Low Syn Corned Beef Hash

I love corned beef hash, it’s always been something I didn’t think I could have and stick to plan, it may have taken a while but I think I nailed it.

Corned beef is the only syn here so it depends what you use and how much of the hash you eat at once so I listed below the syns so you can work out what yours is:

·         Lean corned beef is 1.5 syns per 100g

·         Basic corned beef is 3 syns per 100g

These ingredients make a huge pan full and whilst that’s a technical portion description I’m saying six portions so with basic corned beef that’s two syns a portion, lean would be one syn

Ingredients

1kg baby potatoes cut into chunks, bigger than bite size maybe three pieces per potato

400g corned beef

Red/green/yellow pepper:  you need about one pepper in total but mix the colours so it looks nice

2 large red onions diced

6 mushrooms cut small

Italian herbs

Salt and pepper

2oz grated cheese (from your HEA)

Frylite

Method

Pre heat the oven to 200 degrees C

 

You don’t need to peel your potatoes, just wash and chop into chunks.  Put in a pan with cold water and bring to the boil.  Boil them for five minutes, drain and leave in the sieve to steam

Once the potatoes have steamed for about 10 minutes they will be cooler and dry.  Spray frylite onto your baking tray and put them into the tray, more frylite on the top and some sea salt, give them a shake and pop in your pre heated oven for 25-30 minutes until they’re cooked through and lightly golden

While the potatoes are cooking chop your veg ready

Steamed potato, chopped veg ready to cook

When potatoes are ready tip into a large bowl and press them with a fork to break them down into hash sized chunks, mine were mostly squashed but I left some big chunks for texture 

Spray a large pan with fry lite and cook the onions first, just a few minutes until they start to become translucent

Add the corned beef, peppers and mushrooms and cook on a medium heat squashing the corned beef chunks so they break down a little

 

When cooked, add the corned beef and veg mix to your potatoes, add the grated cheese and Italian herbs to taste.  I added a heaped teaspoon, I didn’t add any more salt as the potatoes had sea salt and corned beef is already quite salty but try the mixture and add that, pepper to even some chilli flakes to your personal taste

Low syn hash mix

You’re almost done now, just spray a large frying pan with frylite and tip the whole mash mixture in, press down and put on a medium heat for about 5 minutes, you want to brown the hash, I like it slightly charred in places as I think those are the best bits so I cook it slightly longer, maybe 7-8 minutes

Cook on medium heat until golden

Once that side is cooked pop it under a medium grill to brown the top, maybe 5 more minutes and you’re ready to serve immediately

Low syn corned beef hash

You can put the pan in the table and have a family style brunch, you can turn out and serve with eggs and maybe beans, salad – whatever you like and you can even warm and mix with eggs to make a frittata – this is so versatile and tastes even better the next day (if there’s any left that is!)