Leftover Meat Hash: One Pot & Under 30-minute Meal!
Instead of debating what to do with your leftover pieces of meat from a recent cookout, or worse yet letting them go to waste, throw them into this rustic hash. It all cooks in one pot and comes together in less than 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons bacon fat lard, or tallow
- 1-2 cups leftover steak and/or hamburger cubed (chicken or pork chops will also work)
- 1 large sweet potato cut into small cubes
- 1 small yellow onion chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 teaspoon hickory Liquid Smoke Colgin or Wright's are good brands
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire
- 1 teaspoon Louisiana hot sauce plus more to taste
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Heat fat of choice in a large cast iron or similar pan over medium-high heat, and add sweet potatoes. Season with salt and pepper, and toss pieces to coat in fat.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are browned and softened, about 10 minutes.
- Push sweet potatoes to one side of the pan, and set this side of the pan slightly off the burner. Add onion and pepper in the open side of your pan, and cook until softened, another 5-6 minutes. Toss occasionally, and mix with potatoes halfway through if they are browning too quickly.
- Reduce heat to medium. Add minced garlic, toss to combine all ingredients, and cook one minute longer.
- Add meat pieces, Liquid Smoke, Worcestershire, hot sauce, thyme, and additional salt and pepper. Toss to coat, and cook another few minutes until warmed throughout and everything is coated. Serve with extra hot sauce on the side.
Notes
Piece together your meat based on what you have leftover. Steak and hamburger are our favorites, but chicken and pork work equally as well. Or combine several varieties.
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