients - mainly eggs, flower, garlic, herbs, some milk, making more of a doughy-like texture. Or a traditional recipe "Ondráš", which is a schnitzel coated in this potato dough and fried.
In the states we call what you described “Potato Pancakes”.
Potato+egg+flour= potato pancakes
used this video to make first time hashbrowns for me and my sister, i went in nervous but they ended tasting soooo goood, easily the best tasting hashbrowns i've ever had
"You ain't going to hurt that tater"
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Give 'em some errrr
Y'ain't gohn hurt that tater.
Fucking, word.
Notice that hashbrown became a 'him' at the 5:50 mark? ;~) I could listen to him talk for hours
I can just see this on some merch, now! 😅
We always use leftover cooked potatoes (boiled or baked doesn't matter. Russets are best.) Grate them, mix in some salt and pepper, cook them in a medium-hot skillet with a lid, with bacon grease as the fat. When they're brown on the bottom, put the lid aside, flip them over and cook until brown on the second side.
But they will taste different and have a different texture. My mother always used cooked potatoes (no bacon fat ever) for hash browns because she didn't know about washing away the starch. They were OK, but they weren't like restaurant hash browns. I asked her why they weren't and she didn't know. I was thirtyish before I learned how to do hash browns and fried potatoes that were crispy on the surface but not gluey in the center. I vastly prefer the texture and flavor to that of those made from pre-cooked potatoes. Not saying yours are wrong. They're just different. The world would be incredibly boring if we all liked exactly the same thing. :)
Just like the "cowboy coffee" video, I'm amazed at how simple this is - but also that I've never figured it out & that no one else has shown me this.
You have the best personality! You are so likable, knowledgeable and I just wanna squeeze you! Thank you
Those there hashbrowns look good enough to eat! Thank you. I've always had trouble getting them to crisp up without burning em.
Thank you, Kent; good hash browns have been a mystery to me for a long time. Thank you, Shannon, for the righteous zoom-in close-up of our favorite Cowboy Cook lol
God bless you both. We do appreciate your channel.
Love the channel. I’ve went years without down home cooking like this. C’mon over a couple miles to Dallas and teach this city a thing or 2
Thanks Cameron for watching
Once again - so thankful for the super cast iron knowledge - cooking hashbrowns for my lady as she is feeling poorly this week and she LOVES potatoes, sure this will bring her a smile. Thank you.
Hope she gets to feeling better
Love hearing those crunches. Wonderful cooking.
Them there potatoes look finger licking good. Thank you my brother and God bless!
I eat one of those with an over easy egg mashed on top. Now that's good eats!
You mean, “Maished Agg” right?😎
Thank You Kent!!! This worked for me and I was never able to get'em right before. Instead of clarified butter I used saved bacon grease and added sautéed onions and jalapenos, the bomb diggity!
I love the he talks, his accent reminds me of good old western.
Hash browns seem to elude most people, myself included. Thank you, Cowboy, for showing us how to make them just right. I made some for dinner, squares instead of shredded, and they were perfect. Next time I have more than one potato I'll try shredded by your method. I'll also be making up a bunch of ghee to keep around.
Thank you for the how to on the hashBrowns. Been cooking them for about 50 years and just found out how to do it right.This just proves you can always teach an old dog new tricks.
Thanks for watching, hope you enjoy
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I agree! I made em like he said.....and wow wow....they were wonderful crispy! I already had some Ghee(clarifies butter in a jar)...and then I did what Kent said! YUM!!!
Good job, Thank you Kent, it is good to see someone else out in that small world, big neighborhood likes there po, ta, toes done crispy...
Thanks Levi
Thanks for the clarification, sir. I enjoy your videos very much.
sent this video to my wife and after years of asking for hash browns, she finely made some. Fantastic! I have had then for the past few weeks now, almost everyday for breakfast with fried eggs. Now if I could only get her to make biscuits and gravy to go with that, I'd have my perfect breakfast.
He loaded a great video for biscuits and gravy. Wish I could remember the month for you but you can search his video list. It's in there ❤️
Perfect. And the idea of grating into a colander directly so you can rinse in one step is great.
If you want to save time clarifying the butter use Ghee. Ghee is clarified butter used in many Indian dishes.
That is the crispiest crisp hash browns I’ve ever heard. I really enjoy learning new techniques for ultimate results here on your station. The world needs more people like you.
“Now everybody got one of these...space helmets.”
That just earned my sub, lol.
While I love hash browns, I find when they are cooked in cast iron they don't turn out golden brown, however I do most of my cooking in cast iron and swear by it. Thanks for your videos friend I have learned a lot from you! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills with the planet!
Just followed these steps and it was super good!!
Glad you enjoyed
Placing another cast iron of the same size as the one you using makes for a reliable dutch oven as well.
Clarified butter can also be purchased as "Ghee". It's shelf stable and doesn't need to be refrigerated. It's been used in other counties. You are so fun to watch and I love your accent.
Whut accent?
This isn't actaully true. Ghee is Indian clarified butter. ... Unlike clarified butter, which is cooked just to the point where the water evaporates and the milk solids separate (and sink), ghee is cooked until the milk solids begin to caramelize.
Ghee and clarified butter are a little different. Ghee is cooking it just a little longer until it begins to develope a slight amber color and is a little nutty flavored. Both work. Ghee lasts longer because it has less water in it due to the longer cooking time and has a longer shelf life and a higher smoking point
My 7yr old son & I just moved off the 100 acre ranch with cattle, horses, chickens n a lot of fencing- we miss it. Thanks for taking us back to the ranch with food, Kent.
I love the cowboy way hash browns
Plus the Martian space helmet was funny.
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Kent Rollins is my spirit animal.
I'm honored
Thanks for the great tip, Cowboy Kent!
Great content and so well presented. One thing to add - tell everybody NOT to put the potato skins down the disposal. All that starch congeals in the drain and will clog it up fast, as I learned this past weekend!
This man is authentic. How do I know? Fangers and taters.
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Martian space helmet.
for me it's the 'whoo' and 'high' lol
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Fangers an' tata's are still ma fave. YeeeHaaaawWW!!!!
I love this recipe...so crispy...the way I like it....thanks again...
Thanks Diana for watching
I just found your videos !! You have a fan
This man needs his own real cooking show. I can watch him forever.
Same here
I agree! My watch list is all Cowboy Kent Rollins.
He has!
Its on RUclips ;o))
Looks like he's got one, I love that kitchen he's working in !
Next Cowboy Star on the Food Network?
So much I didn't know...clarifying the butter and extra rinsing for sure. Thanks, Kent.
I've never made hash browns w/out using at least half an onion for every pound of taters
100%
Yessir! Mom called those "honky-tonk" taters!
Straight up potatoes!
That’s one of the great things about cookin your own grub. Cook it like you likes it.
That looks delicious!!
Thanks for watching
I love the tin and red stained cupboard doors! The potatoes look amazing!
I know! Those cupboards are gorgeous
I've never used clarified butter but I have done exactly what you're doing with the cheese grater been doing it for years and just cooked it in butter and I've been okay with it, now I just boil potatoes until they're soft and then I fry them I like it so much better cuz I can get the outside real crispy and of course it's already baked so you get the soft baked potato with the crispy outside it's great.
Try ghee