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Bubble and Squeak Recipe

How to Make Bubble and Squeak

You could shape it into bubble and squeak cakes, it's a great way to use up leftover potatoes and vegetables. 

Londoners refer to it as simply 'bubble' and it's often served with a full English breakfast.

Bubble and squeak pictured with gammon and a fried egg.
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A great way to use up leftover potatoes and vegetables - a quick and easy dinner fit for a king!

Jamie Oliver adds all manner of herbs to his bubble and squeak, but trust me it's not necessary and definitely not traditional. 😐

So what is bubble and squeak?

It's traditionally the leftovers from the Sunday roast fried up the next day and eaten for lunch or dinner, sometimes with a fried egg on the top.

You can include bacon or leftover meat from the day before.

It’s the bits of potato that catch in the pan that make ‘bubble and squeak’, so let the mixture colour and it'll be even more delicious.

I've seen people ask how you make bubble and squeak stick together? Well, the answer is it doesn't have to 'stick' together.

There's nothing fancy about bubble and squeak; it is just leftovers, fried up together.

No cooking skills are required, but if you really must pack it down and have it stick together use leftover mashed potatoes rather than boiled ones.

If you're looking for something a bit different you can make Posh Bubble and Squeak.

Why do they call it bubble and squeak?

Because it bubbles up and squeaks while cooking! 😉

Ingredients

  • Boiled, mashed or roast potatoes - boiled potatoes work best
  • Cooked cabbage greens, Brussels sprouts, peas, carrots, or broccoli
  • Leftover cooked meat such as beef, gammon, turkey chicken or bacon
  • If you didn't cook your potatoes in salted water you would need to season the mixture by adding a little salt to taste. You can also add a little white pepper.
  • *I used cabbage greens, Brussels sprouts and boiled potatoes. I then added gammon and topped the lot with a fried egg.
  • Personally, I wouldn't add cauliflower because I tried it once and it gives the dish a strange taste. I wouldn't add parsnips because they are too sweet, but it's entirely up to you.

How to make proper bubble and squeak

Remove your leftovers from the fridge.

Vegetables for bubble and squeak in a bowl

Add a little vegetable oil to a frying pan and heat. Tip the potatoes, vegetables and gammon in and cook whilst stirring now and then.

Bubble and squeak with gammon cooking

Let it cook (more than in the above picture) until the potatoes just start to brown.

Bubble and squeak in a frying pan

Once it's piping hot serve it immediately with a fried egg. I use Clarence Court Burford Browns eggs - they have the deepest orange yolks.

Bubble and squeak with gammon and fried egg

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Yield: 2-6
Author: Jan Bennett
Bubble and Squeak Recipe

Bubble and Squeak Recipe

There's no point in me giving exact amounts - just use whatever you have left over and how many people you are making it for.
Prep time: 2 MinCook time: 20 MinTotal time: 22 Min

Ingredients

Leftovers can be a mixture of any or all of the following
  • Boiled, mashed or roast potatoes - boiled potatoes work best
  • Cooke cabbage greens, Brussels sprouts, peas, carrots, or broccoli
  • Leftover cooked meat such as beef, gammon, turkey or chicken or bacon
  • If you didn't cook your potatoes in salted water you will need to season the mixture by adding a little salt to taste. You can also add a little white pepper.
  • *I used cabbage greens, Brussels sprouts and boiled potatoes. I then added gammon and topped the lot with a fried egg.
  • Personally, I wouldn't add cauliflower because I tried it once and it gives the dish a strange taste. I wouldn't add parsnips because they are too sweet; but of course, it's entirely up to you.

Instructions

  1. Heat up a tablespoon of vegetable oil in a large frying pan.
  2. Add the meat and vegetables and leave to cook over a medium heat for a couple of minutes.
  3. Give it a stir and leave to cook for a further 10 - 15 minutes stirring now and then. Cook until it's piping hot.
  4. Serve with a fried egg.
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