Bring an iconic fast food favourite to your home! This recipe will show how to make **McDonald’s Hash Browns** right from home! Extremely crispy and warm, and the best part is that these are all natural!

Yay for a fast-food inspired recipe! I love preparing a breakfast, but as I always am on the blog, I’m totally transparent. There are times I sleep in and it’s almost lunch. Unless I’m planning for a feast for brunch, I’m a three square meals kind of guy. If it’s getting late and my tummy is growling, I just can’t concentrate on making myself a breakfast.

I don’t know about you, but I have so many childhood memories from fast food. Back in India, we’d have plenty of McDonald’s breakfasts from McDonald’s India. Even in Canada, I just love to pick up a good McMuffin with the hash brown, egg and sausage to warm me up and get my day started with a big smile on my face and my tummy satisfied. I love having fast food inspire me for recipes! I love the Egg McMuffin with sausage so much that of course I’ve had to make it myself, and if you want another awesome savoury breakfast option, then be sure to check out the recipe here!

This hash brown recipe has been a long time in the making. If you follow me on Instagram, then you’ve definitely seen me testing these out a couple of times recently, but I think I’ve been on the quest for the perfect hash browns literally since I’ve started to cook in Canada. Woohoo, the time has finally come, and I’m so excited to share this recipe with you! If you love the warm and crispy hash brown in your breakfast sandwich or farmer’s wrap (be sure to check out my recipe featuring the hash browns here!) or even breakfast burritos, then you can make it at home and it’ll be so hot and fresh and made without all the chemicals! As I mention in my free motivational guide to explore your potential in the kitchen, Make Cooking Fun!!, going out to eat is an excellent source of inspiration to get out of your comfort zone in the kitchen and try new recipes! McDonald’s has actually been a key source of inspiration for me, not only with breakfasts, but with lunch and desserts! McDonald’s India is famous for its vegetarian burgers, particularly the McAloo Tikki Burger (potato-based patty). I’ve also replicated McDonald’s desserts, McDonald’s Oreo McFlurry and the limited edition Canadian Frozen Hot Chocolate McFlurry! What can I say, McDonald’s always puts a smile on my face!

Make sure you check out the video at the bottom of this post to see all the steps in making this delicious hash brown! If you’re not already, please be sure to subscribe to YouTube! Hit the bell so you’re notified when the recipe videos go live! I love recording the recipes to make a fully tangible recipe and set you up for success in bringing fast food to your home! Let’s get cooking!

equipment for crispy hash browns

We’ll need a couple of tools to make the best fast food hash browns at home. Let’s review what you’ll need:

Ingredients for mcdonald’s Hash Browns

While the McDonald’s hash browns are delicious, the ingredient list will give you a shock. Here’s the ingredient list, taken directly from their website.

Maybe you feel queasy or maybe this doesn’t phase you. I have to admit I’m the latter - I’ll still enjoy these in moderation because honestly it’s called fast food for a reason! They do taste so good, but yes, super processed! Unlike the McDonald’s hash browns, ours will have very minimal ingredients.

The FULL PRINTABLE RECIPE CARD is at the bottom of this post, and it includes all ingredients and their quantities and the recipe instructions! The recipe card is awesome because you can save the recipe for later, and the card allows you to scale the recipe based on how much cookie dough you want to make! It does all the work for you - no math on your part!

Potatoes: I’m using Yukon gold yellow potatoes, and we’ll be parboiling, grating and freezing our potatoes. To use Russet potatoes instead, check out the modifications in the next section below.
Corn starch and rice flour: Helps bind the potatoes together and adds the crispiness.
Seasonings: Cayenne Pepper, salt, white pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder.
Canola oil: To fry our potatoes. I’m using canola oil here, but you can use any neutral oil that has a high smoke point. You could also use vegetable oil, grape-seed oil or peanut oil.

What Type of potato is best for Fast-Food style hash browns?

Traditionally russet potatoes are used for preparing McDonald’s-style hash browns since they have more starch and lesser moisture when compared to Yukon gold potatoes. This allows fried potato recipes such as hash browns to easily become crispy. However, I really enjoy how Yukon gold potatoes taste, nothing beats the true potato aroma and the creamy texture of Yukon gold. Luckily, using some extra rice flour, we can combat and absorb the extra posture and we can boil the potatoes, just a but more to help soften the waxy texture in Yukon gold potatoes.

If you instead want to use russet potatoes, and that’s what your heart desires, then just reduce the rice flour amount from 5-6 Tbsp to 4 Tbsp, parboil the potatoes for 8 minutes instead of 10 and freeze the prepared oval sized hash brown portions for 45 minutes instead of 1 hour before frying.

How to Make fast-food Style Hash browns

Preparing the Potatoes

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. In the meanwhile, peel and cut the potatoes into large chunks.

Salt the water and parboil the potatoes for 8 minutes (not fully cooked).

Drain and allow to cool for 5-10 minutes.

Grate the potatoes using a box grater into a large bowl. Add cornstarch, rice flour, salt and cayenne pepper. Mix everything together, in case mixture is too crumbly, add cold water 1-2 Tbsp at a time and mix well.

Form into oval patties and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Freeze for 1 hour.

Frying Your hash browns

Heal oil to 350 F and fry for 4-5 minutes per side or until golden brown and crispy.

Serve hot and enjoy!

Tips for hash browns like mcdonald’s

Keep a close eye on the potatoes while cooking in the pan to ensure they don’t cook all the way. Otherwise, the will turn to mush later.
If the “dough” mixture of the potatoes, corn flour and rice flour is too sticky, add more rice flour to adjust the consistency.
After adding the hash browns to the oil, allow them to cook for 1-2 minutes before gently shaking them in case they are stuck to the bottom of the frying vessel.
Fry until light golden brown for a crispy outside and soft potatoes inside.
Fry until rich golden brown (as above) for an extra crispy hash brown.

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breakfast, vegetarian, potatoes, deep frying

American

Yield: 6

Author: Anadi

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McDonald's Hash Browns

Bring an iconic fast food favourite to your home! This recipe will show how to make McDonald’s Hash Browns right from home! Extremely crispy and warm, and the best part is that these are all natural!

Prep time: 25 MinCook time: 20 MinTotal time: 45 Min

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Ingredients

3 medium Yukon gold potatoes
1 Tbsp corn starch
5-6 Tbsp rice flour
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
salt to taste
1/4 tsp white pepper
1/4 Cup cold water (optional)
2 Cups canola oil, for frying.

Instructions

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. In the meanwhile, peel and cut the potatoes into large chunks. Salt the water and parboil the potatoes for 8 minutes (not fully cooked)
Drain and allow to cool for 5-10 minutes.
Grate the potatoes using a box grater into a large bowl. Add cornstarch, rice flour, salt and cayenne pepper. Mix everything together, in case mixture is too crumbly, add cold water 1-2 Tbsp at a time and mix well.
Form into oval patties and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Freeze for 1 hour.
Heal oil to 350 F and fry for 8-12 minutes or until the hash browns are golden brown and crispy. Serve hot.