It's just around St. Patrick's day, and cabbage consumption is on the rise. Seeing it around the grocery store made me think of Bubble and Squeak - a cabbage potato recipe with a fantastic name. Actually the name is motivated by the sound the dish makes as it cooks.
It's perfect for the end of Winter. My mom made it for my brother and me all the time as a quick meal. So I made it again tonight. It's surprisingly tasty, for such a simple recipe.
Bubble and Squeak!
Ingredients
+ Potatoes, a few medium ones
+ Cabbage, a large head, or two small ones, chopped up
+ Salt
+ Olive Oil
Preperation
Boil cabbage and potatoes for twenty minutes. Drain, and throw it all on a hot pan with olive oil. Sprinkle a decent amount of salt and let it brown a little, stirring occasionally. You can choose to add sausage or other meat of some sort, but it's pretty good by itself! Pairs well with cold weather and potato famines.
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Yum, I have extra cabbage and potatoes, so I might make some!
Why is it called "Bubble and Squeak"?
Those are the noises it makes as it cooks!
Actually, it's probably quite hard to make this during a potato famine.
Mmm, that's what I call comfort food. My mom makes something like this called "repollo rehogado" in Spain. You also boil the cabbage with potatoes or carrots until you suck the life out of it. Then, drain well and saute in a good amount of olive oil. What makes it rehogado is that you fry slices of garlic in the oil until they start to brown, and then immediately before adding the cabbage, you add a heaping teaspoon of Pimentón de la Vera (the sweet variety). To make it fancy, you can brown some lardons with the garlic.
This is Sergio from Stanford, btw. Cheers!
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