Serve this super crispy hash browns recipe for breakfast, a snack, or even dinner. We always have a soft spot for crispy foods as you might have noticed - specifically when potatoes are involved. We've added an additional pickled cucumber for this plant-based recipe as we have been getting requests for pickle recipes too. It's honestly super easy and better yet, they last for 2-3 weeks! The tanginess of the pickles goes perfectly with the richness of the crispy homemade hash browns, and the smoky oven-roasted eggplant is just the right third element for this vegan hash brown. This recipe is topped with a delicious dollop of Dibble Sour Cream and chives. What can we say, we think this vegan hash browns recipe is spud-tacular!
In a small pot, bring the water, vinegar, salt, sugar and pepper to boil.
Carefully pour this into a large mason jar and add the garlic, cucumber and shallots.
Let it cool to room temperature and then chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour (for best results, store overnight). This will last 2-3 weeks.
Oven-roasted Eggplant
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Cut the eggplant in half, lengthwise and cut a cross-hatch on the flat inner surface.
Thoroughly coat the cross-hatched surface with the olive oil, salt and pepper.
Bake in the oven on a baking tray lined with baking paper for 20 minutes or until the eggplant is soft.
Remove the insides of the eggplant from the skin with a fork and set aside.
Hash Browns
Using a mandolin, thinly slice the potatoes about 1mm thick then cut the slices, lengthways, about 1mm thick so you have match stick-like potatoes.
In a small mixing bowl, thoroughly mix the potatoes, butter, salt and pepper.
Heat the oil in a small pan on medium heat and add the potatoes.
Using a spatula, shape the potatoes, particularly around the edges, so it resembles a thick pancake.
Cover the bottom of a similar-sized pan or pot with foil and place on top of the potatoes so it can cook evenly. Cook for about 6-7 minutes or until the bottom is golden brown.
Carefully flip the hash brown and cook for another 4-5 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from the pan and cut into quarters.
Plating
Place the hash browns on a large plate.
Top the middle with 2 Tbsp of the pickled cucumber and shallot.
Top the pickled cucumber and shallot with the oven-roasted eggplant.
Add the dollop of Dibble Sour Cream to the top of the eggplant.
Finally top the hash brown with the chives.
Enjoy!
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Our favourite recipe is a home made vegan chilli cheese fries. Zigzagging some dibble cheese sauce over the top followed by 10 mins under a hit grill and we have exactly the same delicious 'dirty fries' we used to enjoy - but without the cruelty that comes with dairy. We love dibble!
My son is egg and dairy free. He doesn't tend to like condiments but always loved sour cream so I searched for an alternative. He didn't like some other option we tried but really likes the Dibble sour cream and happily uses it on many foods. I like that I can buy and store a few bottles ready for use whenever it is needed. I also use it when substituting cream in pasta sauces or greek yogurt when marinating meat. One cannot tell.
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Ordered a couple to see what the hype was about - we love it! Melts awesome, tastes good as just a spread as well - very impressed! And the communication was excellent, as was the shipping times. Great product and great customer service - will definitely be ordering more! 😊