Homemade Angus Beef Breakfast Hash
Every Irish person enjoys a good hash and it had been ages since I’ve enjoyed any. Problem was I wasn’t about to suffer through the process of buying a can of hash just so kiddo and I could have some. She had been requesting it lately and even though I try to accommodate her because she has so very few requests, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to stomach the overly processed canned variety.
We also had another problem; no corned beef. *sigh*
But I wasn’t about to give up on this demand request that had been left outstanding for quite some time.
After taking inventory of the types of meat available in my freezer I started to look for some hash recipes that I could somehow turn into something similar as what was going to come out of the can. I didn’t want to create something that was too far-fetched or she would look at me very matter-of-fact and tell me this was not hash.
I accepted the challenge. After reading through a few recipes and realizing none of them were going to give me what I wanted, I embarked on a journey to just create my own with as little of headache as possible.
I grabbed the biggest skillet I had started on my way. Ok, Angus Beef and potatoes, you can’t go wrong, right?
Well I still was not convinced. I started to add some of the flavors that were in corned beef. “That’s the ticket,” I told myself. I wanted to beef to taste as much like corned beef as possible. Only that was not going to happen because I had no more season packets left nor did I have the ingredients in the season packets.
I kept going. I let the potatoes cook and they took a little while, but not too terribly long since they were chopped super tiny.
I used some of the leftover broth from the “Ranch Roast.” I save everything I can when I am cooking. And tend to use quite a bit of it too.
This was a pound of beef and three potatoes. Once I had it all fried up I fried a few eggs. I placed an egg in each dish and taught the family the proper way of smashing an egg into the hash. Husband, who is not fond of fried eggs, licked his plate clean. Kiddo was in hash heaven. Let’s just say that we polished off this pan and skipped lunch.
Homemade Angus Beef Breakfast Hash
Ingredients
- 1 pound Angus Beef
- 3 green onions chopped
- 3 potatoes peeled and diced
- 4 tbsp beef stock mine was leftover from Ranch Roast
- Water to cover mixture about 3 cups
- 1 TBSP Butter
- Salt
- Pepper
- Onion Powder
- Parsley
Instructions
- In a large skillet over medium heat brown your beef and green onion with 1 TBSP butter.
- Using your spatula constantly stir and break up meat so that your pieces are small and crumbly.
- Season beef with a little salt and pepper.
- Add a dash of onion powder.
- Mix well.
- Cook your beef until there is no pink in the middle.
- Add the 4 TBSP beef stock and potatoes.
- Cover well with water, about 3 cups.
- Cook for 30-45 minutes or until liquids have been absorbed and potatoes are done.
- Cook on medium-high heat for another 5-10 minutes for that "skillet fry" hash.
- Add the parsley.
- Feel free to add more onion powder, salt, or pepper to taste.
There you have it. Super simple to make and you can adapt it and add your own mix-ins for different flavors.
Good for you. I’ve noticed as we’ve continued on this journey we are finding ways to adapt foods we enjoy to foods we can eat in a healthier way. DH and I always had a tradition of snack foods for New Year’s Eve and Day. We’d go to the frozen foods section and pick up a bunch of the TGIF frozen appetizers and make a binge of it all. This year we went through a ton of recipes, but we still managed to have some really amazing foods and not end up in eating fried breaded food.
It really is amazing that small changes turn out to be big changes in the long run! Proud of you for leaving the TGIF appetizers in the freezer section!
WOW! That looks good! And I like the versatility of it, too!
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I haven’t had hash in a very long time. My Dad used to make it for breakfast-Yummy! This sounds like something I could throw together easily!
My hubby would be all over this one for breakfast! Ill have to give it a try this weekend.
This is so yummy looking. Must try it soon.
This would be a nice switch for breakfast. We def. get in a breakfast rut!
My husband (who happens to be Irish!) does LOVE a good hash. Though I can never make it for him because it resembles dog food to me lol. That’s the canned version though. I should try your recipe and surprise him sometime. I bet I’d get brownie points for that!
I bet you would. My husband was impressed the first time I made him. Him and kiddo gobbled it all and then asked if I could make another pan!
I haven’t had breakfast hash in forever. Growing up my gramma always had canned hash!
Mine too! And my mother. This one is so good and its really easy.