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Bubble and Squeak
Leftover potato and cabbage fried into a crisp golden cake. The best thing to happen to leftovers.
The whole recipe in 60 seconds
Bubble and Squeak, in 5 ideas
- Cold leftovers work best, they hold together.
- A cast iron pan gives the crispiest crust.
- Press it down and leave it alone, patience makes the crust.
- Bacon bits take it from good to great.
- A fried egg on top makes it dinner.
What you need
Ingredients
- 500g leftover mashed potato (cold)
- 300g cooked cabbage, chopped
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 tbsp butter
- 4 rashers bacon, chopped (optional)
- Salt and pepper
How to make it
Directions
- Fry the bacon and onion in butter until the onion softens.
- Add the cabbage and cook 3 minutes.
- Mix in the cold mashed potato and season well.
- Press into a thick cake in the pan and cook undisturbed 8 minutes until deeply golden underneath.
- Flip in sections (or slide under a grill) and crisp the other side. Serve hot.
Money saver. This exists to use leftovers, which makes it essentially free.