Sunday, April 30, 2006

Spicy Hash Brown Potatoes, p 278

Spicy Hash Brown Potatoes
Prep Time: 30-35 min (includes boiling potatoes)
Cook Time: 10-15 min
WW Pts: not sure, ww website & recipe builder are all sorts of screwed up with the new tracker & all
Bonus: easy, adaptable recipe, potato cake flipping
Bummer: 2 pans, potato cake flipping

Between my trip to Chicago, the recent deluge of job interviews, and endless hours with the sewing machine, there has been little time available for me to cook anything at all, nevermind an actual recipe that required writing, too. On Friday night, in between my tarp making project, I attempted this fairly straightforward recipe. We worked on it together, but Dave finished it off while I went to pick up the vegetable jalfreezi and non-vegan accompanying dishes.

The method for this involves boiling the potatoes and crumbling them, a step which calls for the use of hands without utensils. Oil is heated with spices and onions and the potatoes are stirred in and then, flattened out, allowed to brown, flipped and browned on the other side. If you have magical flipping skills like Dave does (swoon, swoon, he's so dreamy), you'll wind up with a snazzy cake like this

This is a mildly spiced, versatile dish and it is possible to get this on the table in less than an hour. We'll probably make it again - only next time, we'd use the entire onion and let it brown before adding the potatoes.

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