Crashed Hot Potatoes??

Griffin

Planning out a menu for the week (and trying to get as much Egg time in there as I can) and thinking about what we have in the kitchen. I know we have a bunch or red potatoes and some mini gold potatoes and I started thinking about crashed (or crash?) hot potatoes. I'm a little late to the party, have never tried them before. So any tips or advice on how to cook them on the Egg? I was thinking of either nuking or boiling them to get them soft, but then what? Pizza sheet and indirect? Pizza stone? Temp and times? Thanks in advance.

BTW thinking of them taters with a big steak. Flank. Hanger, Flat Iron. Maybe some grilled veggies. Gonna get the large and mini going.  Then we've got piri-piri wings tonight. Grilled chicken for chicken wraps another night. And then probably cheese enchiladas and rice another night, gonna take one night off the egg. And that's as far as I go. We don't usually plan out a Friday night as we wait and see what might come up.

Foghorn

I've done smashed potatoes many times using the Pioneer Woman recipe as the basis.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/

I modified it to microwave until soft, rather than boiling them.   I usually do them on aluminim foil.  The thing I usually forget is to drizzle the olive oil on the foil before putting the potatoes on there and smashing them.  I've used some different temps depending on what else I am cooking.  Like the recipe says 425 for 20-25 minutes is good.  At 300 they take closer to an hour.

TexanOfTheNorth

Gotta ask... what's are crashed hot potatoes?

Griffin

These are crash hot potatoes, but I plan to add cheese. Maybe some bacon as well.

Mickey

Parmesan cheese here

Photo Egg

Griff, boil the little guys with a little seafood/crab boil in the water. Then crash/smash, add more seasoning and toppings and Eggem Up. Yummmm

Griffin

Great ideas @PhotoEgg but how on the Egg, por favor. I didn't know you hung out over here, BTW

Photo Egg

Griffin said:

Great ideas @PhotoEgg but how on the Egg, por favor. I didn't know you hung out over here, BTW

You mentioned boiling them to soften up prior to smashing and cooking on the Egg.

I would do this with seasoning in the water. You can boil a pot of water on the Egg but it seems like a waste of lump to me.

I still dabble over here a little. Don't tell anyone.

otter

I cut in half . Dip in veggy oil . Then dip them in a mix of parm. cheese and lawery's salt. , then put in cast iron pan

Mickey

Photo Egg said:

Griffin said:

Great ideas @PhotoEgg but how on the Egg, por favor. I didn't know you hung out over here, BTW

You mentioned boiling them to soften up prior to smashing and cooking on the Egg.

I would do this with seasoning in the water. You can boil a pot of water on the Egg but it seems like a waste of lump to me.

I still dabble over here a little. Don't tell anyone.

Your secret is safe with those of us who do not know you. Can't wait to get back to see you buddy.

BOWHUNR

This was posted on the old forum several years ago, but I don't remember who the OP was.

Mike

Crash Hot Potatos

1) I boiled a bunch of Yukon-gold baby potatoes for 20 minutes, then squished them onto a pizza pan that I'd covered with aluminum foil, and sprayed with Pam for grilling.

2) I then sprayed a little Pam over the potatoes, seasoned them with sea salt, black pepper, fresh garlic, onion powder and grated parmasean/romano cheese, and put it on the egg at 375 for about 10 minutes (raised grid).

3) I then brushed them with melted butter and topped them with shredded colby/jack cheese, and cooked for another 10-15 minutes, until the cheese melted, and started browning.

The bottoms were nice and crispy (but not burnt), and the tops were gooey with cheese... the parmesean/romano added just a little bite to it.

HDumptyEsq

I'd use a CI skillet. I've never done these but roasted garlic squeezed on top with some minced parsley sounds like I should try.

caliking

Man, these sound really good!

allsid

A rice cooker will make easy work of par cooking your taters, especially if you have smaller ones.  I made a recipe that I could not find but someone may be able to locate with some creative internet searches.  It was called something like "frogs hit by a car" where you smash the small, cooked taters with a mallet onto a cookie sheet.  I seasoned with EVOO, Garlic powder, Smoked Paprika, S & P, Onion powder.  I also remember seasoning with just oil and dizzy pig.  The cool thing is that they kind of look like squashed frogs and the nooks get wonderfully crispy on the egg-

GL-

Wolfpack

Maybe pesto and parmigiana

travisstrick

That looks too easy and good to not try. Count me in.

henapple

Ever try tater tots?

Little Steven

Dammit!

Griffin

@henapple tater tots? I've been known to eat them from time to time. )