Editing Hash browns (section)

== Preparation ==
[[File: Matteos Sandwich Bar, Fitzrovia, London (8025911425).jpg|thumb|Hash browns are often served as part of an [[Full breakfast#England|English breakfast]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-07 |title=Let’s hash out what belongs in a full English breakfast |url=https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/apr/07/lets-hash-out-what-belongs-in-a-full-english-breakfast |access-date=2025-02-23 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>]]
A chef may prepare hash browns by either grating potato or forming riced potatoes into [[Patty|patties]] before frying with onions (moisture and potato [[starch]] can hold them together); however, if a binding agent is added (egg or flour for example), such a preparation constitutes a [[potato pancake]].{{Cn|date=August 2022}} 

Hash browns are sometimes made into patty form and frozen for ease of handling, and the compact, flat shape can also be cooked in a [[Toaster#Toaster oven|toaster oven]] or toaster. For best results, in both cooking and flavor, it is recommended that hash browns be made using starchy potatoes such as [[russet potato]]es.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=전|first=수미|title=감자|date=2004-09-17|publisher=김영사 |isbn=9788934915904}}</ref> If a dish of hash browned potatoes incorporates chopped [[meat]], leftovers, or other [[vegetable]]s, it is commonly referred to as ''[[Hash (food)|hash]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://recipes.net/articles/what-is-hash-food/ | title=What is Hash Food | date=13 February 2024 }}</ref>

Hash browns are also manufactured as a [[Food drying|dehydrated food]], which is sometimes used by [[Backpacking (travel)|backpackers]].<ref name="Miller 1998">{{cite book |last = Miller |first = D. |title = Backcountry Cooking: From Pack to Plate in 10 Minutes |publisher = Mountaineers Books |year = 1998 |isbn = 978-1-59485-292-3 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pzUVCgAAQBAJ |access-date = January 5, 2017 }}</ref>

In the United States, ''hash browns'' may refer to shredded, pan-fried potatoes or diced/cubed potatoes, the latter also being known as [[country fried potatoes]] or [[home fries]].<ref name="auto"/> Some recipes add diced or chopped onions, and when bell peppers  are added to cubed home fries the dish is known as [[Potatoes O'Brien]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spieler |first1=M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dbMY8PQrUYC&pg=PA24 |title=Yummy Potatoes: 65 Downright Delicious Recipes |last2=Giblin |first2=S. |publisher=Chronicle Books LLC |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-4521-2528-2 |page=24 |access-date=January 5, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.afamilyfeast.com/potatoes-obrien/ | title=Potatoes O'Brien | date=11 May 2022 }}</ref>