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Monday 19 June 2017

#ewew cooks Spam & Potato Hash with a Chinese Twist

In the western world, this dish would be called Spam & Potato Hash, a breakfast casserole cooked in a cast iron skillet.  Add an egg or two and you have a lovely breakfast dish to start off your morning.

But I don't have a cast iron skillet...and a good Spam & Potato Hash needs the high heat of a cast iron skillet to get them cubes of deliciousness well caramelised and crusty.  So, I took inspiration from this dish and put my spin on this popular breakfast staple and made Spam & Potato Hash with a Chinese Twist. ^.^

For this simple and easy-to-cook dish, all the ingredients you'll need are two potatoes, two eggs, half a can of luncheon meat (or spam) and a bunch of green beans.

You start by dicing the half can of spam into small cubes and pan-fry them in a non-stick pan until they're slightly browned on most sides.  You may lightly oil the pan although there's no necessity as the spam will ooze out oil when you fry them.

Next, you do the same with the diced potatoes by frying them in shallow oil until soft and browned.

Then, just heat some oil and crack two eggs directly into the pan.  Season with salt and pepper and stir them briskly around the pan, making sure that they're well browned with crispy edges.

Finally, saute the green beans that have been cut into 1-inch lengths in some oil.  Do not add any water as you don't want them to steam.  You want them to blister and develop a nice char (which will take a while).  Add some chopped garlic when the beans are almost done.

Once the french beans have softened, throw back in the earlier pre-cooked spam, potatoes and egg...and mix everything together.  Drizzle in enough oyster sauce until you're satisfied with the savouriness of the dish.

And here's my take on Spam & Potato Hash with a Chinese Twist that goes very well with steamed rice.

I don't think I've come across anyone cooking this dish (this way before), so maybe I can claim I created it....*wink wink*...which didn't take much doing actually! :P

I just threw in four of our favourite foodstuff into a pan and let it work its magic.  In fact, no magic needed when you have spam, eggs, potatoes....staples in any pantry.  You just need french beans...and voila....you have yourself a truly yummy one-dish meal that's complete with meat, eggs, carbs and veggie all-in-one.  Now this is a dish that will please the younglings, I bet! ^o^

And in case you have leftovers (which will be a rarity) but in the remote chance that you do, just toss them in with your leftover rice....and you got yourself a lovely fried rice.  I suppose you can substitute spam with ham in this dish but anything ham can do, spam can do better! ^_~

14 comments:

  1. Yummy! I think I ate this at the mixed rice shops.
    This is interesting to note that there is a Western and Oriental versions. I love to eat them and it has been 10 years I have not eaten this dish, which was cooked by my mum. I think she made the modified Western style and I remembered seeing the bits of carrots and peas along with cloves. Am I talking the same topic? LOLOL

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    1. What, you ate this at mixed rice shops? I guess I can't claim to have created this then...haha! :D The one your mum cooked is definitely the western version with carrots...peas, I'm not so sure :)

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    2. Now on 2nd deeper thoughts, I probably ate something very similar looking. The one my mum cooked was the popular Hainanese Fried Min Chi which I could not find the photo online the websites. Your dish is delicious with all my favourite ingredients.

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    3. I've not heard of Hainanese Fried Min Chi, so I don't know what that is.

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  2. I've cook a similar dishes but vegetarian version, we call this "chao lap lap" in Cantonese :P
    http://www.choiyen.com/i-cook-vegetarian-stir-fried/

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    1. I checked out your post in the link provided. Yes, I've had this dish before but the four key ingredients (of long beans, tofu cubes, peanuts and choy poh) are totally different from the ones I used.

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    2. Actually the ingredients are very flexible, just use whatever you like or have in your pantry :P

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    3. That was exactly my version...I used whatever I had in my pantry. The one you call "chao lap lap" (or "char liap liap" aka stir fry four treasures when I googled) is a very specific dish with the exact four ingredients. I've seen and had it at many chap fan stalls before.

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  3. This looks like a potentially popular budget-friendly, minimal-gst cafe brunch/lunch bowl. I'd order it! ;)

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    1. I doubt any minimalist cafe would have this dish on their menu....heheh...this one you can only find from a home cook! ;)

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  4. Wah, nice! I love luncheon meat and I will sure enjoy this dish since it has another favorite - fried potatoes! There is a dish that looks like this. Don't know what it is called - it has got long beans, peanuts and taufu cubes. Or am I imagining things? hee..hee..

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    1. No, you're no imagining things...there's actually a dish like this (check out the name from Choi Yen above). I've had it from a place that cooks Hakka food. But my version is something I 'created' by throwing four of my favourite ingredients together! ;P

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  5. That sure looks a tasty bowl full!

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