Easy dinner idea, a tin of SPAM is such a useful food thing to have in the store cupboard, that little (or large) tin, means you'll never be stuck for a quick and easy dinner.
SPAM is so easy to cook; slice it, dice it, fry it, grill it the choice is yours.
Easy Dinner Idea
Of course, you can even serve SPAM straight from the can as it's already cooked, just add egg and chips for a super-fast dinner everyone will love.
But it's not all SPAM and chips! There are so many options for fast and tasty meals.Why not try my SPAM® and Baked Bean Hash for an easy, cheap, quick and filling dinner that the whole family will enjoy; especially the kids.
Money-Saving Tip!
You might want to buy the bigger 415g tin of beans, use half and keep half as they are cheaper to buy. The same goes for the SPAM as it is also available in a larger tin.
Just be sure to store it correctly in a suitable container in the fridge. They will both keep for a couple of days.
How to Find out the Size in Litres of any Dish
The pie dish I used was 0.5ltr in size. How to tell the size? Simply fill your dish with water and see how many millilitres it holds.
SPAM Hash with Baked Beans
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 x 200g tin of SPAM® Chopped Pork and Ham - cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 x 200g tin of Baked Beans
- 1 medium-sized onion - thinly sliced
- 8 to 10 cooked (leftover) baby new potatoes - skin on and cut into bite-sized pieces
- a little Cheddar cheese - grated
- a sprinkling of freshly chopped parsley
Instructions
- Wash the potatoes and cut into bite-sized pieces leaving the skin on.
- Put the potatoes into a small saucepan of lightly salted water and bring them to the boil. Turn to simmer for about 5 minutes or so until they are cooked - take care not to overcook or they will be mushy.
- Drain and leave in the still-hot saucepan for a couple of minutes; just to dry off the excess moisture.
- Put the oil into a medium-sized frying pan to heat then add the sliced onion. Cook over low heat stirring till the onions are soft.
- Turn the heat up and add the potatoes and SPAM® and stir for a couple of minutes. Now add the beans to heat through.
- Add the mixture to a suitable sized pie dish and top with grated cheese.
- Cover with foil and put the dish onto the middle shelf of your preheated oven.
- Cook for about about 20-25 minutes until piping hot. Remove the foil for a couple of minutes so the cheese melts.
- Once done top with the parsley and serve straight away.
I sometimes slice it thinly and add it to rice, sweetcorn, peas and red peppers to create a savoury rice dish. I also use it in sandwiches for picnics. When I was younger and at the end of a drunken night out, I would often treat myself to a spam fritter from our local chippy on the way home!
ReplyDeleteI would have it fried with chips & baked beans as a quick dinner :) x
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, this is genius!! Proper British food ;)
ReplyDeleteOoh this has made me really hungry. Will look our for a can on Spam Appreciation Week!
ReplyDeleteI do like the idea of that baked bean and SPAM bake. Delicious.
ReplyDeleteI love Spam an Branston sandwiches, but I have been known to use it in Oriental dishes like Spam Satay and Sweet and Sour Spam.
ReplyDeleteI love SPAM on bread and butter, with my nan. We always have it when I go round for tea!
ReplyDeleteI love SPAM on bread and butter, with my nan. We always have it when I go round for tea!
ReplyDeleteWe have fried Spam with fried egg and potato bread - delicious. Great in sandwiches and chopped into pasta with a tomato sauce.
ReplyDeleteHazel Rea @beachrambler
With pasta like a carbonarra
ReplyDeleteI really like it in a sandwich! or with a fried egg, chips and beans! its sort of a fry up...! x
ReplyDeleteWith egg, chips and beans, yum!
ReplyDeleteI think I'd try a creamy, tomato pasta bake with spam! :)
ReplyDeleteI'd make a hash with onions and potato and spam.
ReplyDeletespam with mash and lots of cheese
ReplyDeleteWith fried eggs and chips.
ReplyDeletei think i would serve it with eggs!
ReplyDeleteGreat tip about finding out the size of your pie dish Jan! I love fried Spam. My secret food pleasure.
ReplyDeleteSpambled Egg with bagels and a little grated cheese and lots of sweet onion sauce
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to use Spam, it looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteI would make Spam Hash topped with a poached egg
ReplyDeleteI make some yummy Mac and cheese with spam and mushrooms added
ReplyDeletewith egg and chips and beans
ReplyDeletewith egg and chips
ReplyDeleteThank you for doing this! I'm so happy to be one of the winners.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good value meal.
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