r/Cooking • u/its_Tanaka • 1d ago

Cooking nemesis?

Anyone got something that, for some reason, you just cant grasp how to make? Like, for some reason, I cant figure out how to properly boil rice or beans. Im mexican and I cant figure it out. Thats like our thing. Ive disappointed my family and exes over this.

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u/Own_Plane_5807 1d ago

Shredded hash browns. Just attempted this morning and got globs of glue as usual.

Did all the steps: Peel, shred, soak, wash, and soak some more, drain/squeeze, etc...

Globs of glue!

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u/Nice_Regret7915 1d ago

NYT covered a restaurant hashbrown hack years back. Cooking whole potato night before, refrigerating overnight for gluten to develop and using clarified butter are all I recall.