Forget the Bubble and Squeak ready meals you can get in some Supermarkets, real Bubble and Squeak is simply leftover Roast Beef Dinner fried up the next day!
Originally (in the mid 1700's - 1753 to be precise), Bubble and Squeak was made with leftover roast beef, cabbage and onion with not a single potato in sight! The thin slices of cold beef were fried first and then the cabbage was added which created a bubbling and squeaking noise.
Then in the 1880's a recipe came along that recommended using mashed potato, cabbage, salt & pepper and slices of beef in the center.
Portions: 1+
Ingredients
- Leftover roast beef (thinly sliced)
- Leftover roast dinner vegetables - potatoes (roast, mash, new), cabbage, broccoli, Brussel sprouts, parsnips and whatever else you have leftover!
- Leftover Fat/Oil
- Gravy
Equipment
- Frying Pan
- Tin Foil
Instructions
- Add all the leftover roast dinner vegetables in to a bowl and smash/mash them together
- Gently melt some fat/oil in a frying pan and then add some of the thinly sliced leftover beef and heat up until the edges are slightly crispy
- Remove the heated up beef from the pan wrap in tin foil to keep warm
- Add some more fat/oil to the pan and on a medium to moderate heat add the mashed up vegetables to the pan
- You can either cook it like you would a stir fry or you can place it in round moulds
- When there is a gentle crisp to the potatoes etc. serve with the heated up beef that was keeping warm in the tin foil
Serving Suggestion(s)
Eat as is or serve with a fried egg and/or gravy on the side or have it as part of a cooked English breakfast!
