Cooking with Jonny69: Corned Beef Hash

[Jonny69]

As cooking and eating are one of my favourite pastimes I thought I'd start a series of threads sharing my favourite recipies as I cook them. I'll kick off with my deluxe corned beef hash, an old favourite with a twist that can be enjoyed as a main meal, snack or breakfast. I cook in a little sliced chorizo sausage that really brings out the flavours and colour and breaks up the monotony of the corned beef. Corned beef hash is great tasty comfort food, dead easy to make and you can make loads of it in advance, keep it in the fridge and re-fry or microwave it when you're hungry.

Behold how I've resurrected this thread with pictures!

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This makes one mighty portion with seconds.

Ingredients:

2 medium potatoes, skinned and cut into 1cm cubes
1 onion, chopped
1 clove of garlic, chopped
1/3 tin of corned beef, cubed
5cm chorizo, cut in half lengthwise and sliced
salt, pepper and chilli to taste
Olive oil to fry

The secret ingredient:

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Get a large frying pan and heat it up on the gas, add plenty of olive oil and get the potatoes frying:

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This will take about 5-10 minutes depending on the spuds and take regular samples to check. The aim is to get them cooked through and nearly light brown and crispy on the outside before you add any more of the ingredients. There will be too much oil in the pan so soak some out with kitchen paper before you add the other ingredients.

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Once they are nearly done add the onions and garlic and continue to cook for a few more minutes:

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Then add the chorizo and a pinch of chilli. You don't want to make this hot or even spicy, just a cheeky little nip in the background that will compliment the chorizo.

Once the onions are soft and opaque you can add the cubed corned beef:

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It needs to go in right at the end. You don't want to cook it because it'll break up and dissolve into the other ingredients and we want to keep it cubed, so just long enough to heat it through. Add salt and pepper to taste and it's ready to serve.

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Chuck on a fried or poached egg for breakfast, add ketchup or brown sauce and DIG IN!!!

[Burble]

What with Mum being in hospital I've been doing a fair bit of cooking for my Dad (he'd manage to burn water if he tried to boil it). Looks like he's having Corned Beef Hash tonight :)

[Dee]

Oh my god, Ive not had that in YEARS!!!! :)

Must make some soon :)

[Zirax]

Never had it, looks ok though

[Matblack]

That sounds great, corned beef is a totally different foodstuff when you heat it through.

I used to love corned beef fritters, thick slices of corned beef battered and then shallow fried till they are chrispy :)

MB

[Belmit]

You can make a great alternative shepherd's pie by mixing corned beef and ratatouille together. Top it with fluffy mash and a bit of cheese - lovely.

[Will]

Haven't had corned beef in ages... I used to love the stuff. Might have to give that a go sometime! Might have to add a bit more garlic though ;) :p

[Jonny69]

^^^ @Belmit Ooo tasty sounding. I'm poor for the next few months as I've just started a new job so I'll definitely try that.

[Jonny69]

Haven't had corned beef in ages... I used to love the stuff. Might have to give that a go sometime! Might have to add a bit more garlic though ;) :p
You are cordially invited over for dinner. I'll cook that if you want :)

[Will]

You are cordially invited over for dinner. I'll cook that if you want :)

See you tonight?! ;) :p

[LeperousDust]

Dammit guys, making me very hungy!

[Jonny69]

Wait until you see what I'm going to pull out my sleeve in the next exciting instalment :D

/shuts mouth, wrong forum to say things like that ;D

See you tonight?! ;) :p
Had it last night. Give me a day or two to get over it...

[Will]

Fair enough - I'll be in France by then though :p

[Haly]

For some reason I like corned beef but not beef so i'll have to try it sometime. :)

[Jonny69]

Thought I'd resurrect this one from 2006 with some pictures ;)

[Haly]

Wow that meal looks amazing considering it's a year old :shocked:
So well preserved :D

[LeperousDust]

I almost live on this stuff as cheap student easy to make dinner. it's really tastey put some vegetables with it and its not half bad! Except i make it with mash and then mash the corned beef in with it, so you get some kind of corned mashed potato beef thingy (sound horrible maybe but i've converted all my flat mates).

[Justsomebloke]

I looked at every pic & see No Hash :'(
This thread Fails :p

*Picks Rizla up*

[karbon]

whenever i had this as a young un it was always corned beef cooked up with onions and stuff then beans added to it then made up like a shepards pie with the beefy stuff on the bottom and mashed totties on the top.

that does look tasty good though.