Every time I try and make hash browns they are a disaster...

[Alexa12]

....what can I do to make them better? They're always mushy no matter how much water I squeeze out, and whether I cook/cool beforehand or go from raw doesn't seem to make a difference.

Where am I going wrong?

Fat not hot enough?

I have no idea, actually, I don't make them. But I have to answer some threads for personal reasons, and I'm afraid yours is one of them.

I always boil the potatoes then cool and grate. Yum.

I wouldn't normally suggest this, but Waitrose ones are lovely!

I read the title as "hash brownies" - I was thinking very un mn!