Corned Beef Hash With Fried or Poached Egg

evelyn/athens's Note:

Comfort food to the max - and it can all be done with pantry staples (provided you always have a can of corned beef on hand ;-) ). This is fast and delicious. I don't specify vegetables in cup amounts as I figure each person likes their own version with 'more of this and less of that'. This is how I do it - you can adapt the recipe to your own taste. :-)

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 large potatoes , cooked and cubed
• 1 large onion , chopped
• 2 garlic cloves , minced (optional)
• 1 red pepper , cubed
• 1 green pepper , cubed
• 1 (12 ounce) can corned beef , cubed
• 4 eggs , fried sunny-side-up (poached is also good)

Directions:

1. Heat the butter and olive oil (or just one kind of fat) over medium-high heat in a large cast-iron or heavy-bottomed skillet.
2. Add potatoes and allow to get golden and crusty on one side (about 2-3 minutes). Gently turn over with a spatula and do this a couple more times to get a golden crust all over.
3. Add onion and garlic and saute with potatoes for 4-5 minutes; then add peppers, sauteeing a couple of minutes more.
4. Finally, add corned beef and cook for 8-10 minutes, always flipping hash over every couple of minutes to ensure a crust develops on all sides. This should take about 20 minutes in all. Adjust seasoning - it won't need too much salt because of the corned beef, but LOTS of freshly ground black pepper is a GOOD thing.
5. You can prepare the eggs in another pan during these steps.
6. Distribute hash mixture amongst 4 plates and top each serving with a fried or poached egg.
7. Season with Hot Sauce at table, to taste.
8. Enjoy!

Reviews

[Manami]

Hello evelyn/athens, what a fantastic recipe! Delicious! We are testing "breakfast/brunch" ideas for our Mother's Day Brunch and we had a ball with this one! It was made just as posted and we used the canned corned beef, we used red onions, white potatoes, red & green red peppers and I was all ready to eat it without the beef! Needless to say, it was great! They don't usually eat corned beef around here so guess what - we introduce them to it and they make it their own. Diane :=)

[Caroline Cooks]

Sooo very good, Evelyn. I broke the egg by mistake and the green pepper was dried, so no color shows. Oh, and I used some leftover sliced corn beef, cut up. This was a wonderful breakfast. Thanks

[BerrySweet]

Good! I used red onions and only green pepper (they are cheaper right now). I also used leftover corned beef cooked in the crockpot (the canned stuff is too salty/mushy for us). With poached eggs on toast, this is a great way to use up leftovers from St. Patty's Day! Yum!