Waffle Iron Hash Browns

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Ok, here’s the easiest recipe you’ll ever find for near perfect, fat-free, hash browns.

Seriously! You gotta try this!

There’s only one small catch, you’ll need a waffle iron.

What?! Yep – a waffle iron. It turns out these little babies not only make awesome waffles, they cook up some pretty mean hash browns too.

Hungry yet? Ok here we go…

Ingredients for Waffle Iron Hash Browns:

1 bag of frozen Hash Browns
A Waffle Iron

(I told you this was going to be easy)

Ready for the instructions? You got this? Good. Let’s continue…

Instructions for Waffle Iron Hash Browns

Plug in your waffle iron
Make sure it’s on the HIGH setting
When it’s heated up (I have a light that goes off) we’re ready to add the potatoes
Layer then evenly across the whole surface of the waffle iron. Make them pretty thick, but not too thick. Maybe an inch.
Close the lid
Wait 15 minutes
Add Ketchup

Notes:

Ok, pretty easy huh? I told you! And yummy! Mmmm.

Now I know some of you are going to ask what kind of Hash Browns to buy. Seriously I’m not sure it matters much. I personally buy Mrs Dell’s at Wal-Mart. They’re pretty cheap and they don’t seem to have all the ‘extra’ ingredients (preservatives) like that other name brand has. I like simple.

Second, you’re going to ask me about adding oil. As a Vegan, and a McDougaller , I avoid it. I mean if you think about it, Potatoes are probably one of America’s favorite vegetable. But only if its deep fried in oil in the form of French Fries. And…..potatoes have taken a bad rap for causing everything from obesity to diabetes. But it’s not the spuds folks – it’s all that fat we fry it in. Potatoes are healthy if you avoid all the grease. And that includes baked potatoes too. What do we normally top our potatoes with? Butter, Sour Cream, Bacon, Cheese…… fat and more fat.

Just stick to the plain potatoes and you’ll be much better off.

But – back to the Waffle Iron question. It it makes you feel better, I guess you could give the iron a quick spritzing of non stick spray. But I don’t.

Just because it says 0 Calories and 0 grams of fat doesn’t mean a thing. Read the amount for a serving size. 1/4 of a second? Can you time that? If you can – I’ll be very impressed. No, we usually hold that button down for a good 5-10 seconds, or at least until the oil is dripping off the surface in big globs….. and I guarantee you THAT is not 0 calories or 0 grams of fat. That’s called misleading and most of our pre-packaged foods are notorious for it.

Lastly, you may ask if you could add any extras to the mix, like chopped onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, whatever. Hey it’s your waffle iron, and it sounds yummy to me. Give it a go and let me know how it turns out! Make sure to leave me a comment – I might try it!