Hash browns are patties of grated potato and onion, cooked in oil. The Irish are accustomed to eating it for breakfast as part of their famous Irish breakfast. A simple but delicious and inexpensive speciality, generally very popular in British countries!
Most often, hash browns come in 2 forms:
They are then mixed with minced onion, and fried in oil to a crisp texture. Also, hash brown is nothing more or less than a kind of rösti, but served for breakfast along with black pudding, bakeds beans and soda farl.
Very easy to prepare, hash browns have the advantage of being easy and economical to make. Even some fast-food restaurants in Ireland offer them!
But the best are usually to be found in local restaurants, Irish pubs and B&Bs, where you can sample some of Ireland’s finest local produce! Irish potatoes, home-grown onions: yes, the secret to the success of Irish hashbrowns lies in where they’re grown!