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Leftover potato hash

Leftover potato hash

The perfect brunch dish to use up leftover roast potatoes and cooked vegetables from your fridge! We used leftover cooked kale, green beans and roasted peppers, but you can try out different flavour combinations!

You can also make this dish vegetarian by eliminating the bacon and using a vegetarian cheese.
By Love Food Hate Waste
Serves 4
Prep/Cook time: 20-30 minutes
Golden potato hash pieces piled on a plate and topped with garnish

Ingredients

6 - 8 leftover roast potatoes, cut into cubes
200g of leftover cooked veg (kale, green beans, red peppers)
1 large onion, chopped
Use up what you have. Spring onions and shallots work well here.
1 clove of garlic, chopped
3 or 4 slices unsmoked bacon, roughly chopped
This recipe works perfectly with frozen bacon. Check what you have in your freezer and defrost thoroughly before cooking.
75g smoked cheddar, grated
2 or 3 large free-range eggs
Olive oil
Salt and pepper to season

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Recipe

  1. Remember to defrost your meat. Defrost in the fridge and use within 24 hours, or in a microwave on ‘defrost’ directly before use. 

    This recipe works perfectly with frozen meat. Check what you have in your freezer and defrost meat thoroughly before cooking.

  2. Heat a little olive oil in an ovenproof skillet or pan on medium heat.

  3. Add the onions and allow to cook for a couple of minutes, before adding the garlic and bacon.

  4. Fry for a couple of minutes allowing the edges of the bacon to start to crisp up, before adding the potatoes. Turn up the heat a little and cook for a couple of minutes.

  5. Add the cooked veg, season with salt and pepper and cook for a few more minutes.

  6. Add the grated cheese and mix through before removing from the heat.

  7. Make sure the hash is spread evenly across the base of the pan.

  8. Carefully crack the eggs on top of the dish before transferring to a preheated oven (190c / 170c fan) and cook for 8 minutes, or until the egg whites have set.

  9. Serve immediately!

Make the most of your leftovers
Store in
Airtight container
Time
Fridge for 2 days
Where to store
Fridge
Reheat
Oven or microwave until piping hot. Reheat only once.

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