German
Labskaus (Corned Beef and Potato Hash with Fried Egg)
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Labskaus (Corned Beef and Potato Hash with Fried Egg) is German home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
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How to cook it
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Boil the potatoes in salted water for 18 to 20 minutes, until very tender, then drain.
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Melt the butter in a large skillet, cook the onion until soft, about 5 minutes, then add the chopped corned beef and cook for 5 minutes more, until heated through and lightly browned.
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Mash the boiled potatoes together with the corned beef and onion mixture until mostly smooth but still a little chunky, then fold in half the diced beetroot and the chopped pickles.
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Season with the salt and pepper, then keep the hash warm over low heat.
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Fry the eggs sunny-side up in a separate pan.
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Divide the hash among plates, top each portion with a fried egg and the remaining beetroot, and serve with a rollmops alongside.
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Serve it with
A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Labskaus (Corned Beef and Potato Hash with Fried Egg), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Labskaus (Corned Beef and Potato Hash with Fried Egg) carries dairy, eggs, and fish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Backfisch (Pan-Fried Breaded Plaice) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Abendbrot-Teller mit Putenschinken (Cold Evening Bread Plate with Turkey Ham) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Abendbrot-Teller mit Putenschinken (Cold Evening Bread Plate with Turkey Ham) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 680 kcal
- Protein
- 43 g
- Carbs
- 47 g
- Fat
- 36 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 2080 mg
- Saturated fat
- 13 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Labskaus (Corned Beef and Potato Hash with Fried Egg) takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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