I have been told I have not been posting enough lately. I apologize, we have been entertaining a variety of friends and family and I have not had time to sit and write.
Last weekend we had a potluck with friends. The theme was BBQ. I have a rather large grill and a pool, it was in the 110+ degree range, so we hosted. Well, we were left with a bunch of baby back ribs. I love some ribs, but wow we had a lot. So, after a few nights of leftovers I decided I needed to mix it up a bit. I mean, really, these are baby back ribs, I could not let them go to waste. I also had some leftover boiled potatoes from making the potato salad and my mind immediately went to making a hash.
Now before you ask why I am writing about making hash let me tell you this was a request. Yes I take requests, challenges and the occasional dare. I was telling a friend how good this was and he asked if I would post it on my blog. Seriously???? Hash???? Diced potatoes, and whatever other ingredients strike your fancy sauteed up in a pan together????? I guess there is only one way to explain his request. He is an attorney.
So I grabbed a cutting board and my knife and set to it. I diced the boiled potatoes and set them aside in a bowl. Now, you may ask why I used boiled potatoes. Well, good question. First, I already had them. Second, they are already cooked, so it will be faster to just dice them and brown them in a pan. That being said, Had i not had them already boiled, I would have just peeled and diced some potatoes and cooked them in the fry pan, it just would have taken a bit more time. I don’t like to waste food that I can use and it saved me time after a long day at work.
I then went after the meat from the ribs. I started with a boning knife but found it easier to pull the meat away from the bone with my hands. After getting all the usable meat, I placed it in a bowl as well.
I took out my large teflon coated fry pan, turned on the heat to medium high and dropped in some margarine in to melt. Once it was melted I added in the potatoes. While the potatoes cooked I put more BBQ sauce on the meat and mixed it up. I added some salt and pepper to the potatoes and stirred them up.
Once the potatoes were browned, I added in the meat. Now, usually this dish is mostly potatoes, but these are BBQ Baby Back Ribs! so my meat to potato ratio was heavier on the meat side. I mixed up the meat and potatoes to get a nice even distribution of ingredients and continued to cook until the meat was heated throughout.
Once it was well heated, this was ready to eat! Place it in a bowl and dig in! Of course, what goes with BBQ? I served it with a side of watermelon.
