Roast Beef Hash

Ingredients

  • 2 cups potatoes, scrubbed
  • 1⁄4 cup olive oil
  • 1⁄2 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 cups roast beef, diced in 1⁄4 inch cubes (I used deli roast beef, but leftovers would be great too.)
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped
  • 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne
  • 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
  • 2-4 eggs

Instructions

  1. Pierce potatoes with thin knife then microwave 5 to 10 minutes or until tender.  Place in refrigerator until remaining ingredients are ready, then dice potatoes into 1⁄4 inch cubes
  2. Add oil to large skillet and heat over medium-high heat.  Add in potatoes and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until potatoes begin to brown.  Add onion and cook another 10 minutes, stirring.  
  3. Add roast beef, garlic, thyme, cayenne, and nutmeg.  Cook another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally
  4. Pour in heavy cream and stir until distributed.  Press mixture down with back of spatula and cook 10 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes, until hash is very crispy and browned.  Season with salt and pepper.  
  5. In separate small skillet, fry eggs as desired.  To serve, divide hash between plates and top with fried eggs.  

Comments

This recipe is from Serious Eats and I thought it looked really good.  I have never had any sort of hash before, so I had no pre-conceived notions about it’s tastiness.  Art, on the other hand, has had it before and hates it.  I badgered convinced him to give this a try and he enjoyed it!  Lance enjoyed it too!  We all enjoyed this quite a bit actually, it was very tasty and easy enough to bring together.