Southern Crab Hash

Total Time: 1 hr
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4


• 2 lbs boiling potatoes, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch dice


• 6 slices bacon


• 1 large onion, chopped into 1/2-inch dice


• 4 tablespoons cooking oil


• 1/2 teaspoon salt


• 3 ounces cream cheese


• 1/4 cup milk


• 1 1/2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce


• 2 pinches crushed red pepper flakes (more or less as needed)


• 3/4 lb lump crabmeat


• 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper


• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives or 3 tablespoons spring onions, tops

Recipe

• 1 put the potatoes in a medium saucepan of salted water; bring to a boil.


• 2 lower the heat; simmer until almost tender, about 5 minutes & drain.


• 3 in a large nonstick or cast-iron frying pan, cook the bacon until crisp.


• 4 remove the bacon from the pan and crumble it.


• 5 saute the onion in 1 t oil & cook over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until browned, about 8 minutes.


• 6 remove the onion, & wipe out the pan.


• 7 in the same pan, heat 3 tablespoons of oil over moderately high heat.


• 8 add the potatoes; let them cook, without stirring, for 6 minutes.


• 9 add 1/4 teaspoon of the salt, stir, and cook the potatoes until well browned, about 6 minutes longer.


• 10 add the onion and bacon and continue cooking until they are warm through, about 1 minute longer.


• 11 in a medium saucepan, heat the cream cheese, milk, worcestershire sauce, crushed red pepper fl;akes, and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt over moderately low heat, stirring, until hot, about 5 minutes.


• 12 add the crab and black pepper and cook, stirring, until warm through, about 2 minutes longer.


• 13 stir the crab mixture and 2 tablespoons of the chives or spring onions into the potatoes until just combined.


• 14 serve topped with the remaining 1 tablespoon chives or spring onions.