Recipe: To Try At Home Bubble and Squeek Cakes with Kale and Bacon

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Bubble and Squeek Cakes with Kale and Bacon. Great recipe for Bubble and Squeek Cakes with Kale and Bacon. From what I understand this dish got its name from the sound of boiling the potatoes (bubbling) and the squeek of frying the patties. You can use leftover mashed potatoes and add any veggie desired to make these your own!

We used to have bubble and squeak a lot when I was a child.

Without fail we had a large roast on Sundays and the leftovers were eaten throughout the week.

Monday's meal would often consist of cold meat and bubble and squeak.

You can cook Bubble and Squeek Cakes with Kale and Bacon using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Bubble and Squeek Cakes with Kale and Bacon

  1. Prepare 2 cup of mashed potatoes.

  2. It’s 1 1/2 cup of kale, cooked and chopped.

  3. You need 4 slice of bacon, cooked and chopped.

  4. You need 1/3 cup of flour.

  5. It’s 1/4 cup of bread crumbs.

  6. You need 1 of egg.

  7. You need 1/2 tsp of salt & pepper.

  8. Prepare 1 tsp of garlic powder.

  9. It’s 1/2 tsp of onion powder.

  10. It’s 2 tbsp of butter.

Cover (with a lid or baking sheet) and cook until the kale wilts.

Meanwhile, squeeze kale gently with your hands to remove as much water as possible.

Add kale, green onions, salt and pepper to potatoes and stir until combined.

Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add oil.

Bubble and Squeek Cakes with Kale and Bacon instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients except butter. Mix well to combine. Mixture will be thick..

  2. In a large skillet melt butter over medium high heat. Form patties 2 at a time in the skillet and press down with a spatula..

  3. Brown patties on both sides for about 3 to 4 minutes until crispy. Drain on paper towels..

  4. Serve as a side or by themselves. Enjoy!.

When hot, scrape the potato mixture into the pan and use a spatula to level the top.

Fold the kale into the sweet potato.

In Ireland, colcannon is made from mashed potatoes, cabbage or kale, and onion, and it's very similar to bubble and squeak, as is rumbledethumps in Scotland.

Traditionally, bubble and squeak will be eaten on a Monday for lunch or dinner, sometimes with a fried egg on top, and can include a little bacon or leftover meat from the day before.

Bubble and Squeek Cakes with Kale and Bacon.