Name: Hash browns with chilli sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 - 6
Ingredients: 800 gm sebago potatoes (about 4), peeled and halved; 1⁄4 onion, grated; 1½ tbsp plain flour; Vegetable or sunflower oil, for shallow-frying; Chilli sauce; 45 gm sambal oelek; 60 ml (1⁄4 cup) soy sauce; 60 ml (1⁄4 cup) rice vinegar; 1½ tbsp honey; 3 tsp sesame oil; 3 tsp caster sugar; 2 tsp finely chopped ginger; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped

Hash browns with chilli sauce

Hash browns will always have a place on our breakfast table, especially when paired with a fiery chilli sauce. Be as generous with the sauce as you dare.

Serves 4 - 6

Makes 14

Prep

15M

Cook

15M

Total

30M

These hash browns, inspired by those on the breakfast menu at Paper Bird in Sydney, are easy to make, but they need some time to rest in the fridge. Prepare them a day ahead, so they firm up overnight and in the morning all that’s left to do is fry them and serve them with this killer chilli sauce.

Ingredients

800 gm sebago potatoes (about 4), peeled and halved

1⁄4 onion, grated

1½ tbsp plain flour

Vegetable or sunflower oil, for shallow-frying

Chilli sauce

45 gm sambal oelek

60 ml (1⁄4 cup) soy sauce

60 ml (1⁄4 cup) rice vinegar

1½ tbsp honey

3 tsp sesame oil

3 tsp caster sugar

2 tsp finely chopped ginger

1 garlic clove, finely chopped

Method

1.Place potato in a large saucepan of cold salted water, bring to the boil and cook for 5 minutes. Drain, cool briefly, then coarsely grate into a large bowl. Add onion and flour, season to taste, and combine and mash lightly with your hands. Spread evenly in a 26cm x 18cm baking tray lined with baking paper, then place another piece of baking paper on top and press to flatten. Refrigerate overnight.

2.For chilli sauce, combine ingredients in a bowl and season to taste.

3.Heat oil to 160°C in a large, deep frying pan and preheat oven to 100°C. Remove top piece of baking paper from potato, cut potato into 12 rounds with a 6cm cutter and shallow-fry in batches, turning occasionally, until golden and crisp (4-5 minutes). Drain on paper towels, then transfer to a baking tray and keep warm in oven while frying the remaining hash browns. Scatter with salt and serve with chilli sauce.