Goat Cheese and Chive Hash Browns

By bakers_delight85

Ingredients

• 3 large potatoes, preferably Yukon Gold
• 2 large egg whites
• 1/2 cup rice flour
• 1/2 cup crumbled fresh goat cheese
• 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh chives
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
• Canola oil, for frying

Preparation

Step 1

Grate the potatoes in a food processor, and then rinse them in a colander until the water runs clear. Squeeze them dry, first with your hands and then in a kitchen towel. Put them in a large bowl and stir in the egg whites, rice flour, goat cheese, chives, salt and pepper.
Heat 3 Tbsp. canola oil in a large nonstick saute pan on medium-high heat. Scoop 1/2 cup of the potato mixture into the pan and flatten it with the bottom of the measuring cup (or whatever you used to scoop). Repeat, spacing out the cakes but filling the pan as much as possible. Fry the cakes on one side until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Then flip them and fry on the other side until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove them from the pan and drain on paper towels. Keep the cakes warm in a 200-degree oven while you fry with the remaining potato mixture. Serve hot.