From Hangovers to Leftovers: Dealing with what St. Patty's leaves behind (Part One)

Whether it is a pesky hangover and/or tons of leftover potatoes, corn beef and Irish soda bread. I will help by dealing with the leftovers may help nurse you back to health from your hangover. 


Here is a recipe for Corn Beef Hash to have with eggs to drive your headache away and use up your abundance of potatoes and corn beef.


INGREDIENTS

• 2-3 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped (about 1 cup)
• 2-3 cups finely chopped, cooked corned beef
• 2-3 cups chopped cooked potatoes, preferably Yukon gold
• Salt and pepper
• Chopped fresh parsley

METHOD

1 Heat butter in a large skillet (preferably cast iron) on medium heat. Add the onion and cook a few minutes, until translucent.

2 Mix in the chopped corned beef and potatoes. Spread out evenly over the pan. Increase the heat to high or medium high and press down on the mixture with a metal spatula.

3 Do not stir the potatoes and corned beef, but let them brown. If you hear them sizzling, this is good. Use a metal spatula to peak underneath and see if they are browning. If nicely browned, use the spatula to flip sections over in the pan so that they brown on the other side. Press down again with the spatula. If there is too much sticking, you can add a little more butter to the pan. Continue to cook in this manner until the potatoes and the corned beef are nicely browned.

4 Remove from heat, stir in chopped parsley. Add plenty of freshly ground black pepper, and add salt to taste.

Serve with fried or poached eggs for breakfast.

Yield: Serves 4-6.

Side Notes: This seemed to go over very well with my fiance. I used the leftover roasted potatoes with my corn beef. I did cut back on the salt and pepper as my roasted potatoes were well seasoned. This is also a good recipe for any big breakfast.


I hope your hangovers are better and you have fewer leftover.


To follow soon: Part 2- Irish Soda Bread Pudding