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Crispy hash browns

Name: Crispy hash browns
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 2 large russet potatoes, peeled, shredded; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tsp canola oil; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

The diner's laciest achievement: shredded potato squeezed dry and pan-pressed to a golden mat. Two ingredients and one non-negotiable towel.

Time: 22 min (10 prep + 12 cook)
Servings: 2
Per serving: 341 kcal
Protein: 5 g

Both directions are legitimate — the score measures fullness per calorie, not virtue. Every version is the same dish, rebalanced.

Ingredients

2 large russet potatoes, peeled, shredded450 g
2 tbsp butter30 g
2 tsp canola oil10 g
1/2 tsp salt3 g
1/4 tsp black pepper1 g

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Steps

Shred the potatoes, then wring them in a clean towel until no more liquid comes. This step IS the recipe — wet potato steams, dry potato crisps.
Butter and oil in a wide nonstick over medium-high; potatoes in a thin even layer, pressed flat, salted.
5–6 minutes untouched until the underside is deep gold, then flip in sections and do the other side.
Pepper, more salt to taste, and straight to the plate — hash browns hold crispness for exactly four minutes.

Why this score

easy to overeat

Dense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

6% of kcal

56% water

9 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

How scores work

Computed on the finished dish, not an average of the parts: 681 kcal goes into the pot, 494 g of ingredients comes out as ~300 g of food → 227 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water, and energy density is the score's biggest lever — so we show the math. Full formula here.

Per

Calories: 227
Protein: (6%); 4 g
Fat: (47%); 12 g
Carbohydrates: (47%); 27 g
of which sugar: 1 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sodium: 456 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Computed from the ingredients' USDA data — nothing typed by hand. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable.

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Photo: AI-generated. Nutrition and score are computed from the ingredients with the published formula — this recipe hasn't been kitchen-tested by us yet.